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Opening of Ultimate Body Factory Longtime Dream of OwnersBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:04PM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | |
Some 55 pieces of equipment are being installed at Ultimate Body Factory. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fitness has been a big part of Geoff Powell and AJ Bowman's lives. The two men struck up a friendship at Berkshire Nautilus and began working out together. After realizing they both had the same dream of operating a gym, they joked about doing it together. Their dreams are coming true with the opening of the Ultimate Body Factory on Monday, Dec. 1, at 5 Cheshire Road. "We want to be a very broad, positive, friendly gym. We want people that it's their first day through the doors of a gym, and when they come in, they're going to be 0 Comments
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OLLI Presents 'Un-Separation of Church and State'| 02:43PM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will present "The Un-Separation of Church and State," a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Brian Kaylor and Doug Mishkin on Kaylor's book "Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism." The talk will be held via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. To register, visit https://berkshireolli.org/event-6354850. Kaylor, a Baptist minister with a doctorate in political communication and an award-winning author, is president and 0 Comments
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UNICO Baseball/Softball Hall Inductions Set for FridayCommunity submission,
12:48PM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – UNICO of Pittsfield will host the 29th annual induction ceremony for its Baseball/Softball Hall of Fame at the Wahconah Country Club on Friday, Nov. 21. The five new inductees will join 156 others who have been inducted since 1996. This Class of 2025 includes: Ron Bartlett (Taconic High School) Bartlett started his playing days as a catcher in the Richmond Little League. He continued to compete in the Babe Ruth league, played on the South County American Legion Team and then transferred to the Tyler Aces. After playing for two years as the catcher at Taconic and upon graduation, he continued his education at Florida State 0 Comments
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DA Shugrue Touts Recent Drug-Trafficking ArrestsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | |
DA Timothy Shugrue says his office is trying to change the culture so it's difficult for drug traffickers to operate in the Berkshires. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Drug-trafficking raids between August and September have resulted in the indictment of nine individuals and the seizure of drugs and illegal firearms.
On Tuesday, Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue held a press conference to announce the outcome of eight search warrants conducted by Pittsfield Police Department, the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit, and the Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force.
"When answering to this office, I vowed to stem the tide of violence affecting Pittsfield and the
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HVA, Follow the Forest Receive $30K to Protect Critical Wildlife Habitat| 10:36AM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation, a supporting organization of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, has awarded $30,000 to the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) and conservation partners to further the Follow the Forest initiative and its mission to protect one of the largest connected wildlife corridors in the eastern United States. "We are deeply grateful to the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation for its support of our Follow the Forest efforts," said Tim Abbott, Executive Director of HVA. "This collaborative work is essential to ensuring that wildlife can move, adapt and thrive on our landscape, now and into 0 Comments
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'Reading the Tea' with Pulitzer Prize Winner at Arrowhead| 03:11PM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning author Debby Applegate to Herman Melville's historic home on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 pm for a special afternoon benefitting BCHS restoration, education, and preservation programs. The afternoon begins in Melville's study—where he wrote Moby-Dick inspired by his view of Mount Greylock—where Applegate will read selections from her writing. Following the reading, guests can interact with the author while enjoying tea, hot toddies and an array of sweets. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased by using the BOOK NOW button at berkshirehistory.org and selecting 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Announces North Pole Calling Program| 01:38PM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Department of Community Development Recreation Program will be conducting the 44th annual North Pole Calling Program on Wednesday, Dec. 10, and Thursday, Dec. 11, from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Sign up forms have been sent home with Pittsfield children in Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grades 1 & 2. Fillable forms that can be saved and emailed are available through a link on the city website at North Pole Calling Program (pittsfieldma.gov). Hard copy forms are also available at the City Clerk's Office in room 103 of City Hall, 70 Allen Street, as well as in the Department of Community Development, room 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Middle School Restructuring Effort Nearing CheckpointBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:49PM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Action items are coming into focus as the middle school restructuring vote nears.
In December, the School Committee will decide whether to begin moving into an upper elementary and junior high model, with Grades 5-6 in one school and 7-8 in another, or to push it off another year. After running sandbox scenarios, the district transportation team found that the current two-tier transportation system would have to be changed to three tiers.
"It's looking like it would be high school and then middle school and then elementary, but they're running the scenarios to see what would the timetable look like," Superintendent Latifah
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Pittsfield Community Radio, WBTR To Have On-Air Fundraiser to Support the Station | 10:28AM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Pittsfield Community Radio, 89.7 WTBR-FM, will be holding a one-day on-air fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. All money raised during the on-air fundraiser will go towards continuing the mission of providing the community with a non-profit, non-commercial radio station to present diverse local, entertaining, informative, and educational programming. The event will also help raise funds for 88.1 WSBR in Lee, which has been simulcasting Pittsfield Community Radio to the Southern Berkshires since January. The on-air event will be anchored by former Pittsfield morning radio fixture and current Coordinator of Advancement at WTBR, Bob Heck, and
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Dalton in Stalemate Over Proposed Public Safety Facility By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:51AM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — As conditions worsen at the police station, it seems public officials are going in circles, Police Chief Deanna Strout said. The condition of the station, located in Town Hall, has been deteriorating for the last 28 years. There have been multiple building committees and this is what happens and the project goes nowhere, Strout said during last week's Select Board meeting. People butt heads about the cost and where it should go and nothing happens, she said "We are in desperate mode now," she stressed. Earlier in the meeting she outlined the several issues with the station that have been reiterated at several 0 Comments
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Pittsfield DPW Seeks $15.2M for Wastewater PlantBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Department of Public Works is requesting the City Council authorize borrowing up to $15.2 million for improvements to the wastewater treatment plant.
On Thursday, the City Council referred the request to the Finance subcommittee. Funding would support a new administration and laboratory building at the plant.
"The existing Laboratory Building, initially constructed in 1938 and adapted for plant use in 1973, no
longer meets current needs," Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities Ricardo Morales wrote in a communique to the council.
"Together with inadequate administration facilities, the proposed building will
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Card and Coffee Shop Opens on Tyler StreetBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:30PM / Sunday, November 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—Berkshire Sports Cards and Coffee opened on Friday, providing the collector community a place to hangout and add more to their collection. The store is located at 147 Tyler Street and will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Owner, Ryan Thebeau, is no stranger to the card collector world and is excited to bring a new spot to the city. The card and coffee shop carries various Pokemon and sports related cards. "I started as a kid. I used to mow my lawn for cards and Pokemon cards [and] baseball cards," he laughed. Thebeau was raised in Pittsfield and moved to Arizona, where he 0 Comments
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