News and events in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Pittsfield COVID-19 Cases Wane But Still Not 'Out of The Woods'By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 04:18PM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — COVID-19 cases are declining in the city but it remains in the "red zone." "While we're going down on the numbers, we're still not where we want to be,” Director of Public Health Andy Cambi said to the Board of Health on Wednesday. A week ago, the percent positivity rate was 11.5, down from 14.7 in mid-May. The average case rate was 73.1 per 100,000 people, which is significantly less than the rate of 133.3 in mid-May. Pittsfield entered the red incidence rate for transmission in April when the positivity rate rose to 5.3 percent. This risk category is defined by having equal to or more than 10 average cases per 100,000 and having a
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Berkshire County Arc Awards Scholarships to High School Students02:19PM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Arc, along with BCArc's Down Syndrome Family Group, has awarded $7,000 in scholarship funding to five recent Berkshire County high school graduates who will be pursing undergraduate education in the field of human services. This year's recipients include: Quinn Walton (Wahconah Regional High School) is receiving the "Carol Craighead Memorial Scholarship Award" with a BCArc Down Syndrome Family Group Scholarship. She is majoring in Engineering and will be attending Tufts University in Medford. Lily Robb (Wahconah Regional High School) is majoring in Elementary Education and attending Merrimack 0 Comments Read More >> |
Miss Hall's School Graduates 4812:00PM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's graduated 48 students, including fifteen students from Berkshire County and nearby communities, Sunday, June 5, during Miss Hall's School's (MHS) 124th Commencement. This year's in-person ceremony, the first in three years, took place under a large tent behind the Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center on the School's campus and was shared worldwide via Facebook Live. Hosted by Miss Hall's Head of School Julia Heaton, the ceremony included remarks from Senior Class President Keely O'Gorman, of Lee; School President Cailyn Tetteh, of Rosenberg, Texas; School Vice President Truc Hoang, of Hanoi Vietnam, and Board of 0 Comments Read More >> |
'Striking Out Cancer' Fundraiser Adds Softball GameBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff 11:20AM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For its second year, a local cancer fund-raiser is offering twice the opportunities to participate. "It was all men last year, and we had a couple of people come up and say, 'How about women's softball,'" Joe DiCicco said recently. "I said, 'Yeah, I'm all for it. We'll try it.'" So put softball on the schedule for this year's edition of Striking out Cancer in the Berkshires, the daylong fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute that DiCicco inaugurated last summer. This year's event is scheduled for Saturday, June 18, at 9:30, again on Buddy Pellerin Field at Clapp 0 Comments Read More >> |
Vein Specialist Joins Berkshire Surgical Services of BMC10:59AM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) announced the appointment of David E. Cohen, MD, a board certified and fellowship trained specialist in Vascular Medicine to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) and the provider staff of Berkshire Surgical Services of BMC. He is accepting new patients in need of vein care. Dr. Cohen comes to the Berkshires from New Jersey, where he had served as a provider and vein specialist with Advanced Vascular Associates in Morristown. He was previously the Medical Director of Circulatory Care of New Jersey in Paramus. He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield Fire, Sheriff's Office Train for Underwater RescueBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 04:45AM / Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | |
Divers suit up to enter the waters of Pontoosuc after a call of a 'baby overboard' came in. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayor Linda Tyer took the role of eyewitness on Monday morning, alerting the first-responders to a "baby overboard." The scenario at Pontoosuc Lake was an underwater rescue training drill with the Fire Department's dive team and the Berkshire County Sheriff's Office. The victim — a weighted baby doll — was rescued from about 12-foot-deep water within the "golden hour" at Blue Anchor Beach. Tyer played her part in frantically alerting the team of a baby overboard after the doll was 0 Comments Read More >> |
Milling and Paving in Pittsfield05:51PM / Monday, June 06, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beginning Tuesday through Friday, June 10, milling and shim paving will occur in the following locations in Pittsfield: Donovan Street and Pinney Place Greendale Avenue Roselyn Drive Cecilia Terrace Euclid Avenue Evelyn Park Beech Grove Avenue On-street parking is prohibited during this work between the hours of 6 a.m.-6 p.m. The schedule is subject to change based on weather conditions. 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield Budget Day 3: Council Gives OK to 7 Department BudgetsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 12:57PM / Monday, June 06, 2022 | |
Day 1 budget review here. Day 2 budget review here. Day 4 budget review here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On the third day of the fiscal 2023 budget hearings last week, the City Council, sitting as the Council of the Whole, preliminarily approved spending for seven departments as well as the water, sewer, and wastewater enterprise funds. The building maintenance and building inspector departments passed with recommendations for increased funds. The proposed municipal operating budget is $99,900,752 and the proposed public school budget is $72,398,262, totaling a municipal operating budget of $172,299,014. Within that are a $2,200,000 increase in health insurance, a $780,492 increase
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Berkshire Athenaeum Issues Community Survey08:05AM / Monday, June 06, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, is conducting a community survey to assist and inform its future initiatives pertaining to community services. Library Trustee John Neiner said the survey initiates an important community conversation. "We are excited about the future of the Berkshire Athenaeum. It is our desire to tell our story in new, dynamic, and engaging ways and this survey is an opportunity for each voice in our community to be heard in helping to shape how the library grows and adapts," Neiner said. "We hope to collect public responses that will help us reach these goals of creating a space where everyone 0 Comments Read More >> |
PHS Class of 2022 Joins the History of 'Home Under the Dome'By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 09:04PM / Sunday, June 05, 2022 | |
The graduates turn their tassels after receiving their diplomas on Sunday. See more photos here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For the second year in a row, Pittsfield High School seniors gathered on the back lawn under the dome to bid farewell to that chapter of their lives. Class President Kayden Lovallo acknowledged the eclectic nature of the 184-student class of 2022 that shared an overarching value: pride for their school. "We are a collective of artists, musicians, athletes, mathematicians, scientists, and so on. All very different, but connected by a current of pride for our school," Lovallo said to her peers during commencement on Sunday. "I have never
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Pittsfield High Awards & Scholarships for 202206:03PM / Sunday, June 05, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The following scholarships and awards were presented to the Pittsfield High School class of 2022. Aaron Timothy Coty Memorial Scholarship: Anthony Telladira Allendale Elementary PTO: Samantha Depson American Legion Post 68, Academic: Aidan Mack Angela Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Maddy Malumphy Anne Wetzel Memorial Scholarship: John Archey Big Y Academic Excellence: Alyssa Potvin Buddy Pellerin/PHS Class of 1966: Jordynn Bazinet State Champion Baseball Scholarship: Michael Grady Charles Henry Derby Scholarship: Alex Henner Christopher Forte Memorial Scholarship: Madalyne 0 Comments Read More >> |
Wahconah High Class of 2022 Awards & Scholarships04:59PM / Sunday, June 05, 2022 | | DALTON, Mass. — The following awards and scholarships were presented to the class of 2022 at Wahconah Regional High School. 2022 Senior Forward with Hope 'Because You're You Awards': Maxwell Boland, Blake Casella, Emily Fontaine, Bailey Goodrich, Matthew McCormack, Ella Quinto, Dominic Scalise, Ryan Scott, Gavin Sommers, David Striebel American Legion Auxiliary Benjamin F. Sullivan Unit 155: Makayla Torrey; Jayden Warner;Juliane Keiper, Quinn Lennon, Colin Rosier Berkshire County Arc:Quinn Walton; Lily Robb, Quinn Walton;Lily Robb Berkshire Culinary Group Community Service Award: Nathan Brown Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation 0 Comments Read More >> |
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