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Gov. Healey proposes increased state funds for infrastructure, including for Berkshire County municipalities

Gov. Maura Healey is proposing to increase the state's Chapter 90 program to allocate $300 million annually in state funds to municipalities.

A Native American consecration at Jacob’s Pillow: Into the stars with Red Sky Performance

Truly, this vast space was filled with love as well. Performers from New Zealand to Hawaii, from British Columbia to South Dakota to the Berkshires, thrilled us with a generous display of their indigenous song and dance traditions.

Markey, local cable operators, fear loss of access channels if new FCC rule passes

Those who run the county’s three access channels say the new rules, which would severely impact their revenue streams, would likely put them out of business and deprive the public of valuable programming available nowhere else.

Sandra Laffee, 73, of Pittsfield

Sandra touched many lives throughout Berkshire County with her culinary talents. She had a love for cooking that was the cornerstone of her lifelong passion for creating beautiful things.

Ruth Bosley, 83, of Rowley, formerly of North Adams

Ruth was a waitress for many years at the Howard Johnson’s on the turnpike and then the former Cricket Restaurant in Great Barrington.

News Briefs: Clinton Church Restoration grant; GB downtown improvement project ‘substantially complete’; man charged with assault to murder

Clinton Church Restoration awarded National Trust for Historic Preservation grant Great Barrington -- Clinton Church Restoration Inc. is one of 22 sites and organizations dedicated...

CONNECTIONS: Searching for the American Centinel

It is remarkable that anyone thought they could start a newspaper with little hope for advertising revenue and less hope for reliable delivery. And yet, on Oct. 23, 1787, the first issue of the first newspaper in Berkshire County, the American Centinel, appeared.

Raymond George Le Beau, 90, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, former City Savings Bank of Pittsfield president

Mr. Le Beau worked at the former Union Federal Savings Bank in Pittsfield and Springfield from 1951 to 1959 and at the former City Savings Bank of Pittsfield from 1959 until he retired as president and CEO in 1995.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Chamber visitors’ booth; Carr Hardware in Springfield; honors for William Pitt Sotheby’s agents; Barnbrook Realty in Pittsfield; BCC, WNE transfer agreement

Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce opens new visitors’ booth South Egremont -- Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce employees, board members, Egremont Select Board members, and contractor...

Dr. Roger Connor, 99, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield

His office was initially located at 74 North St., relocating in 1963 to the newly developed Doctors’ Park on South Street with a dozen or so colleagues in different specialties.

News Brief: Drug raids net seven arrests in Pittsfield

“I am grateful for our law enforcement partners for interrupting a major drug-trafficking operation between Springfield and Pittsfield, and getting a large amount of dangerous drugs and weapons off the streets of Berkshire County.” -- Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington

Keep east-west rail on track

Western Mass leaders and activists need to unite around passenger rail service. We propose formation of a Western Mass Rail Coalition to create the united front necessary to ensure that MassDOT understands the needs of our large region of the Commonwealth.

‘The American’s Book,’ the immigrant railroad worker’s guide to citizenship

Entire communities within the cities through which the railroad system operated were founded by migrants from many countries. With thanks to “The American’s Book,” many of the progeny of those migrants rose to prominence in business, industry, and government.

May Flanagan, 87, of Great Barrington

She enjoyed her retirement very much, reading to the blind, taking art lessons, learning to play the piano, traveling and going out to lunch with her many friends.

Mary Jane Pignatelli, 94, of Lenox, teacher and lover of languages

Mary Jane worked as a high school language teacher, spending most of her 38-year career in the Lenox Public School system until her retirement in 1986. While best known as a French teacher, she also taught English and Latin.

Ellen Plageman, 90, of Lenox, Williams College graduate, designer of kites

After graduating, she created her own business, called Lenox Kites, a retail shop in which kites were custom designed, silk-screened and sewn. Her clients included several colleges and the Smithsonian Institution.

Business Briefs: CDCSB grant; participation designation for Berkshire Theatre Group; NPC Berkshires receives grant; grant for Berkshire Workforce Board; BCArc rebrand

Mass Cultural Council's UP Initiative seeks to break down barriers that prevent civic participation in the cultural sector of Massachusetts.
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