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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board on Thursday held its annual meeting virtually during which five local professionals were recognized with Workforce Impact Awards and the board highlighted its yearly efforts in meeting the demand for highly skilled workers in Berkshire County.     During fiscal 2021, the board leveraged more than $3.5 million to assist 662 employers, 2,600 job seekers, and 3,400 youth with workforce needs.     "Since March 2020, the Workfor...

MassMEDIC Announces IGNITE 2021 Cohort Share Article MassMEDIC IGNITE, a virtual accelerator focused on identifying and nurturing the medtech leaders of the future, announced the 2021 Cohort, 12 start-ups selected from a record number of applicants. IGNITE, virtual accelerator for medtech founders and entrepreneurs "It’s already a banner year for IGNITE—with a record number of applicants, double the number of corporate sponsors, significant cash and services prizes, and the most diverse and...

2020 and 2021 Honorary Degree Recipients 2020 2020 Commencement Speaker Mary Dana Hinton became the thirteenth president of Hollins University on August 1, 2020. An active and respected proponent of the liberal arts and inclusion, her leadership reflects a deep and abiding commitment to educational equity and the education of women. For six years Hinton served as the president of the College of Saint Benedict (Saint ...

PITTSFIELD — The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everything during the past 12 months, and the Berkshire County economy was no exception. As the region’s economy begins to recover, it’s worth looking back at where the Berkshires have been, businesswise, since March 2020. Here is a brief retrospective of some of the events that have taken place. Learning to pivot Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing in Lee uses state-of-the-art technology to produce sterile injectable drugs for pharmaceuti...

Boyd Technologies of Lee combats COVID by making surgical masks Updated Feb 15, 2021; Posted Feb 15, 2021 A member of the staff at Boyd Technologies in Lee performs what the company calls “hand building” on surgical mask prototypes for testing purposes. (Linnea Morrison photo) Facebook Share LEE — As hospitals were inundated with COVID-19 patients and medical equipment was in short supply, it wasn’t just health care workers who were drafted as soldiers in the pandemic. Massachusetts m...

That is a problem that Western Massachusetts-based Kyttarinic Technologies wants to solve. “A lot of people had this problem before COVID, in environments like hospitals, manufacturing,” said James Capistran, one of the company’s founders. “In the medical profession, they can’t take the glasses or face shield off, so, they’re stuck with it.” There already are dozens of products to stop fogging, including human spit. But, Capistran and his co-founder, Kenneth C...

Police Chief Michael Wynn marches in the procession to Durant Park in June. The chief says he is committed to working with community groups to build a more equitable society. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield in 2020 addressed social issues such as police reform, inclusivity, and domestic violence, along with a worldwide pandemic. In June, following weeks of worldwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., at the hands of police, Pittsfie...