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PCTV To Host Eatza Pizza Fundraiser | 03:45PM / Saturday, May 10, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Community Television is holding "Eatza Pizza" at Berkshire Hills Country Club on Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m. The event will feature seven of the best pizza restaurants in the Berkshires. The event is a fundraiser for the non-profit television station and sister radio station 89.7 WTBR-FM. The event will feature pizza from KJ Nosh Catering, the Locker Room, Papa Joe's, Papa John's, PortaVia, Shire Tavern, and Zucco's Family Restaurant, as well as music. This year will also include a chance auction. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite pizza in several different categories. Tickets can be
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Pittsfield's Park Square Eyed for Historic District By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:20PM / Saturday, May 10, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Could Pittsfield have a historic district? A local panel will explore the idea.
On Monday, the Historical Commission agreed to start the long and winding road that could lead to designating Park Square (or other properties) as a historical district, which preserves and protects buildings and places with historical significance.
The commission will gather additional information about the designation and possibly invite a presenter to explore it at a future meeting.
"We have to really think about this," City Planner Kevin Rayner said.
"…There's a long, windy road in front of us here to do this, but I think for some of these
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Governor Launches $25 Million Scholarship Program for Behavioral Health Graduate Students | 11:01AM / Saturday, May 10, 2025 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that they have launched a two-year $25 million scholarship program for graduate students completing degrees or certificates in behavioral health fields. Applications are now open for the first round of scholarship funds, totaling $12 million for the 2024-2025 academic year. Awards will be retroactive to the fall 2024 semester. Advanced degrees are required for many careers in behavioral health, particularly for licensed and certified roles providing clinical care. This program aims to reduce the financial barrier for students, growing a diverse behavioral health workforce in Massachusetts.? "In order to 0 Comments
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Katie Doherty Veterans Village Celebrates 5-Year AnniversaryBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:38AM / Saturday, May 10, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Five years of its establishment, Katie Doherty Veterans Village has become more than just housing for women veterans. The 14-unit permanent housing community with on-site services to help veterans achieve stability and independence has become a model for other organizations, speakers at its fifth anniversary celebration said. The village is named after Soldier On consultant Katie Doherty, who has played a crucial role in transforming Soldier On's women's veterans program. "This is just a representative or a symbol of all that she has accomplished and all that the impact that she's had on this agency, and, most 0 Comments
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CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame Inducts Members, Awards ScholarshipsCommunity submission,
10:43PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame induction and scholarship banquet was held on Thursday, May 8, at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. The 2025 inductees were honored, and 21 scholarships were presented to one boy and one girl senior soccer player from each high school in the county (chosen by their high school coaches). Committee Chairmen Al Belanger and Patrick West introduced inductees and scholarship winners at the event. The nomination committee included, in addition to Belanger and West, Chris Dumas and Richard Asher. Marisa Andrews led the banquet committee and Nikki O’Neil was the architect of the 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Announces Concurrent Street Improvement and Water Flushing Schedules| 05:05PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— The City of Pittsfield has announced concurrent infrastructure projects scheduled for the week of May 12 to May 16. Street improvements will take place on the following streets from May 12 to May 16: raising structures on Daniels Avenue and Newell Street; and loam and seed application on Ridge Avenue, Orlando Avenue, Backman Avenue, and Jason Street. Additionally, curbing installation is scheduled for Newell Street on May 12 and 13. Separately, a Massachusetts Department of Transportation project will involve milling North Street from the Lanesborough Town Line to the Berkshire Medical Center entrance, with structure raising also occurring on North Street. During
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You Can Enroll in BCC – for FREE!| 04:17PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 It's no secret that the rising cost of college tuition, together with unprecedented increases in the cost of living, creates a barrier for many people seeking to better themselves through higher education. It's also no secret that this barrier can be even harder to overcome for historically marginalized people. At Berkshire Community College (BCC), we strive every day to break barriers and make quality education accessible to all. Now, college is even more accessible, because the majority of BCC students qualify for free tuition. Two programs launched by the Commonwealth — MassReconnect and MassEducate — make getting an associate degree or certificate at BCC easier than
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Letter: Don't Deny Trans Youth Access to SportsLetter to the Editor,
03:00PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Last night [Thursday], I attended the Berkshire Transgender Rights Town Hall at Pittsfield's Unitarian Universalist Church. And I am so grateful that I did. In a room packed with members of the local trans community, allies and Massachusetts state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, trans neighbors from across the county shared heartbreaking, powerful, profound, inspiring and eye-opening personal testimonials about their childhood struggles; battles to survive cruelty, abuse, depression; and in several cases, the very real and transformative power of participating in sports as young people. In April of this year Massachusetts passed a budget bill that included a transgender
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@theMarket: Fed waits, Markets Gain While Trump Changes His TuneBy Bill Schmick,
02:28PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
One country down, only 194 more to go. This week, the announcement of a "framework" for President Trump's first trade deal and the first high-level meeting between the U.S. and China encouraged investors. Wall Street's enthusiasm was somewhat tempered, given that the United Kingdom was an easy deal to make. The terms of trade have always favored the U.S., where we have run a capital trade surplus for years. We have long exported far more to the UK than they have sold to America. Nonetheless, it did provide movement on the tariff question that has troubled the markets since "Liberation Day." On the China front, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott 0 Comments
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BCC to Host Free College Information Session May 14| 10:42AM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will host an information session on Wednesday, May 14, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. to explain how Massachusetts residents may be eligible to attend community college at no cost. The session will take place in the Susan B. Anthony Lounge on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West St. The session will outline the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' free community college initiatives, which provide tuition- and fee-free education to residents who have not yet earned a bachelor's degree. The program also includes an allowance for books and supplies for qualifying students. The event is free and open to the 0 Comments
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Pittsfield High Concludes 'Working' Performance This WeekendBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
The students worked on acting and production to bring the musical to the stage. See more photos here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After a stressful yet exciting opening weekend of the spring musical "Working," the Pittsfield High School Proteus Theatre actors and actresses are ready to build on their success this weekend during their closing shows. The students will conclude the musical this Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The students worked diligently on this musical, starting with learning the music and the basic elements of the performance, which transitioned into integrating themselves into the story and culminated in Tech Week, where 0 Comments
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Commissioned Report Clears Three PHS Staff & FacultyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
08:48PM / Thursday, May 08, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Four of the five executive summaries on alleged staff misconduct at Pittsfield High School have been released, clearing so far two administrators and a former teacher. Three administrators and two teachers, past and present, were investigated by Bulkley Richardson and Gelinas LLP at the request of the School Committee for a range of allegations that surfaced or re-surfaced at the end of 2024 after Dean of Students Lavante Wiggins was arrested and charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for allegedly conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in Western Massachusetts. The investigation into Wiggins found the accusations of improprieties with students to be
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