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What's it like serving on a high-profile court case in Massachusetts?
BOSTON - As deliberations continue in the murder trial of Karen Read, a former juror from another high-profile court case in Massachusetts shared with WBZ-TV what the experience was like.The longer jury deliberations go on, the more the crowd of court watchers outside Norfolk County Superior Court wonders what's going on in the jury room."We're just hopeful, it's coming," said Janice Creeden."Just hope that we get a verdict today," said Wendy Brisson."Very, very emotional"Those who've served on juries for high-profile cases understand why jurors are taking their time. "It changed my life, and I think about it often," said Janet...
Voters discuss what they expect from first presidential debate
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - More than 73 million people watched the first Trump-Biden debate in the 2020 election cycle. Certainly, some of them were from western Massachusetts. We did not have to go far to find people eager to talk about the presidential debate. In our conversations in downtown Springfield...
Chris Vecchia Joins Stone House Properties
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Stone House Properties announced that Chris Vecchia will be joining the company as a Sales Associate. Born and raised in the Berkshires and currently raising his own family in Pittsfield, Vecchia brings an understanding of the local community. Since 2019, Vecchia has been dedicated to...
Cheshire Appalachian Trail Community Celebration
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The 4th Annual Appalachian Trail Community Celebration will take place on Saturday, June 29, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the Father Tom Campsite located on 6 Main St. Hosted by the Cheshire Community Association, the event features an optional guided hike to Cheshire Cobbles...
BITS & BYTES: Gabrielle Senza New Marlborough Meeting House; Urban Bush Women at The Fisher Center; Afghan Female Student Outreach and Cuatro Puntos present Arson Fahim; ’Painting Belonging’ at Erikson Institute; Rebecca Guanzon at The Clark; Dr. Shannon Risk at Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum; New resources at Great Barrington libraries
Berkshire Artist Gabrielle Senza talks about ‘Crawling on a Glacier in Antarctica’. New Marlborough— On Saturday June 29th at 2 p.m., Berkshire Artist Gabrielle Senza talks about “Crawling on a Glacier in Antarctica” at the New Marlborough Meeting House. Crawling on a glacier in a long...
Berkshire Humane Society Pet of the Week: Meet Smokey
Every Wednesday at 8:30 we're joined by John Perreault, Executive Director of the Berkshire Humane Society to discuss all the happenings at their Barker Road facility, plus talk about their Pet of the Week. This week's Pet of the Week is Smokey. He is a beautiful black and brown 8.5-month-old...
Pittsfield city council celebrates its youth athletes, removes limit on marijuana businesses to prepare for statewide policy shift
The city council unanimously approved removing the limit set on marijuana retail establishments in the city. “This was a change to the zoning ordinance, and previously it had allowed for up to 35 recreational retail marijuana businesses to operate in the city, and what we did with the changes last night was just simply remove that language entirely from the ordinance. And the reason for that is we're making some changes overall, kind of comprehensive changes to the city's cannabis policies reacting to updated legislation and regulations from the [Cannabis Control Commission], and this is kind of clearing the way so that there's no potential conflicts internally with our ordinances when we do move those new policies forward," Community Development & Housing Program Manager Nate Joyner explained. “The biggest change pushed down from the state regarding these cannabis businesses is there's now requirements addressing equity participation for impacted residents of the state, whether they have a past drug conviction, a family member of a past drug conviction, or in a community that was heavily policed during the prohibition.”
Dozens of goats up for adoption: "Can be goofy and fun pets"
METHUEN - Dozens of goats are going up for adoption in Massachusetts this weekend, and you don't need to be a farmer to have one. Many of the available goats were among 160 animals recently rescued from a property in Ayer. The owner was charged with 30 counts of animal cruelty. Some of the other goats came from a surrender in New York.Adoption fees waived for most goatsIn total, 49 goats were brought to the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in Methuen. About 40 of them will be up for adoption Saturday at an open house. The available goats, which all have horns,...
MA debate: Do pharmacy benefit managers help lower drug costs, or is it the opposite?
BOSTON — It took a call to the CEO of Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield for Lauren Hunt, a Watertown resident and the daughter of former Gov. Jane Swift, to sidestep the pharmacy benefit manager handling her case and finally get the medication she needed for her illness. “We learned it was a...
Uber, Lyft agree to minimum pay for Massachusetts drivers to settle lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) -Uber Technologies and Lyft on Thursday agreed to adopt a $32.50 hourly minimum pay standard for Massachusetts drivers and pay $175 million to settle a lawsuit by the state's attorney general alleging they improperly treated drivers as independent contractors who can legally receive lower compensation than employees.
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