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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.

Charles J. “Chuck” Bragdon Jr., 65, of Sandisfield

Chuck was a graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School class of 1969. He worked for many years as the service manager at R.W.’s Inc. in Lee.

The Rev. David B. Rogers, 71, of North Egremont

David joined the Navy in the fall of 1963. He was based out of Long Beach, Calif., and served in Vietnam as a radar technician aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown.

News Briefs: MassDOT schedules toll plaza demolition, extra E-ZPass sign-up opportunities; Downing to lead discussion on hunger; State Senate debate on TV

On Friday, Oct. 28, crews stationed at every toll plaza location along I-90 will begin setting up the new traffic patterns, pavement markings, and electronic message boards for the initial stage of toll plaza demolition.

Dolores Dee Twarog Aberdale, 78, of Housatonic, retired pharmacy director at Fairview Hospital

In 1995 Dee returned to Fairview Hospital as the Director of Pharmacy where she remained until 2012, when she chose to retire from her 52-year-long career.

Bits & Bytes: CEWM to present Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Western Mass. Film & Media Exchange; Geoffrey Moss at Lauren Clark; Berkshire Drum & Dance...

At the beginning of the of Watergate investigation, cartoonist Geoffrey Moss contacted the Washington Post, whose editors were aware of his graphics; however, until then, no captionless art had ever appeared on their editorial pages.

Mill Pond, special needs day school, to lease former Eagleton School campus

Mill Pond is a day program for students who have average or above average intelligence but can’t function in a traditional setting due to social or emotional difficulty and various other challenges.

$10 million lawsuit filed against former Eagleton director Bruce Bona, 7 staff members

“Often in these cases, most typically there is one rogue employee and others who should have done a better job supervising. Most concerning here is that this is more widespread.” --- Boston-based attorney Daniel Heffernan, representing six former students suing the former Eagleton School

GB attorney, town moderator, firefighter Edward McCormick suffers heart attack

McCormick, 68, was finishing the annual Turkey Trot Race, a Thanksgiving morning tradition held at Bard College at Simons Rock, when he collapsed.

Norman Charbonneau, 87, of Lenox

Norman was employed at General Electric as a sales engineer for more than 30 years.

Edith Cappadona, 80, of Sheffield

Her most pleasurable moments in life were cooking, entertaining family and friends, being pool-side and especially spending time with her grandchildren.
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