Tips on how to spot a phishing rip-off
Salisbury — Salisbury Financial institution is becoming a member of the American Bankers Affiliation (ABA) and over 1,000 banks from throughout the U.S. to kick off an industry-wide marketing campaign in efforts to fight phishing and educate customers concerning the persistent risk of phishing scams.
Don’t fall for methods. Study the crimson flags and the questions banks ask to maintain your cash secure.
For recommendations on maintain phishing criminals at bay, together with movies, an interactive recreation and extra, go to BanksNeverAskThat.com.
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“Innovation Lives Proper Right here” within the Berkshires
Pittsfield — Berkshire Innovation Middle and MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board have introduced a joint media marketing campaign entitled “Innovation Lives Proper Right here.” The “Innovation Lives Proper Right here” marketing campaign goals to focus on dynamic profession alternatives that exist in Berkshire County together with: Superior Manufacturing, Life Sciences, CleanTech, Aerospace & Protection, Software program & Engineering, and Healthcare.
The marketing campaign announcement and preliminary 60 second video will probably be adopted by industry-specific 30 second spots that includes footage sourced from native firms, and can ultimately develop into broadcast tv, billboards and print media.
For extra info please go to https://berkshireinnovationcenter.com/about/careers
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Workforce Growth Program at BCC helps fill jobs
Pittsfield — Berkshire Neighborhood School’s Workforce Growth Program fills a distinct segment for native Berkshire County Employers because it helps filling much-needed jobs.
This system encompasses noncredit workshops, certifications, neighborhood schooling and trainings to assist the area’s workforce thrive. Focused industries embody superior manufacturing, neighborhood well being, and the culinary arts. Whereas educational certificates packages may be accomplished in as little as two years, many workforce coaching packages may be accomplished in only one yr, such because the superior manufacturing technician program, the technical theater program and the neighborhood well being employee program. Different year-long packages embody digital advertising and marketing and e-commerce, IT help, making and manufacturing, venture administration and restaurant administration.
To study extra about tuition-free studying alternatives at BCC, go to www.berkshirecc.edu/workforce. For details about upcoming neighborhood packages, electronic mail [email protected] with any questions on brief workshops. For native companies looking for info on making workforce growth connections, electronic mail [email protected].
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Nice Barrington fixed-price electrical energy program
Nice Barrington — The city of Nice Barrington has finalized a 12-month, fixed-price electrical energy provide settlement via its municipal power-purchasing program. This mounted charge, decrease than a deliberate Nationwide Grid enhance, is being handed on to native residents and companies who can select to decide into this system.
Many city residents are already enrolled on this program and don’t have to do something to obtain the brand new mounted provide value. Electrical energy prospects not already enrolled could decide in by returning a postcard they’ll obtain within the mail from Colonial Energy Provide. This postcard is being delivered to Nationwide Grid prospects this week. The extra detailed public discover of this charge settlement may be discovered right here.
The Nice Barrington Neighborhood Alternative Energy Provide program’s new provide charge is $0.22203/kWh for the following 12 months. That is .11/kWh decrease than the Nationwide Grid charge of almost roughly .34/kWh, and the speed is not going to fluctuate throughout the 12-month interval.
Extra details about this system may be discovered here. The whole public discover relating to the brand new charge settlement is right here. Clients with questions are requested to contact Colonial Energy Group with questions on this system, at (508) 485-5858.
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BCC awarded grant for well being certificates packages
Pittsfield — Berkshire Neighborhood School (BCC) has been awarded a $1,080,231 grant from a U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies program known as Behavioral Well being Workforce Training and Coaching (BHWET). The four-year grant will present stipends, partial reimbursement of tuition and costs, and provides for as much as 15 college students per yr enrolled in BCC’s Psychological Well being, Habit Restoration, and Human Companies certificates packages. Grant funds can even help hiring a venture coordinator and a mentor/coach for college kids.
Along with overseeing venture actions, the venture coordinator funded by the grant will assist recruit various college students and develop relationships with subject placement websites in the neighborhood. In the meantime, the mentor/coach will present educational and private help to college students to assist them progress and full this system. Expertise will probably be built-in into the curriculum to help distance studying and to arrange college students for the state-of-the-art elements throughout the human companies subject.
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Berkshire Regional Planning Fee wants public enter
Pittsfield — Berkshire Regional Planning Fee is looking for public touch upon a draft Complete Financial Growth Technique (CEDS) for Berkshire County, which will probably be in impact from 2023 via 2027. The general public remark interval completes on November 12th, 2022.
The CEDS is a coordinated regional planning course of that paperwork present financial situations, identifies precedence financial growth tasks, and units targets and techniques for the upcoming 5-year interval.
BRPC assists the thirty-two Berkshire cities and cities in a various set of subjects together with neighborhood and financial growth, neighborhood planning, information and knowledge companies, emergency preparedness planning, environmental and vitality planning, regional companies, public well being, housing, and transportation planning.
The draft doc may be discovered on BRPC’s web site at berkshireplanning.org/initiatives/berkshire-comprehensive-economic-development-strategy-ceds/ or at bit.ly/BerkshireCEDS, together with extra details about the initiative and copies of former CEDS paperwork and annual studies.
The PDF doc contains hyperlinks to on-line types for members of the general public to recommend additions to the Motion Plan and Resiliency Suggestions included within the draft. Basic feedback may be emailed to BRPC Financial Growth Program Supervisor, Laura Brennan, at l[email protected], with the topic line “CEDS draft”.
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Balise Auto donating portion of tire gross sales to Junior Achievement of Western Mass.
Springfield — Balise Auto, with 9 areas all through western Massachusetts, will probably be donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each set of 4 tires they promote from October 1 via November 30 to Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts (JAWM) as a part of its ‘Tires to Encourage’ marketing campaign.
JAWM is devoted to offering financial schooling and monetary literacy packages to youth all through western Massachusetts, opening their minds to their potential and getting ready them for all times after commencement.
To make a direct donation to Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts, go to jawm.org/donate.
