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Sunday Nov 16 | Berkshire Eagle

Becket church seeks new pastor

A new pastor, and a new parsonage. The First Congregational Church is looking for both.

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Sat Nov 15, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Internet entrepreneur forum set for Nov. 19

The post offices in Becket, Lancaster, Lenox Dale and South Lee are sponsoring an "eBay program" Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Lee, MA, Lancaster, MA, South Lee, MA, Lenox Dale, MA, The Postal Service, Indie

Wed Nov 12, 2008

North Adams Transcript

Preservation Committee begins accepting new grant applications

For a sixth year, the Community Preservation Committee is accepting grant applications for projects intended to benefit the town, but new this year the state will not match funds of committees across ...

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Related Topix: Williamstown, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Lenox, MA, Stockbridge, MA

Fri Nov 07, 2008

Forbes

The Arts Hunter

Why I was moved to support this cause: In the summer of 2003, I was taken to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass., by the great-hearted philanthropist Irene Mennen Hunter.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance

Wed Nov 05, 2008

The Boston Globe

Town-by-town results

Unofficial results of the general election held in Massachusetts on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Adams, MA, Agawam, MA, Amherst, MA, Ashfield, MA

Mon Oct 27, 2008

IBerkshires

Trick-or-Treat Hours

Obituaries Columnists Trick-or-Treat Hours for Halloween 2008 - October 27, 2008 Trick-or-treaters around the county and beyond will be donning costumes and ringing doorbells in anticipation of treats on ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Adams, MA, Cheshire, MA, Dalton, MA, Great Barrington, MA

Sat Oct 25, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Berkshire County Real Estate Transactions

Douglas V. Pleshaw and Ann Mary Pleshaw sold property at 22 East Orchard Terrace, Adams, for $36,000 to Billy J. Carr.

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Related Topix: Adams, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Dalton, MA, Great Barrington, MA, Lee, MA

Wed Oct 15, 2008

CBS 3

East Longmeadow Driver Involved in Deadly Accident

An East Longmeadow woman was behind the wheel during a deadly accident in Berkshire County.

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Related Topix: East Longmeadow, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Holyoke, MA, Springfield, MA

Mon Oct 13, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Becket Local man killed in Route 20 crash

A Becket man was killed early Saturday when the car in which he was riding went off the road and landed on its roof on Route 20 near the Chester town line.

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Related Topix: Chester, MA, East Longmeadow, MA

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Senior Bulletin Board

Meals for people 60 or older are served at the Community Center five times a week.

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Related Topix: Adams, MA, Games, Card Game, Cheshire, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Dalton, MA

Sat Oct 04, 2008

North Adams Transcript

Guyer says Verizon's broadband not so broad

Verizon is touting its expanded broadband Internet services in 24 Western Massachusetts towns, including Florida, Hancock, New Ashford and Becket, but state Rep.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Dalton, MA, Colrain, MA, Blandford, MA, Cummington, MA

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

North County gets high speed Internet

Businesses and residents in Hancock and New Ashford now have the option of signing up for high speed Internet access with Verizon, according to company officials.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Colrain, MA, Middlefield, MA, Goshen, MA, Cummington, MA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

TMCnet

Consumers in Hancock and New Ashford, Mass. Now Have High-Speed Access to the Internet

Consumers and businesses in Hancock and New Ashford, Mass., now have access to the Internet -- at rocket speeds powered by Verizon.

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Related Topix: Colrain, MA, Cummington, MA, Plainfield, MA, Middlefield, MA, Goshen, MA

Sun Sep 28, 2008

Music and Vision Daily

Ensemble. Passionately Breathtaking - The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, reviewed by Lawrence Budmen

In 1931 modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn bought a mountain top farm in the rural Berkshire community of Becket, Massachusetts, USA.

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Related Topix: Arts, Modern Dance, Ballet, Dance

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Nashville Meets the Berkshires

Two acclaimed singer-songwriters - one from Nashville and one from the Berkshires - will perform together in concert at the American Legion on Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield tonight at 7:30. Nashville ...

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Related Topix: Tanya Tucker, Country, Mickey Gilley, Don Williams, Berkshire County, MA, Stockbridge, MA

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Hazardous waste pickup planned for next month

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Center for Ecological Technology will coordinate a paint and oil collection from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Great Barrington Recycling Center.

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Related Topix: Great Barrington, MA, Lenox, MA, Lee, MA, Monterey, MA, Otis, MA

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Ballet in steel

Becket sculptor Joe Wheaton smelts metal into airy shapes. Thursday, September 11 Joe Wheaton slid open a massive barn door to let the sun shine into the cavernous studio where he creates outdoor sculptures as ...

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Thu Sep 11, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Ballet in steel

Becket sculptor Joe Wheaton smelts metal into airy shapes. Thursday, September 11 Joe Wheaton slid open a massive barn door to let the sun shine into the cavernous studio where he creates outdoor sculptures as ...

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Wed Aug 27, 2008

Valley Advocate

In Your Dreams, Baby

There are plenty of worthy destinations in the Berkshires that are household names in the Valley - Shakespeare & Co., Jacob's Pillow, MASS MoCA and Club Helsinki, to name a few.

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Sat Aug 23, 2008

The Gazette

McIntyre dancers sparkling, inventive at Jacob's Pillow

Among them, the dance festival's willingness to test the new. Trey McIntyre Project WHERE: Jacob's Pillow, Route 20, Becket, Mass.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance

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Becket, Massachusetts is located in Berkshire County and is part of the Pittsfield Metro Area. Zip codes in Becket, MA include 01223.

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