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Pittsfield Health Board Delays Nicotine BanBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Monday, July 07, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Board of Health isn't ready to adopt a tobacco ban for customers born after a certain date.
On Wednesday, the board voted to move forward with updates to the city's tobacco regulations without Nicotine Free Generation language stipulating "No retailer or person shall sell or provide a tobacco product to a person born on or after January 1, 2005." Members would like to see what surrounding municipalities do before adopting the ban that could disproportionality affect only Pittsfield businesses.
"I think practically and politically, it's not the right time," board member Jeffrey Leppo said.
Retailers returned
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Community Members Audit Walkability of Morningside CorridorBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Monday, July 07, 2025 | |
Nicholas Russo, design center founder, discusses the area where the fatal accident occurred. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A group of concerned community members walked a portion of Dalton Avenue on Sunday to see how it could be made safer for pedestrians.
Late last month, a man died after being struck at the corner of Dalton Avenue and Dartmouth Street. On Sunday, the Pittsfield Community Design Center hosted an on-site community crash analysis for possible long-term and short-term solutions.
"I think the idea that everything can be done immediately, instant gratification, is tough to overcome, but if you can take short, medium, and long-term actions over time and
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Pittsfield 10-Year-Olds Earn District 1 LL CrownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:36PM / Sunday, July 06, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars Sunday exploded for 20 runs in the bottom of the second inning and went on to a 20-3 win over Adams-Cheshire in the final round of the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament at Willard “Beaver” Bard Park. Thomas St. John went 2-for-2 with three RBIs, and Pittsfield piled up 10 hits on the way to ending the game in the third inning via the run rule. The victory sends the Pittsfield 10s into the Section 1 Tournament, where they will host Westfiield, the runner up in the Section 2 tournament after a 3-2 loss to Longmeadow on Sunday afternoon. While Pittsfield’s offense was the main 0 Comments
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Charow's Walkoff HR Sends Pittsfield LL Past Dalton-HinsdaleiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:32PM / Sunday, July 06, 2025 | |
ADAMS, Mass. – Bradley Charow hit a two-run home run to center field in the bottom of the sixth Sunday to give the Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Stars a 7-5 win over Dalton-Hinsdale in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament. Pittsfield finishes pool play in the four-team tournament with a record of 3-0 and now gets ready for a date with tournament host Adams-Cheshire on Thursday evening in the championship game. Pittsfield came back from a 4-1 deficit midway through the third inning. It pulled ahead, 5-4, with a three-run fifth in which Ryder Froio hit an RBI single and Andrew Scalise hit a two-run homer. But Dalton-Hinsdale rallied to tie the 0 Comments
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Public Hearing Set on Pittsfield's Pontoosuc Bridge Project| 03:15PM / Sunday, July 06, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing on the replacement of the Pontoosuc Avenue bridge. The in-person hearing will take place on Wednesday, July 9, at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers. Located next to the former Harry's Supermarket, the bridge extends over the West Branch of the Housatonic River and provides access from North Street to Wahconah Street. The proposed recommendation is a full replacement founded on deep foundations with the existing substructure removed in its entirety. The proposed bridge and approach roadways will provide a minimum of 5-foot sidewalks. The bridge will be 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Knocks Off Great Barrington in District 1 TournamentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:37PM / Saturday, July 05, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League All-Stars Saturday overcame a rocky start to earn a 19-8 win over Great Barrington in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament at Willard “Beaver” Bard Park. Mateo Hererra went 3-for-3 with two triples and three runs batted in as Pittsfield improved to 2-0 in the four-team round-robin. Pittsfield scored in each of the game’s five innings and jumped out to leads of 4-0 and 9-4, but it took a few innings to quiet Great Barrington’s bats and eliminate some mental mistakes which helped GB generate some of its early runs. “We were a little sloppy in the beginning,” Pittsfield coach Matt Mazzeo 0 Comments
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MassWildlife: Protect your chickens| 10:50AM / Saturday, July 05, 2025 | |
As backyard chicken farming has increased in popularity across the Bay State, conflict with wildlife has also greatly increased. The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) and the Environmental Police receive calls daily about predators taking chickens or breaking into coops. Any poultry that is unprotected, including free range chickens, are viewed as part of the natural food chain and will make an easy meal for predators like coyotes, black bears, foxes, fisher, birds of prey, and more. Read below for tips on how to protect your poultry from predators. Fencing Poultry should be contained within predator-proof fencing. Remember, chicken wire is designed to keep birds 0 Comments
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Market 32, Price Chopper, Freihofer's Campaign for Melodies Center| 08:29AM / Saturday, July 05, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Market 32 and Price Chopper are partnering with Freihofer's Baking Co. to raise funds for the Melodies Center at Albany Medical Center, which provides care to children and teens with cancer and blood disorders. The Melodies Center is part of the Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital, the referral center for all seriously ill and injured children in 25 upstate New York counties and western New England. From now through Feb. 28, 2026, a $.10 donation will be made to the Melodies Center each time select Freihofer's products are purchased. The items are specially marked with shelf tags in most stores. "Facing a childhood 0 Comments
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Rehabilitation Efforts Reignited for Historical Pittsfield PropertyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:43AM / Saturday, July 05, 2025 | |
The structure, a remnant of the 19th century, sits between the Registry of Motor Vehicles and Providence Court. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Efforts to save the historic William Russell Allen House have reignited with the support of Community Preservation Act funds.
The Historical Commission has received more than $33,200 in CPA funding for a feasibility study on the 1886 home, said to be "the finest example of Queen Anne design in Pittsfield and one of the finest in Berkshire County." Now, its bones are showing in several places, and windows are boarded up.
The feasibility study was funded in the city's $526,548 CPA budget for fiscal year
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Timeless Family HomeBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:40PM / Friday, July 04, 2025 | |
One of the fireplaces is in the primary bedroom. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Are you looking for an architecturally interesting home with room for family and friends? Then this is the house for you. Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are discussing a single-family home at 121 Wendell Ave. This 1930 brick home has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms for total of 2,145 square feet. It comes with a renovated kitchen with dishwasher, refrigerator, range, range hood. There's a two-car detached garage and all on a corner lot of 0.20 acres. It features two brick fireplaces (one in the primary bedroom),
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Pittsfield Lifeguard Update for 2025 Summer Season| 04:00PM / Friday, July 04, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Be advised that lifeguards will not be present to monitor the water and related activities like swimming at Burbank Park (Onota Lake) this summer. The city began a search for qualified lifeguards in April of 2025. After several months of unsuccessful attempts to fill the lifeguard positions, the city is unable to provide lifeguarding for the 2025 season. Swimming in an unsupervised, natural body of water is inherently dangerous. Any person choosing to swim does so at their own risk. Onota Lake is a natural body of water with risks that include, but are not limited to: Sudden and unexpected changes in water depth Cold water temperatures that 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Markets Forge Ahead on Holiday-Shortened WeekBy Bill Schmick,
02:36PM / Friday, July 04, 2025 | |
Congress passed the tax and spending bill, and the president signed it into law on July 4 but traders have already moved on. They are laser-focused on the July 9 tariff deadline. It doesn't look good. As the holiday weekend begins, President Trump warned the nation that he will be sending letters to 10 or 12 countries starting Friday to notify them of the tariff rates they will face as of August 1. He claimed that by July 9, all nations "will be fully covered. They'll range in value from maybe 60 percent or 70 percent tariffs to 10 percent and 20 percent tariffs." Equity futures, which are open on the July 4 holiday for a half-day, indicate that the indexes 0 Comments
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