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STEPHEN COHEN: Trump’s picks continue to terrify

Since Trump wants no normal vetting of his candidates by the FBI, there is the obvious attempt to conceal any misdeeds not yet revealed by the media.

Business Briefs: Emergency loans for small businesses; Heddinger joins CATA; CHP hires Moro; Bisaccio joins Lee Bank

The $10 million Small Business Recovery Loan Fund will provide emergency capital up to $75,000 to Massachusetts-based businesses impacted by COVID-19.

Bits & Bytes: Holiday Shop, Sip & Stroll; ‘Sense & Sensibility’ at Shake & Co.; ‘Unborn Sun’ at Berkshire Botanical Garden; Tony Trischka at...

New York City-based John Gordon Gauld holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design and is a recent recipient of the Martha Boschen Porter Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

Business Briefs: Appeal letter party; Donoyan joins Main Street Hospitality; human resources workshop; Jewish Women’s Foundation grants; Stockbridge Chamber annual meeting

Main Street Hospitality Group CEO Sarah Eustis has announced the appointment of H. Jackson Donoyan as vice president of operations.

Bits & Bytes: Holiday Handcraft Fair; ‘Under Pressure’ screening; Cedric Watson at Dewey Hall; ‘Three Gentlemen of Vienna’; free children’s books

Created by the class of 2019 at Four Rivers Charter Public School in Greenfield, “Under Pressure” covers the September 2018 Merrimack Valley Columbia Gas explosions and the natural gas industry in Massachusetts and nationally.

Business Briefs: Thaddeus Clapp House opening; Berkshire Housing Summit; new Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA CEO; downtown Pittsfield trick or treat; BCC staff changes

The Berkshire County Board of Realtors will hold the second annual Berkshire Housing Summit Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Trendsetter Awards; Downtown Pittsfield fall cleanup; cultural council deadline; home-buying seminar; Flying Cloud board members

In accordance with Mass Cultural Council guidelines, a deadline of Tuesday, Oct. 15, has been set for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants for 2020 that support cultural activities in the community.

Run4Uns to honor late MMRHS teacher and coach

The first annual Run4Uns will celebrate the indelible mark Chris Unsworth left on the school community in the more than two decades he spent there as a teacher, coach and mentor to many.

With state historical tax credits in hand, Eagle Mill eyes ‘last major piece of the puzzle’

The mixed-use development will revive and expand the historic mill site in downtown Lee. The project is expected to take at least two years to complete.

Eagle Mill wants larger hotel across street; site plan could go back to drawing board

In the original plan, most of the parking for the hotel would have been across the street, which would have meant lots of hotel guests crossing West Center Street to walk to and from their cars.

Great Barrington Farmers’ Market works to make healthy, local food available for everyone

This year’s WIC farmers’ market checks will be issued in the amount of $25 per eligible client. And the good news doesn’t stop there: Through the Market Match program, all WIC checks will be doubled.

Grayhouse is rebuffed, as selectmen ‘reboot’ process of Housatonic School reuse

"I feel like I would like more of guarantee that you can actually move forward with financing it. It doesn't give me a lot of feeling that this could happen." -- Great Barrington Selectboard member Leigh Davis

Business Briefs: Berkshire Nonprofit Awards; WCMA Summer Space; STEM grant for BCC, MCLA; Lee Bank promotes Brown; BMM community events

Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts have announced that the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education has awarded the institutions $24,980 to establish the STEM Transfer Summer Bridge Program.

Farm Market Table: Celebrating an accessible, sustainable food system

The pilot program, modeled on what a lot of markets across the country do, is rooted in a fundamental belief: The rich, local agriculture system belongs to everyone.

Business Briefs: Catwalk Lenox grand opening; Greylock annual meeting; Lee Bank promotes two; Salisbury Bank employee awards

Lee Bank has announced the promotion of Gina Basiliere, who has been named to the position of branch supervisor of the bank’s North Street, Pittsfield, office; and Haley Burke, who has been named to the position of mortgage originator in its main office on Park Street in Lee.

‘Fiber connectivity’: Work on high-speed broadband for downtown Great Barrington begins

The precise territory to be wired is not set in stone, but it will likely be confined to both sides of Main Street from Castle and Bridge streets to the Berkshire Bank and Lee Bank buildings. The wiring of Railroad Street will likely be coordinated with the new pavement and sidewalks it will be receiving in the spring.

Eagle Mill developer buys historic Lee station, as mill proposal inches closer to reality

“It preserves historic assets. These are unique town assets. You just don't want them to go by the wayside." -- Developer Jeffrey Cohen, on acquiring the former New Haven rail station in Lee, Mass. “It preserves historic assets. These are unique town assets. You just don't want them to go by the wayside." -- Developer Jeffrey Cohen, on acquiring the former New Haven rail station in Lee, Mass.  
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