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Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Proposes Diagonal Parking on North StreetBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
11:47AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Managing Director of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. (DPI) Rebecca Brien wants to make North Street diagonal head in parking after a survey found that 60 percent of downtown residents support the reconfiguration. On Thursday the Traffic Commission referred her petition to the Commissioner of Public Services and Utilities Ricardo Morales and the new City Engineer Tyler Shedd. "We actually brought a petition to the City Council specifically in regards to a poll and survey that we had put out to our membership but also other businesses, residents, and people who are in the downtown area, and they (had) a 60 percent response supporting a 8 Comments
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Pittsfield Police Investigating Shooting at Zen's PubStaff Reports ,
11:03AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Police are investigating a shooting at Zen's Pub that left one person hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries On Friday, Jan. 27, just after 10:30 pm officers with the Pittsfield Police Department responded to Zen’s Pub located at 303 Tyler Street for an incident involving multiple people. There was also a report that someone had fired a round from a gun. There was no ShotSpotter activation. Responding officers located blood at the scene and they found a firearm a short distance away. Officers later learned that an adult male resident of Pittsfield was at Berkshire Medical Center with a single gunshot wound that was not 0 Comments
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BAA 10X10 Call For Art Deadline Extended | 08:50AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Art Association (BAA) seeks donations of original artwork done by kids up to age ten for the 5X5at10x10 show and fundraiser. In collaboration with the Berkshire Museum and Pittsfield's 10x10 Festival in Feb., the BAA welcomes submissions from young artists from the Berkshires and beyond. Art work should be 5 x 5 inches, and prepared for hanging. 5x5 art will be exhibited from Thursday 2/16/23 to Thursday 2/23/23 at The Berkshire Museum, along with 10 x 10 pieces submitted by adult artists. 5x5 artists will be able to either sell or take home their pieces. Submissions will now be accepted through Feb. 6, 0 Comments
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MCLA Green Living Seminar: 'The Myth of Progress' | 08:25AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Tom Wessels, Terrestrial Ecologist and Professor Emeritus at Antioch University, will give a talk titled "The Myth of Progress" at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the MCLA Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation, Room 121. The presenter will attend via zoom. As part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar series, this event is free and open to the public. According to a press release: The presentation will be a conversation about Wessels' book, "The Myth of Progress," which is a scientific critique of the failings of our current economic system. The book covers three 0 Comments
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Joanne Passing on Ownership of Elm Street LuncheonetteBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
Evelyn Szelest and Joanne Longton on their last day at the Elm Street Luncheon. Longton joked that Szelest 'came with the place.' PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joanne Longton's been behind the counter at her Elm Street diner for nearly a half century. But not after Monday. She's handing over her spatula and heading to retirement after 48 years. Joanne's Elm Street Luncheonette will be under new ownership but she expects it will stay much the same as the hometown eatery that has fed many Pittsfield residents from childhood to adulthood. Longton announced the news of her retirement over Facebook on Friday. "After 48 years in business, it's
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County Planners Seek Options to Limited Municipal Labor PoolBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:41AM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission has been having conversations on community sustainability, and workforce issues were one of the topics taken up by its Regional Issues Committee last week. "It is no secret that the state of Massachusetts is having a hard time in all of the communities, finding town managers, town administrators and finance folks. And when I say finance, they're talking about your town accountant, your tax collectors, your assessors, anybody kind of in that realm," said Adams Selectwoman Christine Hoyt, chair of the Berkshire County Selectmen's Association. "So it's probably been the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Residents Take Stand Against Police BrutalityBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:32PM / Sunday, January 29, 2023 | |
NAACP local President Dennis Powell says the police culture has to change. Roberta McCullough-Dews says she worries about her children. Change has to start with legislation and policies, she added. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Protesters on Sunday condemned continued police brutality following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn. in early January. Five Memphis officers have been charged in his death, which came three days after he was brutally battered during a traffic stop. The video of the incident released Friday by Memphis authorities was so disturbing that warnings were issued ahead of time. "The culture of policing in America has got to 0 Comments
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Housatonic River Receives Wild and Scenic Designation| 10:59AM / Sunday, January 29, 2023 | |
 NEW MILFORD, Conn. — The Housatonic River Commission announced the federal designation of the Housatonic River as a Wild & Scenic River for the 41 miles of the river from the Massachusetts border to the Boardman Bridge in New Milford. "This federal Wild & Scenic designation of the Housatonic River will help to ensure the Commission's ability to carry through its management plan to maintain the river's unspoiled beauty and create solid accessibility to the many user groups who treasure the Housatonic River," William Tingley, chairman of the Housatonic River Commission said This 41-mile section of the Housatonic River is now a member of the 0 Comments
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Healey Announces Executive Order Creating Housing Working Group | 08:17AM / Sunday, January 29, 2023 | |
BOSTON — At the Massachusetts Municipal Association's annual meeting last weekend, Gov. Maura T. Healey said she has filed an Executive Order creating a Housing Working Group. The group will be chaired by Lt. Gov. Kimberley Driscoll and comprised of stakeholders, including housing developers, advocates, municipal leaders and others to be named at a later date. The group is charged with guiding the structure of Healey's new housing secretariat and informing the process of filing an Article 87 to create the position. The governor has pledged to file legislation creating this new secretariat within her first 100 days. "One of the single 0 Comments
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Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Extending Farther Into Pittsfield in 2024By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:18PM / Saturday, January 28, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail will extend to Merrill Road in 2024, bringing bike and pedestrian recreation farther into the city. Phase 2 of the extension along the abandoned Housatonic railroad line will be bid in the spring and completed next year. With a state and federally funded price tag of about $1.4 million, it includes a 10-foot paved multi-use path that runs from Crane Avenue to Merrill Road. The trail will eventually travel alongside the road to East Street and larger plans bring it through the whole county. On Tuesday, the City Council approved five temporary property easements to assist in the construction of the
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No Drought Conditions in Berkshire County| 04:41PM / Saturday, January 28, 2023 | |
BOSTON — Through the month of December 2022, the majority of the state experienced drought improvements and Berkshire County has remained at level 0: normal conditions. This is not the case for the rest of the state. Secretary Rebecca Tepper announced the following drought declarations: the Islands Region will remain at a Level 2-Significant Drought, the Northeast and Cape Cod Regions have been upgraded to a Level 1-Mild Drought, and the Connecticut River Valley Region will join the Western, Central, and Southeast Regions at Level 0-Normal Conditions. Rain and snow events during the previous month and a half have been well above normal, and conditions are expected to 1 Comment
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Celebration Focuses on Importance of Water as Critical ResourceBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
01:03PM / Saturday, January 28, 2023 | |
Organizer Leslie Gabriel says the fight for clean water means building a cultural connection with the critical resource. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — H20 was the theme of the night on Thursday as dozens of activists gathered at the Beacon Cinema for the first Berkshire Water Celebration. "I think what's missing in the fight for water is connecting people to the culture of water and the consciousness of water, which includes music and art and spirituality and economics and science and the environment, not just the environment, not just politics, not just science, it's all of that," organizer Leslie Gabriel said. "I think if we start to message 0 Comments
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