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$72K Raised in Berkshire Humane, Haddad Subaru Clinic | 02:01PM / Monday, November 07, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Haddad Subaru and Berkshire Humane Society raised $72,000 during their rabies and microchip clinic in October. During the event, Dr. Charlotte Barkley of Pittsfield Veterinary Hospital administered approximately 50 vaccines and 50 Microchips to cats and dogs. The funding for this clinic was provided by Subaru Loves Pets-specific grant. John Perrault of the Berkshire Humane Society and Chris Kramek, General Manager of Haddad Subaru pulled the winner of the "Choose Your Subaru Raffle," and Barry Collins of Lanesboro was the winner of a 2023 Subaru. Other prizes given away include a remote start from Haddad Subaru and a Yeti Cooler 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum Presents Winter Festival: Solstice Celebration | 08:36AM / Monday, November 07, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After two years without an in-house holiday season celebration, Berkshire Museum brings to life its second-floor gallery spaces with a celebration of winter that is unique to the area. Opening Saturday, Nov. 12 with a celebration featuring a performance by award-winning musical artist Paul Winter, in Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema. Doors open at 5 pm, with the concert beginning at 5:30 pm, exhibition opening celebration immediately follows. Tickets to the celebration are $75 for Premium Concert Seating and $50 for General Admission Concert Seating. All tickets include holiday cheer, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres! Tickets can be purchased 1 Comment
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BArT Students Receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarship| 08:24AM / Monday, November 07, 2022 | |
ADAMS, Mass. —The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is a merit-based program that provides credit towards tuition for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state college or university. For this scholarship, merit is based on student scores on the 10th-grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test. This year's recipients at Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School are Sheldon Alexander, Jacob Brown, Ivan Chen, Felee Davis, Isaac Huberdeau, Riley Jowett, Matthew Lizzo, Ranger McGinnis, Sawyer Moser, Ruby Pullaro-Clark, Ndey Touray, Matthew Weiskotten, and Giordan Zavatter. To be eligible for the scholarship,
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Construction Bids HIgh on Lanesborough PavilionBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Monday, November 07, 2022 | |
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The construction of Bill Laston Memorial Park's new pavilion is uncertain because of higher than expected costs, the Recreation Committee said during its meeting last week. The pavilion's components were delivered to Laston Park, near where it will be built; however, the committee moved it to the Water Department until it can be built. Committee members say they are hoping to have it built so that it runs parallel to the chain link fence toward the basketball court. When the town originally got the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism grant, officials were hoping there would be enough funds to cover both the pavilion 0 Comments
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Rollerskiers Tackle Mount GreylockiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:08PM / Sunday, November 06, 2022 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. – Fin Bailey and Alexandra Lawson were the top finishers on Sunday at the Mount Greylock Hill Climb. The rollerski race was conducted at Mount Greylock Reservation under the auspices of the New England Nordic Ski Association. More than 100 athletes took on the challenge of racing to the top of the commonwealth’s highest peak. Bailey and Lawson were the first finishers in the long course division for men and women respectively. The long course ran for 8 miles from the visitor’s center to the top of the 3,500 foot mountain. Bailey of Vermont’s Stratton Mountain School won the men’s race in 48 minutes, 59.4 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Could Look at High Cost of Chicken PermitsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:36PM / Sunday, November 06, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Director of Public Health Andy Cambi says the city's process for keeping chickens is effective after a resident brought her concerns about the cost to a City Council subcommittee in September. Instead, he suggested looking into options for financial aid to mitigate the cost for permits.
Chickens are permitted through zoning ordinance under a special permit at a cost of more than $500. Resident Melissa Corbett previously proposed a permitting process for the raising of six chickens that goes through the Board of Health instead of the Zoning Board of Appeals and has an initial fee of $25.
"I'm confident right now that the current
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Pittsfield Community Preservation Act Public Hearing Monday| 12:19PM / Sunday, November 06, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee will be holding a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7 related to the use of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds and the city of Pittsfield's priorities in relation to the Community Preservation Plan. The hearing will be held in Room 203 on the second floor of City Hall, 70 Allen St. Also, the committee announces that the project eligibility application process for a new year of CPA funding is open through Nov. 18. The committee will provide an overview of previous allocations of CPA funds and welcomes public participation to understand community priorities as it begins a new year of soliciting 0 Comments
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BCC Integrates Learning Communities into Curriculum | 12:21PM / Saturday, November 05, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Learning communities are now part of the curriculum, and at BCC, a learning community is a small group of students, enrolled together in two joined courses who work in collaboration toward shared academic goals. Based on a national model, learning communities at BCC enroll a maximum of 22 students and are taught by two faculty members, creating the opportunity for students and faculty to form connections in a supportive academic environment of curiosity and growth. During the current fall 2022 semester, BCC is offering two inaugural learning communities based on the theme of "Stay Local, Go Global." The first learning community, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield School's Curriculum Panel OKs 2 Pilot Courses By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
10:23AM / Saturday, November 05, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Public Schools' curriculum subcommittee voted to approve two pilot courses during its meeting on Tuesday night. The "History of Math" course has been in the works for over a year. It would be a half-year elective to ensure it is accessible to students who have an interest in the topic since all half-year electives are currently either English or history based. Pittsfield High School math teachers Mary Morrison and Jennifer Gaudette developed this course as a way to answer one of the most common questions they are confronted with -- "when will we ever need to know this." "So the 0 Comments
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New Waste Disposal Ban Regulations Take Effect | 08:00AM / Saturday, November 05, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration announced that new waste ban regulations that promote recycling and re-use, reduce trash disposal, and foster recycling business growth take effect November 1, 2022. The new regulations will ban the disposal of mattresses and textiles in the trash, as well as decrease food waste from businesses and institutions. Massachusetts currently has a food waste ban on businesses disposing one ton or more per week, and these regulations lower that threshold to a half-ton per week. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) established a ban on disposal of food waste from businesses and institutions disposing of 14 Comments
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MassDEP Clears Petroleum Product from Housatonic River in PittsfieldBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Saturday, November 05, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state Department of Environmental Protection recently cleared a "substantial" amount of petroleum product from the east branch of the Housatonic River. The Conservation Commission on Thursday ratified an emergency permit for the abatement and clean-up of a petroleum product release in the body of water behind 103 Elm St. last month.
Work consisted of abatement, cleanup, and mitigation measures from surface waters and surrounding areas. This included the deployment of containment booms in the swale before the east branch, removal of contaminated soils and organic debris, and the placement of clean fill to match former grads if necessary.
"This
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Pittsfield Saw Two Mini-COVID Surges This FallBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:58PM / Friday, November 04, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city has seen ups and downs with COVID-19 cases this fall and is currently on the lower end of case counts.
Health officials now say sewage testing is the truest indicator of the virus's impact on the community because it accounts for at-home tests.
"We did experience in the past two months a couple of mini surges throughout the city," Director of Public Health Andy Cambi said to the Board of Health on Wednesday.
"It's hard to gauge it from the active tests we have received because a lot of it, as I mentioned before, is done through at-home test kits."
On Tuesday, Biobot sewage testing showed 1.3 million copies per liter.
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