News and events in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Berkshire Farmers Markets Receive Grants 04:00PM / Thursday, June 02, 2022 | | GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire Agricultural Ventures (BAV) has awarded $100,000 in grants to nine Berkshire area farmers markets to support SNAP matching programs. In Berkshire County North Adams Farmers Market, Pittsfield Farmers Market, West Stockbridge Farmers Market, Lee Farmers Market, Great Barrington Farmers Market and Sheffield Farmers Market received grants. "When we started farming, it was important for us to be able to produce great food for more than just a narrow segment of our community," said Michael Gallagher of Square Roots Farm (Lanesborough). "The market match programs at our markets in Pittsfield and North Adams have been a 0 Comments Read More >> |
WTBR Programs Win National Awards11:58AM / Thursday, June 02, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two local programs produced on Pittsfield Community Radio, 89.7 WTBR-FM won Hometown Media Awards in a national contest conducted by the Alliance for Community Media. "On Patrol with the PPD," produced by the Pittsfield Police Department, and "Wheeling the Pathways of Life," produced by Brian Fitzpatrick, were chosen out of nearly one thousand submissions as best in their categories. The Hometown Media Awards is the Foundation of the ACM's yearly awards program. It is established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) 0 Comments Read More >> |
BCArc Names Next President And CEO07:29AM / Thursday, June 02, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After an extensive search by Berkshire County Arc's Board of Directors, the Agency announced that Maryann Hyatt, the current Chief Operating Officer, will become the Agency's next President, effective July 1, 2022. Kenneth W. Singer, the current President & CEO, will remain CEO through a transitional period, after which Hyatt will become President & CEO. "After incredible leadership for 42 years from Ken, we know that BCArc and the individuals we serve will remain in good hands under Maryann," said Michael Ferry, Chair of the Board. "We asked Ken to stay on to support a transition of leadership given 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield Health Board Rescinds Verizon Cease & Desist OrderBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 09:45PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Board of Health has voted to rescind its cease and desist order on the Verizon cell tower at 877 South St. after the telecommunications company filed a case against the city of Pittsfield in federal court. Chair Bobbie Orsi said litigation is not the solution right now. Instead, the panel will pursue collaborative discussions to address the issue. "When we issued the cease and desist order, we did that as a strategy to have a conversation with Verizon, I felt like that in our heart, in my heart, we really wanted them to come talk to us about this," she said at Wednesday's meeting. "And we never wanted, I never wanted a long protracted
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Berkshire County Historical Society Presents 'Moby-Dick' Monologues 04:07PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On June 8 at 5:30 pm, actor and educator Stephen Collins will perform monologues from Melville's expansive novel "Moby-Dick." Presented by the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville's historic Arrowhead, Collins's performance features the musings of Ishmael, Father Mapple, Captain Peleg, Starbuck, and Ahab. This free event is sponsored by Pittsfield Cooperative Bank and Lee Bank Foundation. Stephen Collins grew up in Cambridge and received a BA in Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He teaches seminars on Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, and Contemporary 0 Comments Read More >> |
Man Sentenced To 30 Years in Prison for Carnevale Shooting 02:52PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Judge Maureen Hogan sentenced Luis Delvalle-Rodriguez to serve 25 to 30 years in state prison and five years of probation afterward for shooting Nicholas Carnevale on Aug. 21, 2018 at a party at the Ashley Reservoir on October Mountain. After a three-week jury trial, a Berkshire Superior Court Jury found the 27-year-old Delvalle-Rodriguez guilty last week of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed kidnapping with serious bodily injury, two counts of armed kidnapping, two counts of assault and battery, and malicious damage to a motor 0 Comments Read More >> |
Taconic High School Track Will Be Temporarily Closed12:10PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beginning Thursday, June 2, the track at Taconic High School will be closed to community use due to repairs to the rubberized track surface. Work will continue through Sunday, June 5. While the track is not open to public use, arrangements have been made to accommodate specific student activities on portions of the track. Following this work, line marking is slated to occur within two weeks. 7 Comments Read More >> |
Rain, Thunderstorms on the Horizon This Week Staff Reports , 12:00PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | | Temperatures Today, Wednesday, June 1 should top out in the low 70s. Skies will be cloudy throughout the afternoon, and Accuweather predicts some rain this afternoon starting around 1 pm. The Weather Channel predicts that about a quarter of an inch of rain could fall. Possible thunderstorms with heavy winds in the afternoon are expected to begin around 6 pm. Temperatures will be in the low 80s Thursday with cloudy skies. Expect some rain in the afternoon. The Weather Channel predicts heavier rainfall overnight. There should be more of the same Friday, June 3. Temperatures will be lower in the low 70s but showers can be expected earlier in the 1 Comment Read More >> |
Pittsfield Cooperative Bank Adds Two New VPs in Lending and Human Resources11:51AM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank announced that Mary Coughlin has joined as Vice President of Residential Mortgage Manager and Jennifer Parsons will act as the new Vice President of Human Resources. "We are fortunate to have both Mary and Jennifer coming onboard," said J. Jay Anderson, President and CEO. "One of our objectives was to build and strengthen our infrastructure. I can't imagine two better people to help us do that – Mary with her extensive experience in lending and Jennifer with her diverse expertise in Human Resources." Mary Coughlin, who will head residential lending for the Bank, has over 25 years of experience in 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield City Council Gives Preliminary OK to 9 Department BudgetsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff 04:12AM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | |
Day 1 budget review here. Day 3 budget review here. Day 4 budget review here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On the second day of the fiscal 2023 budget hearings last week, the City Council preliminary passed nine departmental budgets in an hour with just one suggested amendment. The councilors recommended that $1,000 be added to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program's $106,000 budget for volunteer recognition night, a motion that was made by Ward 2 Councilor Charles Kronick. The proposed municipal operating budget is $99,900,752 and the proposed public school budget is $72,398,262, totaling a municipal operating budget of $172,299,014. With the water and sewer enterprise line,
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MassHire Berkshires Hires New Staff 03:55PM / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Heather Boulger, executive director of MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board announced the recent addition of Rebecca Lilley to fill the position of Office Executive and the hire of Paul Mattingly as the Manager of Industry Relations. As the Office Executive, Rebecca Lilley will be managing all aspects of the office and accounting functions of the Board. Lilley will be providing human resources and coordinating staff training. She will also be responsible for database management, document control and regulatory compliance. Lilley was previously the General Manager of 33Main and worked as the assistant town clerk/collector for the Town of Great 0 Comments Read More >> |
Pittsfield Firefighters Extinguish Epworth Arms Apartment Fire02:57PM / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Firefighters put out an apartment fire at Epsworth Arms Apartments on Tuesday morning that was caused by "careless cigarette smoking." Fire trucks responded around 6:52 a.m. when dispatch was told by a passerby that smoke could be seen coming from the first-floor window of the three-story 35-unit structure at 350 West St. Fire alarms were activated, and upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke spreading throughout the first-floor hallway. Firefighters stretched a handline into the apartment and searched the building. There were no injuries, and the majority of residents were ordered to remain in their 1 Comment Read More >> |
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