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Pittsfield CPA Project Eligibility Application Process Open| 07:39AM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee announced that the project eligibility application process for a new year of CPA funding is open through December 6, 2024. The Committee also welcomes public participation to understand community priorities as it begins a new year of soliciting potential projects for funding. Eligibility project applications are due by 3 p.m. on December 6. The application process involves two steps: The first is a determination of whether a project is eligible for CPA funds under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44B. A digital version of the application for this first step is available through the Community Preservation 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum festival of Trees: Aquatica Exhibition| 10:40AM / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— The Berkshire Museum's Festival of Trees (FoT) annual holiday exhibition returns with a new theme – Festival of Trees: Aquatica. According to a press release, this year's topic is all about the sea, river, and wetland critters and ties into the museum's construction, redesign, and expansion of their aquarium. Now in its 40th year, FoT offers visitors a chance to enjoy a display of trees located on the 2nd floor of the museum, all decorated by local businesses, schools, museum staff, and tree sponsors. This year's temporary exhibition runs Friday, Nov. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 and is free with 0 Comments
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Dalton ZBA OKs Gas Station AppealBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Zoning Board of Appeals gave Lipton Properties the green light to reopen 630 Main St. as a gas station. The location has been an automotive repair shop, Miller's Service, for several decades until its owner, Darren Miller, sold it to Lipton Properties in February 2024 for $500,000. It had been a gas station dating back to the 1930s prior to that. Lipton Properties agreed to purchase the property provided the environment was in good condition, and the garage lifts and unused underground tanks were removed, said Michael Lipton, president of Lipton Inc. The tanks had to be removed to comply with the state Department of 0 Comments
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Mass Federal Funding Office Starts Outreach in BerkshiresBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | |
Jonathan Schrag, deputy climate chief in the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience, speaks about federal funding opportunities for clean energy. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshires were the Healey-Driscoll administration's first stop in federal funds outreach.
On Monday, the Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office held a community roadshow at the Berkshire Innovation Center. At the first of 12 statewide sessions, attendees were briefed on the office's effort to support communities in leveraging monies from the federal government.
The state has brought in nearly $9 billion in federal dollars is year and Berkshire County, rich in collaboration but not always
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Pittsfield's Site 9 Near-Complete, Funding Secured for Sites 7 & 8By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:24PM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The William Stanley Business Park is transforming from grey to greener. Site 9 is nearly completed and funds have been secured to ready Sites 7 and 8 for development.
"Sixteen and a half acres of concrete have been cracked and crushed, the demarcation layer was put down, we brought all the fill from Site 7 over to Site 9 and we brought in over 100,000 cubic yards of clean fill and topsoil to put on there," Business Development Manager Michael Coakley told the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority on Thursday.
"Water quality basins have been installed, utility corridors were constructed, the roadways, the curbs, the sidewalks have been
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BHS Named to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses| 04:00PM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Women's Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe, recently announced Berkshire Health Systems was again named one of the annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders continue to be key drivers of the state's economy. This is the second year in a row that BHS has been recognized. "On behalf of the more than 4,000 dedicated healthcare professionals that serve Berkshire County and the surrounding region], we are very grateful to The Women's Edge and Boston Globe for this recognition," said Darlene
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Pittsfield Car Seat Installation and Inspection Event| 10:56AM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Health Department announced a Car Seat Installation/Inspection event on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. This event will take place at the Pittsfield Highway Facility (rear entrance) located at 81 Hawthorne Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If there was a snowstorm, the event would be cancelled. Appointments are required. Register here. Car seat installations/inspections take about 30-45 minutes and include education on installing the seat, proper use of the seat and general vehicle safety. Free car seats are available if needed. Appointments are first come, first serve based upon the number of certified 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks Now Available for Viewing| 08:06AM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, and Pittsfield's Community Development Department announced that the historic Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks are now available for online viewing thanks to a grant from the Pittsfield Community Preservation Committee. Staff of the Parks Department maintained scrapbooks of news clippings, programs, and other documents relating to local sports teams, parades, Winter Carnival Queen contests, diaper derbies, Easter Egg hunts, local playground events, and a host of other city happenings. In 2008, staff of the Athenaeum's Local History Department accepted 62 scrapbooks, covering 0 Comments
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Tile Mural 'Shapes of Togetherness' Unveiled in Downtown PittsfieldBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:41AM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
A ribbon is cut Friday at the unveiling of the tile murals, a project of PHS students. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Burbank Place is now adorned with almost 300 handprinted tiles.
On Friday, "Shapes of Togetherness" was unveiled on the side of 75 North St. Artist in residence Huck Elling guided Pittsfield High School students through creating the mural as part of the Pittsfield Let It Shine! Public Art Partnership.
"This project has meant so much to us," Elling said.
"We were inspired to put the title here in this location that had experienced a lot of graffiti. We chose this location because we were looking for a place that the PHS students spend a
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Dalton Committee Works to Combat the Pines Trailhead Vandals By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:19PM / Sunday, November 17, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Vandals have invaded the community forest that the Open Space and Recreation Committee has been trying to cultivate. Offensive images and words have been sprayed on rocks and tree trunks. Rejuvenating the Pines Trail, which starts behind the Senior Center, is the committee's first project since its establishment in March 2020. The committee was created following the update of the town's open space and recreation plan. Its goal is to protect the town's "treasured natural resources and parks and [maintain] its scenic beauty." The Pines was the most natural choice for a first project. It 0 Comments
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Four Berkshire Organizations Awarded DEIB Grants | 03:54PM / Sunday, November 17, 2024 | |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Health New England has awarded $80,000 in grants to non-profit organizations that work to advance youth health and well-being in Western Massachusetts. The company's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Grants went to 38 organizations in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester counties. In Berkshire County these organizations were awarded funding: Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield), Playwright Mentoring Program Berkshire Bounty (Great Barrington), Food Purchase Program Berkshire Pride (Pittsfield), Empowerment and Well-being: After-School Program for LGBTQ+ Teens & Tweens Roots Rising 0 Comments
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GE Buildings 12 & 14 Demolished in PittsfieldBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:07PM / Sunday, November 17, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass.— General Electric's former Buildings 12 and 14 are demolished and the debris will soon be capped.
Last week, the public health and safety subcommittee received an update on the project that was paused over the summer after air sampling detected an exceedance of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs.)
Authorities said the measurements are "conservative" and do not threaten public health.
Work to demolish the two buildings began last year and was completed in September after it was temporarily halted on July 25. Debris will be set off-site for disposal at the end of the year, and the subsurface vaults will be sealed and capped soon after.
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