News and events in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Dalton Select Board Approves ARPA Funds for Easement AppraisalsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff 05:12PM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | | DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board last week approved utilizing $7,500 in American Rescue Plan Act funds for the appraisal of three easements. Two of the easements are located on Orchard Road and the other is on West Housatonic Street, Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said. The purpose of the appraisals is to determine the property's loss in value resulting from the taking of a permanent drainage easement so the town can compensate the owners accordingly. Each of the appraisals cost $2,500 a piece. Unless the owners agree to donate the easements, the town has to get them appraised and pay fair market value, Hutcheson said. The owner 0 Comments Read More >> |
ArtWeek Berkshires 2024 Welcoming Submissions 04:00PM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — ArtWeek Berkshires, a county-wide collaboration, will take place May 17-27. The ArtWeek committee posted its call for artists. The non-juried event is free to all Berkshire County individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in showcasing creative work. Submissions from actors, cartoonists, crafters, dancers, designers, filmmakers, illustrators, mimes, multimedia artists, musicians, performance artists, poets, puppeteers, theater artists, visual artists, writers – and more – are welcome. The event will feature open studios, gallery talks, theater, performances, workshops, and more interactive experiences. ArtWeek
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Letter: International Women's DayLetter to the Editor, 03:00PM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | |
To the Editor: This letter was ignored by the Berkshire Eagle Friday, March 8, was International Women's Day. Here in the Berkshires, it was celebrated by the Zonta club, an International Women's Leadership organization, by honoring six dynamic women from our community at a special dinner that attracted over 200 attendees. This diverse group of women has made monumental contributions from coaching young professionals to build careers here to providing over two million diapers to those in need. These women aren't CEOs of big corporations and they didn't develop the latest app. They excelled by giving their time, skills and in most cases their own money for the benefit and
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Dalton Planning Board Sends Letter of Support for Housing Rehabilitation Program GrantBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff 05:04AM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | | DALTON, Mass. — The Planning Board approved an amended letter of support for the town's Community Development Block Grant application. The town submitted the application with Becket to develop a joint housing rehabilitation program in Dalton. "A housing rehabilitation program of this scope would be too difficult for either of the towns to pursue individually," the letter said. The federal Community Development Block grant aim to help eligible towns and cities meet a range of community development needs, including housing rehabilitation. The Community Development Fund "encourages applicants to develop coordinated, 0 Comments Read More >> |
Head-on Collision Injures 2, Closes Dan Fox Drive07:28PM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dan Fox Drive was shut down for four hours on Sunday afternoon following a head-on collision near Bousquet Ski Area. The crash occurred about 12:41 p.m. Police and Fire responded to the report of an accident with airbag deployment. Police say Alec Vincent, 28, of Lenox was eastbound in his 2004 Chevrolet Blazer when he crossed the yellow line and collided with a 2023 Kia Telluride operated by Edward Greenberg, 72, of Old Chatham, N.Y. Both men were taken to Berkshire Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries by County Ambulance. Both vehicles incurred extensive damage and were towed from the scene. The 0 Comments Read More >> |
Dalton Board of Health Works to Modify its Demolition Guidelines ChecklistBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff 06:10PM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | DALTON, Mass. — The Board of Health will collaborate with the building department to modify the demolition guidelines checklist. The current checklist does not clearly outline the board's responsibilities when approving a demolition or the items the board is responsible for, Health Agent Agnes Witkowski said. The building inspector suggested that the board adopt the checklist, which came from another town. Previous board members approved adopting it in 2022 but since then people have been directed to go to the Board of Health regarding demolitions. This checklist is separate from the building department's demolition 0 Comments Read More >> |
Nonprofit Resource Directory Gets an Update03:25PM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires (NPC) has published an updated version of its Resource Directory to help nonprofits efficiently access information to business products and services. "It's our job to connect nonprofits to the resources they need and, in the process, stimulate the local business-to-nonprofit economy," said Liana Toscanini, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires. The directory features over 600 curated resources in 40 categories including accounting, fundraising, human resources and technology. "We were able to mail 400 free copies to Berkshire nonprofits thanks to our 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield Council to Tackle School, Roadwork PetitionsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 12:34PM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tuesday's more than 400-page City Council agenda includes several items related to Pittsfield Public Schools and street work. The council will vote on a request from Superintendent Joseph Curtis to submit a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for a combined elementary build on the site of Crosby Elementary School. The proposal rebuilds Conte Community School and Crosby on the West Street site with shared facilities, as both have outdated facilities, insufficient layouts, and need significant repair. A rough timeline shows a feasibility study in 2026 with design and construction ranging from 2027 to 2029. Following the
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Ernest Pharmaceuticals Wins Lever's Western Mass Health Technology Challenge11:12AM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | BOSTON—Ernest Pharmaceuticals won $50,000 and Organicin Scientific won $25,000 in Innovation Grant funding after competing in Lever's Western Mass Health Tech Challenge. The two startups were selected from among four finalists by a panel of expert judges. The Challenge is funded in part by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MSLC), an economic development investment agency dedicated to supporting the growth and development of the life sciences throughout the state. Lever and MLSC have partnered since 2016, with the Western Mass Health Tech Challenge representing the seventh in a collaborative series of acceleration programs. "The competitiveness of 0 Comments Read More >> |
CBRSD Amends School Calendar By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff 10:20AM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | DALTON, Mass. — Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved an amended version of its 2024-2025 school calendar that removed a controversial religious holidays' box. The box listing major religious holidays was originally included to inform teachers of what days students may be absent or fasting. The decision at the March meeting passed 10-4, with one abstaining. "I do not feel the religious holidays should be listed on here, given that I know that one of the justifications in other times were that these are days that teachers should be aware that they might have students that are either out or they might be fasting," School Committee member 0 Comments Read More >> |
FEMA Awards Funds to Mass for COVID Antibody Treatment Costs08:54AM / Sunday, March 24, 2024 | | BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $6.5 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse it for the cost of providing monoclonal antibody treatment services to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $6,516,938 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the cost of contracting with Gothams, LLC to provide monoclonal antibody (mAB) infusion treatment and therapy to high-risk COVID-19 patients between July and September 2022. The 1,573 infusion treatments were provided at four locations: Baystate Medical Center Education Center in Holyoke, Athol Hospital, Beth Israel 0 Comments Read More >> |
Nine Inducted into County Girls Basketball Hall of FameBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports 06:02PM / Saturday, March 23, 2024 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire County High School Girls Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday welcomed nine new members, including seven women who were lauded for their many successes on the hardwood. At least one also was recognized for her failures. “I think the thing I’m proudest of is not so much what she did on the court, but how she was able to put herself in a position to fail time and time again,” Frank Field said in his remarks about his daughter, 2017 Hoosac Valley High School graduate Fallon Field. “That’s not easy for kids to do. Those who do it can really excel. “No matter what the role was … whether it was the 0 Comments Read More >> |
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