 | Berkshire Force 10s Win County Championship
DALTON, Mass. -- Emma Wixsom Tuesday threw two shutout innings to lift the Berkshire Force 10-and-under softball team to a 16-7 win over Dalton and a Berkshire County Summer Softball League Championship at Chamberlain Park.
Wixsom struck out eight hitters in the game, which ended after four innings due to the time |
| Berkshire Public Water Suppliers Awarded Grants
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced more than $17.4 million in grant awards to 21 public water suppliers to assist with long-term solutions that address and mitigate emerging contaminants in drinking water.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) selected 21 projects to |
 | Berkshire Nursing Families Awarded Perinatal Health Grant
BOSTON — The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation today announced $360,000 in new grant funding to support 12 organizations working to improve perinatal health across the Commonwealth, including supporting access to doula care for pregnant people in communities of color.
Berkshire Nursing Families will use the |
 | School Officials Looking to Tame Wahconah High 'Jungle'
Weeds are beginning to invade the space along the foundation of the $72 million school.
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District is creating a plan to address the "absolutely horrible" condition of Wahconah Regional High School's grounds.
The parking medians |
| Pittsfield Proposes a Deputy Public Works Commissioner
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is looking to add another leadership position to the public works department.
The Personnel Review Board on Monday supported the creation of a deputy commissioner in the Department of Public Services and Utilities. The full-time position, if approved by the City Council, will have a Grade M-8 pay |
 | Berkshire Force Drops into Consolation Bracket at World Series
FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Kinston, N.C., 12-and-under softball team Monday scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to finish off a 15-5, four-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the quarter-finals of the Babe Ruth World Series.
Kinston moves on to Tuesday evening's semi-final round at the Florence |
 | Inaugural Lanesborough Day Set Saturday
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The inaugural Lanesborough Day will celebrate the small town and offer a chance for residents to get-together under the new pavilion.
Bill Laston Memorial Park will be filled with food, music, activities, and more on Saturday. The town hopes for a good turnout and that this will become an annual |
| Healey Signs $58B State Budget
BOSTON — The state has a $57.78 billion plan for fiscal 2025 that includes more than $1.3 billion in Fair Share monies for education and transportation.
Gov. Maura Healey signed the state budget on Monday, saying it is balanced, responsibly controls spending growth and protects taxpayer |
 | 71 Years Later, Pittsfield Remembers the 'Forgotten' Korean War
Arnie Perras, VFW post commander, is the last of the nine-member committee that initiated the monument in 2002. He says it's up to the younger veterans to continue the memorial.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — VFW Post 448 Cmdr. Arnie Perras led the 71st Korean War memorial ceremony Saturday morning.
He is the |
 | 'Moby-Dick' Read-a-thon
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society's annual Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon will begin Thursday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m., continuing daily until the book is finished.
Participants will read aloud for 15 minutes with the next participant picking up where the prior reader left off. The event is held at |
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