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Pittsfield Awarded Funds To Assist in Sewage Notification Requirements| 01:09PM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city was awarded $8,216 from MassDEP to reimburse efforts spent developing their SSO Public Notification Plan and develop a wet-weather hydraulic model of the wastewater collection system. To celebrate Earth Week, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that $600,000 in grants have been awarded to 10 regional or municipal wastewater utilities and systems across Massachusetts. This grant program is the first to help local communities meet new requirements to notify the public of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) – which are sewage discharges and untreated stormwater and wastewater – into the surface waters of the 0 Comments
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CHP Berkshires and Elizabeth Freeman Center Form One Door Project | 08:24AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
 The partnership hopes to improve safe reporting of domestic and sexual abuse? Compared with the pre-Covid era, EFC has seen a 262 percent increase in calls to its Berkshire County hotline For a victim of sexual or domestic violence, trafficking, or other abuse, seeking help can be a high-risk act. For many, confiding in a medical professional may, at first, feel safer than calling a domestic abuse hotline.?? Health care centers where clinicians are trained in trauma-informed care can be safe and private access points for victims. Research shows that women who talked with a health care clinician about domestic abuse were four times more likely to seek out intervention 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Opts Out of Early Voting By MailBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:41AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Voters will not be able to cast ballots early by mail but can they can still request an absentee ballot for the town election.
Last week, Clerk Ruth Knysh asked the Select Board to opt out of early voting by mail for municipal elections. Her request came after the state expanded access last year.
"An act passed to allow early voting by mail for local elections. It used to be just state and federal," she said. "So my thought on that is it's not in my budget, it's a lot of extra work added on me. I'm only one person in there."
Knysh explained that all of the mail-in ballots would have to be opened and processed by herself
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Pittsfield Children Assist in Trout Stocking Onota LakeBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
MassWildlife offers opportunities for children to help with the stocking during school vacation week. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The wind blew a sharp chill through the air Wednesday afternoon but that did not stop the annual spring trout stocking at Onota Lake. More than 75 community members enthusiastically released 600 rainbow trout, hailing from the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's McLaughlin Hatchery in Belchertown. Children leaped in the air as they waited in line for their white buckets to be filled with trout ranging in size from about a foot to up to 18 inches. "Fishies" some kids yelled and danced as they watched the fish 0 Comments
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Dalton Residents Discuss Parking and Zinky's Pub Capacity By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:14PM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Multiple residents attended last week's Select Board meeting to register complaints about Zinky's Pub on Daly Avenue. A resident filed a complaint saying the pub is often over capacity, causing dangerous conditions for the residents who live in that area. The board voted to refer this complaint to its legal counsel KP Law to review and see what within the complaint is a licensing violation and if a public hearing should be held. This process could take up to eight weeks so resident Deborah Merry asked if she should reach out to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission so it can send an investigator to look into the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum Welcomes Foster Families with Free Admission Program | 04:32PM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum announced partnership with Wonderfund – a non-profit working with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families to provide enrichment opportunities to foster children and families. Under this program, foster families receive free admission to Berkshire Museum for two adults and two children. Free admission to the Museum also gives families access to Museum programs such as "WeeMuse Littlest Learners" a weekly, educator-led activity for infants and toddlers to spark curiosity with hands-on cognitive and social experiences, Thursdays from 4 PM to 4:45 PM. The Museum's aquarium 0 Comments
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BCC Accepting Applications for Physical Therapist Assistant Program | 08:21AM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass —?Berkshire Community College (BCC) is now accepting applications for entrance into its Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program. About 20 students will be accepted into the fall 2023 cohort. Physical therapist assistants work in diverse settings that include hospitals, private PT practices, community health agencies, schools, pediatric facilities,nursing homes, industrial or corporate health facilities and rehabilitation centers. PTAs are in high demand, and that demand is expected to increase in response to the healthcare needs of an older population and individuals with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity. The median annual wage for a 0 Comments
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Central Berkshire Discussing Preschool at Wahconah RegionalBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District School Committee started a discussion on adding a preschool to Wahconah Regional High School during its meeting last week. This addition would address feedback that the district has received from community members regarding the accessibility of its other preschool programs and provide more internship opportunities to Wahconah students. The district's preschool program is very healthy and there are times when families are turned away and added to the waitlist because there isn’t enough room in the program, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis said. Currently, Kittredge Elementary School only 0 Comments
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BFAIR & Greylock Federal Distribute 250 Bicycle Helmets By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:22PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
BFAIR's Tara Jacobson and Christine Meiklejohn hold signs at the trailhead off the Connector Road. Last year, the organization was able to distribute 200 helmets. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Saturday's word of the day was "safety" at the Ashuwilliticook Rail Trail as two organizations partnered to distribute hundreds of free helmets in honor of National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Stationed at the trailhead on connector road, representatives of Berkshire Family and Individual Resources and Greylock Federal Credit Union handed out 150 helmets for ages 6-13 and 100 helmets for those 14 and older. "This is our second annual bike helmet distribution
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Pittsfield Fire Knock Down Brown St. BlazeStaff Reports ,
04:00PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Firefighters responded to a reported structure fire with possible entrapment on Brown Street just after 2 a.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, heavy fire was showing from the side of the building. Car 2 requested a second alarm calling engine 1 engine 6 and the Hinsdale Rehab unit. Engine 2 attacked the main body of the fire while other units deployed handlines for the interior. Heavy fire was encountered n the first, second floor, and attic. Crews were able to get the main body of the fire under control in 40 minutes. There was extensive fire, water, and smoke damage on the three floors. There were no reported injuries The 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Council OKs Bilingual Pay Increase, Diversity Ambassador ProgramBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:18PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An increase in bilingual proficiency compensation and a diversity, equity, and inclusion ambassador program was approved during last week's City Council meeting — but not without debate.
The council voted to amend the bilingual proficiency ordinance by $50, as city employees have seen a great need for translation services while communicating with residents.
The proposed increase would compensate an extra $175 a month for oral or reading/written fluency and $225 a month for oral and written fluency. Originally approved in 2020, the ordinance offered an extra $125 a month for either oral or reading/written fluency, or $175 for both oral and written
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Why Choose Berkshire Community College for Nursing?| 12:14PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
 There are many ways to measure the health of a community — its access to food and housing, the quality of its schools, public safety, environmental stewardship, cultural offerings. But perhaps the greatest need of any community is the physical and mental health of its citizens. That's where nursing steps in, and where Berkshire Community College (BCC) fills a need every day. BCC has been providing an excellent nursing education for more than 50 years, and many of its faculty members are BCC alums. "We have a student-centered group of nurse educators that truly care about student success," says Lori Moon, BCC Dean of Nursing. "We train our own to stay 0 Comments
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