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Dalton Board Sets Salary Range for Town Manager PositionBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:08AM / Thursday, July 17, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — As the town moves forward in its search for a new town manager, the Select Board voted to increase its salary range for the position. The Select Board approved a salary range of $135,000 to $155,000 to attract more applicants in a competitive market for town managers in Western Massachusetts. Municipal Resources Inc. consultants Reginald "Buzz" Stapczynski and Robert Mercier previously warned the board of the need for a conversation on salaries. During the search for an interim town manager, the town posted an annual salary range of $120,000 to $135,000. "Our recommendation in your case is to look at a salary 0 Comments
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Post 68-1 Downs Monson in Legion PlayiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:42PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI Wednesday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68-1 Seniors to an American Legion Baseball win over Monson Post 241 at Clapp Park. Jason Codey tripled in a five-hit attack for Pittsfield, which worked nine walks in the win. Cam Harrington and Jack Abel combined for the win on the mound. Harrington struck out seven and allowed two runs in five innings of work to earn the win. Abel closed the game with two innings of one-run ball. Post 68-1 (11-1) finishes the regular season on Thursday at East Springfield Post 420. 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Little Leaguers Stay Alive in SectionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
09:37PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Three Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Star pitchers combined to strike out 12 and allow no earned runs on Wednesday as Pittsfield stayed alive in the Section 1 tournament with a 11-1 win over Leominster at Deming Park. Pittsfield survived the elimination bracket game in the double-elimination tournament and earned a return trip on Thursday to Holden, which fell to Westfield in the winners bracket on Wednesday. Mateo Herrera got the start on the mound on Wednesday and struck out seven while allowing two hits and no runs in 3 and a third innings. He then gave the ball to Bradley Charow for an inning and a third. Ryder Froio went to the 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat: Tanglewood & Sevenars: Classical Music HeavenBy stephen dankner, iBerkshires Columnist
05:07PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
 Tanglewood enters its third week, and the highlights are many; indeed, every concert will be memorable. On July 16, in a celebration of the 150th birthday of the great post-Impressionist French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the phenomenal young pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs the master's complete solo piano works in Ozawa Hall. Two days later, Rachmaninoff's magisterial "All-Night Vigil" — among the masterpieces of Russian choral works — will be performed by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Another great Russian work — the exuberantly joyful "Souvenir de Florence," for chamber strings by Tchaikovsky will be performed by TCM string Fellows
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UMass Coach Leading Youth Basketball Clinic| 01:13PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires welcomes Frank Martin, head coach for the men's basketball team at the University of Massachusetts, and his staff and players for a free clinic. The youth basketball clinic will be held on Thursday, July 24, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the club's gymnasium, located at 16 Melville St. This one-day clinic is open to any boy or girl in Berkshire County who will be entering Grades 3 through 7 in September. No club membership is required to participate, but registration is limited to 70 and is required in advance at www.bgcberkshires.org. Participants will have a unique opportunity to learn 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Police and EMS Soon to Be NeighborsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
The Police Department moved into the shopping plaza three years ago, also because of an inadequate building. The town is looking to put police and EMS in one new facility. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The town's police and emergency medical services will be on the same site— in rental spaces.
On Monday, the Select Board voted to go into negotiations with Lanesboro Plaza LLC for EMS rental space at its next meeting. The department has been asked to leave the fire station at 180 South Main St., which is owned by the Fire Association, because of insufficient space.
Lanesboro Plaza, owner of 551 and 555 South Main St., according to the GIS map, is also the
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Parks Commission Hears Complaints Over Pontoosuc Park Shore AccessBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
The site visit preceded a meeting of the Parks Commission PITTSFIELD, Mass.— A site visit to the south side of Pontoosuc Lake Park on Tuesday turned combative at times as attendees passionately voiced their discontent on renovation work they say limits access to the water. The city planted 1,088 shrubs along the shoreline — service berry, buttonbush, silky dogwood, and nine other species. Some of the two dozen people who attended the site visit complained that the plantings are obstacles to using the shore for swimming, boating and fishing. "We gotta remember this lake is used by everybody that belongs to the Commonwealth of 0 Comments
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Zerbato Throws No-Hitter for Post 68 Legion TeamiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:25PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
 WESTIELD, Mass. – Camden Zerbato fired a no-hitter Tuesday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68-1 American Legion Baseball team to an 8-0 win over Westfield. Zerbato struck out eight and walked just two in the victory. “Camden isn’t in our normal pitching rotation but as the regular season is wrapping up, and our pitchers were still resting from their pitch counts – I told him he would start tonight and he wanted the ball,” Post 68-1 coach Dusty Burdette said. “He is a gamer. He does anything you ask him too. I’ve coached Camden since he was 12 years old, and this is the last year I will coach him and for him to do that in his last year with 0 Comments
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Westfield Holds Off Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s for Western Mass TitleiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:23PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars Tuesday rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to break open a close game and take a 9-3 win from Pittsfield in the title game of the Western Massachusetts Championship. Collin Taylor and Jackson Barnes each went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead a seven-hit attack for Westfield. Isaac Acevedo went 2-for-3 with a double to lead Pittsfield, which fought back to tie the game after falling behind, 2-0, and scored a run in the top of the fi fth to cut into a 5-2 deficit. Both Pittsfield and Westfield move on to the New England Regional Championship, scheduled for July 25-29 at Wahconah 0 Comments
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Holden Holds On, Tops Pittsfield in Sectional OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:23PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
 HOLDEN, Mass. – The Holden Little League 12-year-old All-Stars Tuesday built a four-run lead and held on for a 4-3 win over Pittsfield in the opening round of the Section 1 Tournament. Ryder Froio hit a three-run homer for Pittsfield with two out in the top of the fifth inning, but Holden retired the next four hitters in order to end the game. Pittsfield will play an elimination game on Wednesday at 5:30 at Deming Park against Leominster. Holden advances in the winners’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament to meet Westfield, an 11-1 winner over Leominster in Tuesday’s opener. Holden’s Andrew Surrette was dominant through four 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Council 'Moves On' from PHS Investigation ReportBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city councilor is ready to move on from his unfulfilled records request on the Pittsfield High School investigation.
Last week, the City Council filed a communication that School Committee Chair William Cameron forwarded from state Supervisor of Records Manza Arthur. Arthur determined that the Pittsfield Public Schools met its burden to withhold public records, and Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren's administrative appeal was closed.
"I think we need to move forward. I'm willing to move forward, so I hope people will support my motion to file this," Warren said to the five other councilors present.
The
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BRPC Home Modification Loans Available| 05:32PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission closed a total of nine Home Modification Loan Program projects in Berkshire County throughout fiscal year 2025. These loans ranged in size from $4,555 all the way to the program limit of $50,000. The project components included items such as stair lifts, bathroom modifications, driveway improvements, fencing, ramps, and one accessory dwelling unit. All these projects were completed to allow aging individuals and individuals living with disabilities to remain in their home and communities of choice. BRPC will continue to accept applications to the loan program in FY26 beginning July 0 Comments
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