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Monday February 13, 2012 Skylar Baker, 8, dances with Bob Chalmers on Friday night at the 18th annual Father and Daughter Valentine Dance at the Eagles Hall in North Adams. The semi-formal event is for fathers, or father figures, and their daughters. Proceeds benefit the Berkshire Carousel Project, and people were asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the local food pantry.
Full Story Monday February 13, 2012 Who is this multi-tasking mom reading to her child? Where was the photo taken and what was the year? Please email any information to mysteryphoto@thetranscript.com or leave a message on our Mystery Photo line, 413-663-3741, ext. 222.
Full Story Monday February 13, 2012
Feb. 13
50 years ago today
NORTH ADAMS -- The committee for the Human Relations Awards, presented annually to three residents by the Northern Berkshire Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews during the Brotherhood Dinner, was announced. They are an educator, Francis Grant, retired superintendent of the Williamstown Public schools; a physician,
Full Story Monday February 13, 2012 Bryce Bachand, 7, a first grader in Elizabeth Patenaude’s class at Brayton School, wears a hat on Wednesday as part of ‘Hats for Hunger’ day, where students in student council and the Improve Brayton Club raised $206 for the Berkshire Food Project. Students who made a donation were able to wear a hat of their choice all day at school.
Full Story Saturday February 11, 2012 NORTH ADAMS -- Warrants were issued for the following people in Northern Berkshire District Court on Friday:
* Derek Delisle, 24, of Beaver Street in North Adams, on charges of operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked-lanes violation and class E drug possession.
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Saturday February 11, 2012 Today's Mystery Photo was submitted by William Perreault, who is second on the left in the front row. Who are these young men and what was the occasion? Where was the photo taken and what was the year? Please email any information to mysteryphoto@thetranscript.com or leave a message on our Mystery Photo line, 413-663-3741, ext.
Full Story Saturday February 11, 2012
Feb. 11
50 years ago today
NORTH ADAMS -- Patrolman Edmund Dupuis started the six-week Local Police Officers Training School at the State Police Academy in Framingham. The course was expanded from four weeks to six weeks this year for the first time. It gives training in everything from criminal law to human relations.
Full Story Friday February 10, 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN - It looks like the warm winter could mean a sweet season for Pete and Beth Phelps, owners of Sweet Brook Farm.
Like some of the other maple syrup producers in Berkshire County, the Phelpses tapped their maple trees early this year, by two or three weeks, hoping that the warmth would continue and sap would keep flowing
Full Story Friday February 10, 2012
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NORTH ADAMS -- The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Wednesday:
* Michael P. Caldwell, 27, of Veazie Street in North Adams, was arraigned on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and speeding. A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for April 30.
Full Story Friday February 10, 2012 New England Newspapers
RICHMOND -- High-speed Internet access for rural parts of the Berkshires took another step toward reality on Wednesday.
Roughly five miles of fiber-optic cable were strung along existing cables on State Road as part of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s construction of the MassBroadband 123 network.
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Friday February 10, 2012 Abby Hatton called the Mystery Photo line to say she was on the receiving end of the vaccination in this photo. She wasn't sure of the date or where the photo was taken, so we went to the microfilm. The Northern Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association had sponsored a flu shot clinic at the Harper Center in Williamstown.
Full Story Friday February 10, 2012
Feb. 10
50 years ago today
CLARKSBURG -- God and Country Awards, a Protestant scout religious award, was presented at Stamford Baptist Church, to three members of Boy Scout Troop 64 of Clarksburg. The Rev. Mabel Starratt presented the awards to William Carson, Bruce Bona and Donald Deso.
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Friday February 10, 2012 Kirsten Rose, right, reads Valentine’s Day books to the local toddlers during their weekly meeting at the North Adams Public Library.
Full Story Thursday February 9, 2012 New England Newspapers
PITTSFIELD -- In what he described as the formal kickoff of his campaign for Congress, Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. told voters across Western Massachusetts on Wednesday that they have a clear choice in the coming Democratic Primary.
"We can stick with the same old methods that got us where we are today or we can stand up and fight to restore
Full Story Thursday February 9, 2012
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NORTH ADAMS -- The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Tuesday:
* Casandra L. Reynolds, 21, of Melrose Street in Adams, was found guilty of larceny of under $250 and given probation until Feb. 6, 2013.
* Thomas S. Czupryna, 25, of Howland Avenue in Adams, was found guilty of shoplifting $100 or more by
Full Story Thursday February 9, 2012
Feb. 9
50 years ago today
ADAMS -- Five local police officers attended FBI school held in the Pittsfield Police Station. The topic of the session was "Search and Seizure." During the program, the men saw demonstrations of FBI methods and heard lectures on procedure.
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Thursday February 9, 2012 Becky Gijanto of Pownal, Vt., emailed the Transcript: The mystery is solved! This photo was taken by Gillian Jones of our now 19-year-old son, Edward Gijanto, when we lived in Williamstown on Cold Spring Road. We often made trips ‘down the road a piece' to see the local cows, horses and sometimes goats.
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