Chapters Bookstore Welcomes Jerry Posner

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Pittsfield - Chapters Bookstore welcomes renowned motivational speaker Jerry Posner to the event room for a discussion and book signing at 5:30PM on Thursday, October 23 Jerry is the author of Attention Late Bloomers: You're Right On Time, a motivational book for adults seeking inspiration and empowerment to improve their lives.

Jerry Posner is a creative, dynamic speaker. Since 1994, he has given over 600 programs for guests at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires and has inspired thousands of people who aspire to positive change in the workplace ... and in life.

Jerry also travels around the country as a speaker for conferences and as a trainer for many corporations and organizations. He is considered an expert in the field of customer service and is continually researching and developing new material for his presentations and seminars.

Combining humor, performance art and empowering content make Jerry's programs engaging and energizing. He possesses the rare ability to connect with, entertain and inspire audiences of all kinds!

Jerry was born in Newark, NJ and grew up in Teaneck, NJ. He graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in mass communications. After college he worked as a recording engineer, radio producer and performed original music in Boston coffee houses (he still plays guitar, autoharp, dulcimer and ukulele). In the 1980s he worked as a stand-up comedian, program director for an all-comedy radio station in Thousand Oaks, CA (KMDY Radio) and produced and voiced "976-POSI" — a positive motivational telephone service in Los Angeles. In 1987, after a stint as creative director for an advertising agency, Jerry was hired to interview, train and motivate an international sales force working with military base exchanges.

Jerry moved to the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts in 1990 where he founded and co-published The Positive Times magazine and hosted a weekly radio show, "Positive Radio." For the past decade, Jerry's primary focus has been designing and presenting the most effective, practical and fun motivational programs for his clients.
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction is underway to transform the former Harry's Supermarket into a restaurant

Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building. 

"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu. 

A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building. 

White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.  

He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns. 

Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot. 

A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use. 

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