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Engineers Looking To Increase Water Flow Below Cleveland ReservoirBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:14AM / Monday, March 13, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Engineers have gotten approval to try a new way to alleviate environmental concerns related to a maintenance project at the Cleveland Reservoir, the main source of the city's drinking water. The project plan is to clean out the diversion pipes in both Cady and Windsor Brooks, which feed into the reservoir. The two inlets had been collecting sediment for decades, and that has then been flowing into the reservoir. In 2012 the project to clean out the aqueduct system was proposed. But, some concerns were raised about the creation of an access road, which would take away wetlands habitats for animals, and ongoing dredging of the river. Doug Gove from 1 Comment
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'Roots Rising' To Provide Pittsfield Teens Work In Food IndustryBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:09AM / Sunday, March 12, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For five weeks this summer 10 city teens won't just be learning about the food economy, they'll be living it. Berkshire Botanical Gardens and Alchemy Initiative have teamed up to launch "Roots Rising," a program paying teenagers to work on farms, in food pantries, at markets, and learning everything it takes to go from farm to table. "It's an agricultural based youth development program," Berkshire Botanical Garden's Director of Youth Outreach Education Jamie Samowitz said on Friday. "They are doing what we call meaningful work." The teens, ages 14 to 19, will work five days a week 0 Comments
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Eversource Receives Special Permit For Pittsfield Solar ArrayBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:15AM / Monday, December 12, 2016 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eversource was granted the special permit to construct a 2.2 megawatt solar array on 10 acres of land on Partridge Road. The project is just one of two in the utility company is seeking to build in the Berkshires this coming year - the other being in Lanesborough — and one of more than a dozen throughout the state. The state is allowing utility companies to own and operate 35 megawatts of solar energy and between Eversource's two companies, it can own up to 70 megawatts The company owns 36 acres of land on Partridge Road and is looking to use 10 of that for the some 6,000 panels and two or three equipment pads. The closest panel will be 0 Comments
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Eversource Plans Solar Projects In Pittsfield and LanesboroughBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Wednesday, December 07, 2016 | |
Amy Voisine-Shea said the two projects are part of a more than a dozen throughout the state as the company aims to develop 62 more megawatts of electricity statewide. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eversource is now in the permitting stage for two solar projects, tallying some 6.2 megawatts in central Berkshires. That's one-tenth of the total 62 MW it hopes to develop statewide. The electric company is looking to build a 2.2-megawatt facility on land it owns on Partridge Road in Pittsfield and another 4-megawatt array on Route 7 in Lanesborough. Both projects are on plots of land the company already owns and is considered "underutilized." "The 1 Comment
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Downing's Next Step Is Solar Energy Firm| 04:43PM / Monday, November 14, 2016 | |
BOSTON — Benjamin B. Downing, who has championed renewable energies during his 10 years in the state Senate, will join a solar energy company at the end of his term.
Nexamp Inc. announced on Monday that the Pittsfield Democrat, who did not stand for a sixth term, would be the solar contractor's new vice president of new market development.
"Ben's long history of public service will complement Nexamp's expert team of local development professionals," said Zaid Ashai, chief executive officer of Nexamp, in a statement. "He joins us at the most exciting juncture in our company's young history, and his ability to effectively communicate promising
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Pittsfield Retailers Mistakenly Still Violating Polystyrene Ban By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:33AM / Tuesday, October 18, 2016 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Board of Health is discovering that many vendors may be inadvertently still using the banned polystyrene food containers. The Green Commission was updated on the Styrofoam ban Monday night in which member Jim McGrath reported that many businesses have swapped out the white clamshell Styrofoam containers in the favor of clear plastic containers. However, those clear plastic containers are still polystyrene, which is banned. "They all are made of essentially the same material," McGrath told the Green Committee. "Retailers made the switch to what they thought was a responsible, acceptable product." The Green 5 Comments
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BNRC Releases Plan For Countywide Hiking Trail NetworkBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:29AM / Tuesday, October 04, 2016 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Natural Resources Council envisions a day when one can walk through a network of trails to each and every town in the Berkshires. The organization has been working for the last couple years to do just that. The organization has raised $4.25 million toward the creation and maintenance of such a network. "It is sort of a counterpart to the Appalachian Trail," President Tad Ames said, explaining that the network will allow someone to travel on foot the length of Berkshire County, stopping in at towns, staying a local hotels, while not having to carry food for a long trip. The concept is something that's been done 6 Comments
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Permit Granted For Solar Project On Pittsfield's Churchill StreetBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:55AM / Thursday, September 08, 2016 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — From noise, to scenery, to even attacking the character of the company looking to install a large solar array on Churchill Street, neighbors tried everything to fight the project. But despite presenting their case claiming that the 499-kilowatt planned array encompassing a dozen acres of land would be a detriment to the neighborhood, the Zoning Board of Appeals granted the special permit with conditions in a 4-1 vote. Some of the board members voiced concern that the 40 acres of land being used could never been screened enough as to not impact the neighbors. "I am not convinced that this project is not detrimental to the neighborhood. I don't 1 Comment
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