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         <title><![CDATA[Planning begins for new MGRHS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WILLIAMSTOWN - If the Mount Greylock Regional School District doesn't receive help from the state for a new high school this year, it will still need to have a plan to address some long-standing issues with the building in order to maintain the school's accreditation.

Time is of the essence to come up with such a plan: A special progress report is due to the New England Association of Schools]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Meghan Foley, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:06:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Corrections]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[John Seven's column in Friday's edition referenced Chris Hedges. That mention was supposed to read Chris Dodd.

    Due to an editing error, two headlines for a Thursday story on the Williamstown Community Preservation Committee incorrectly referenced adopting the Community Preservation Act. The CPA was adopted in 2002.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:00:59 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Speed, wet roads cause wreck]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CHESHIRE - State police say a combination of speed and icy roads caused a North Adams man to crash into a tree on Fred Mason Road near Bassett Brook Reservoir on Thursday night - an accident that sent him to Berkshire Medical Center with minor injuries.

Matthew Vallieres, 24, of Veazie Street in North Adams, lost control of his Pontiac Grand Am at around 9:45 p.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Transcript Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:59:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart tax loophole eyed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday January 28, 2012    


NORTH ADAMS -- There's no easy remedy to fix a corporate tax law that has allowed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to change its tax filing status and remove hundreds of thousands of dollars from local property tax rolls, according to state Sen. Benjamin B.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:41:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Work in progress]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday January 28, 2012    The access road to the Natural Bridge State Park, near Beaver Street, is under construction. Northern Construction is rebuilding the road, which was damaged during Tropical Storm Irene.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:40:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Northern Berkshire District Court]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday January 28, 2012    NORTH ADAMS -- The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Wednesday:


* Tyler A. Kuzia, 20, of Commercial Street in Adams, was arraigned on a charge of sending obscene matter to a minor. A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for March 7.


* April Pini, 32, of Blackinton Street in North Adams, was arraigned on five counts of larceny under]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Transcript Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:38:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Today in local history]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday January 28, 2012    Jan. 28



50 years ago today



NORTH ADAMS -- A ways and means committee has been appointed by Willard Busl, moderator of the First Baptist Church, to consider the final aspects of the proposed new addition of the second floor of the church. Serving on the committee are Elizabeth Fuffey, Russell Whittle, Franklin Estes, Milford Knights and Warren Baker.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:24:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[One-car rollover blocks Rte. 7]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday January 27, 2012   

WILLIAMSTOWN -- A Bennington, Vt., man is facing seven motor vehicle charges, including drunken driving, after police report he led them on a chase that ended when his car rolled over on Simonds Road (Route 7) just north of the Chef's Hat Restaurant on Thursday afternoon.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Meghan Foley, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:43:21 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Northern Berkshire District Court]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday January 27, 2012    
Transcript Staff



NORTH ADAMS -- The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Tuesday:


* Timothy R. Lafave, 24, of Howland Avenue in Adams, was found guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to seven months in a house of correction.



-- Phil Demers]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:46:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mystery Photo solved]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday January 27, 2012    While Rick Genesi tried to help us out with this Mystery Photo, we ended up going to microfilm. Ken DiMaggio of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., discovered a different way to aid his four-year-old son, Anthony, learn ice skating. DiMaggio believes the chair helps prevent falls, while building self-esteem.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:46:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Today in local history]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday January 27, 2012    Jan. 27



50 years ago today



FLORIDA -- Boy Scout Troop 76 held a Court of Honor Saturday a the Consolidated School, where six boys were invested as tenderfoot and six were advanced to second class rank. Those invest as tenderfoot were David Rowett, Glenn Burdick, Edward Burdick, Kenneth Mullett, Llewellyn White and Louis Poirot.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:46:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[After Irene repairs, $245k bill looms]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday January 27, 2012    North Adams Transcript



CLARKSBURG -- With all but one Tropical Storm Irene-related repair project complete, the town now has to determine how it will pay its share of an approximately $245,000 bill.



Town Administrator Michael Canales said Thursday that while the Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the town 75 percent of the repair costs, the town]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Meghan Foley</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:46:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Furthering &lsquo;anti-bullying' message]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday January 26, 2012    BART students participate in anti-bullying event Wednesday at the school. BART assistant principal Juraye Pierson said it was a day of planned events, including student-performed skits, writing positive affirmations, open discussion and the signing of a &lsquo;Black Out Bullying' banner.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:43:21 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Efforts will aid underfunded programming]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday January 26, 2012    North Adams Transcript



NORTH ADAMS -- A host of local talent will join forces Sunday to help raise funds for United Cerebral Palsy of Berkshire County during the 49th annual UCP Telethon, which will be broadcast live on Northern Berkshire Community Television Channel 15 from 1 to 5 p.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:34:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Follow the sign]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday January 26, 2012    
A new sign on the lawn of the David and Joyce Milne Public Library at 1095 Main St. in Williamstown directs people to the Williamstown Historical Museum, which is housed at the back of the library building.



The museum, which was formally known as the Williamstown House of Local History, changed its name to the Williamstown Historical Museum in May 2011.]]></description>
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