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Business Owners Ease Into Lift of Pandemic Restrictions By Brittany Polito , iBerkshires Staff 12:31PM / Saturday, May 29, 2021 Tweet PITTSFIELD, Mass. — You can now move freely about the state but not all businesses and organizations are throwing pandemic precautions to the wind. Restaurants, in particular, seem to be taking a measured approach ranging from letting patrons and workers make their own decisions, to keeping some distance between seating to maintaining face-covering protocols. Lantern Bar and Grill owner Bjorn Somlo is shutting down this week to give employees a "well deserved" recuperation time and to observe while the public adjusts to the lifted restrictions. The Lantern's layout with about nine generously sized tables will not change besides the addition of 0 Comments Read More >> Hancock Shaker Village Debuts Contemporary Art Installations Inspired by Shakers By Brittany Polito , iBerkshires Staff 05:57AM / Saturday, May 29, 2021 Tweet Artist/designer Gary Graham's Shaker-inspired cloak in the exhibit 'Looking Back to Look Forward' in the Round Stone Barn. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village will be featuring four prominent artists in upcoming installations influenced by the Shakers' superior eye for functional design. Opening on Monday, May 31, is a work by American fashion designer Tory Burch, who launched her brand in 2004 and has since grown to a global business with boutiques all around the world, and artist/designer Gary Graham. On June 25, textile artist Laura Sansone and sculptor Thomas Barger will debut their installations. 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It is an event that is shared with family, friends, faculty and others important to the 0 Comments Read More >> GE Aesthetic Improvements Begin as Part of Rest of River Agreement By Brittany Polito , iBerkshires Staff 04:12PM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The imposing General Electric buildings on East Street are getting a facelift. As part of the Rest of River settlement agreement that requires General Electric to remove contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls used to manufacture transformers at its former Pittsfield plant, aesthetic improvements have begun at the GE property on East Street beginning with exterior repainting of the buildings. The improvements will also include the removal of exterior equipment such as the pipe trestle over the railroad tracks, vent stacks along Tyler Street, the removal of barbed wire from some fencing, and landscaping on GE property south of East Street. "I'm 0 Comments Read More >> REGIONAL NEWS -- -- Carr Hardware Advertising Campaign Wins Telly Award 03:14PM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carr Hardware's Dewitts Advertising Campaign, created by Clayson Creative, has won a GOLD place Telly Award for 2021 in the business to consumer category. Clayson Creative/Carr Hardware "The Dewitts" campaign were among this year's winners that also included Jennifer Garner’s "Pretend Cooking Show" series, RadicalMedia’s "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel" documentary series, Partizan’s "Fantastic Voyage" campaign. "All the credit goes to Ryan and John at Clayson Creative and Carr’s marketing guru Amy," President of Carr Hardware Bart Raser said. The 0 Comments Read More >> Governor Rescinds Public Health Emergency as of June 15 By Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff 12:52PM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet BOSTON — The state of emergency instituted in March 2020 will officially end on June 15 and most restrictions on capacity and face coverings will be lifted on Saturday. Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday signed an executive order rescinding more than a year of pandemic protocols that restricted business and school operations. The governor cited the dramatic drop in new cases and hospitalizations since the earlier in the year and the state's progress in vaccinating the population. "Thanks to the people Massachusetts who made enormous sacrifices over the course of the past year to get us to this point, brighter days are very much upon us," he said at his 0 Comments Read More >> RSVP's Wheels for Wellness Free Ride Service 11:57AM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beginning Tuesday, June 1, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Berkshire County (RSVP) will launch its free ride service, Wheels for Wellness, for all Berkshire County residents. Wheels for Wellness is a free ride service for county residents of all ages who need transportation to wellness-related activities, including medical and social services appointments, fitness classes, therapy, as well as transport to vaccine sites. The program is a partnership between RSVP and the following organizations Berkshire Community Action Council, Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative, Community Health Programs, Berkshire Interfaith Organizing, and Berkshire 0 Comments Read More >> Mill Town Hires Executive Chef 09:14AM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Mill Town announced the appointment of Executive Chef Jeremy Berlin, who will be responsible for overseeing culinary operations for Mill Town, as well as the reopening of Mission on Friday, May 28th and Gateways Restaurant later in June. Berlin brings more than 25 years of professional culinary experience and is tasked with overseeing the kitchens, crafting menus, and hiring culinary staff to run the day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Mill Town, Berlin was the executive chef at resort Blantyre Country Estate in Lenox. Before moving to the Berkshires, Berlin held a variety of positions at culinary entities across the country, including Gordon 0 Comments Read More >> Holiday Hours: Memorial Day 09:00AM / Friday, May 28, 2021 Tweet Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Arlington National Cemetery is the nation's ...