Veteran journalist Susan Bush has accepted a post as the editor/senior writer of the online newsmagazine iBerkshires.com. Bush is expected to begin full-time duties at the publication's Main Street office on Dec. 1. "This is a wonderful opportunity for me and a wonderful opportunity to bring more to the pages of iberkshires.com," Bush said. "I am very excited about the future of iberkshires.com."
“We are very excited that Sue Bush is joining our team on a full-time basis on iBerkshires.com. Sue is a very well respected journalist who will help us to expand our editorial offerings and manage the growth of our editorial staff. Investing in our editorial staff is a logical step as the Internet is becoming more and more prevalent at the local level and advertising online continues to increase significantly.†added Ozzie Alvarez, President and CEO of Boxcar Media.
iBerkshires.com was created as the first online information website focused on the Berkshires and Southern Vermont in 2000. iberkshires.com currently receives over 1,400,000 million page views per month and over 285,000 visits per month.
Bush, 50, was previously employed as a MediaNews Group journalist. She joined the North Adams Transcript as a reporter in 1998 and was hired at the Berkshire Eagle in 2000. She returned to the Transcript in 2004. Bush was also a contributor to the Advocate weekly newspaper in 2004 and 2005. She became a lead contributor/ photographer for iberkshires.com in 2005. An article written by Bush highlighting the Northern Berkshire "Grooove" youth initiative was published by "Listen" magazine in 2005.
Bush lives with her husband Philip Bush in Pownal, Vt.
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Congratulations to iBerkshires.com for naming Sue Bush as Editor. Sue's stories are moving, inspirational and fun to read. Keep up the good work Sue.
Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in Greenfield
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country.
Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press release.
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the Greenfield Recorder reported.
Investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown’s former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St, the news outlet said.
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Herberger-Brown originally told investigators that he had not been to the apartment in months because he had been in and out of hospitals.
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