Clark Art Presents Outdoor Concert Series| 11:03AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a five-part outdoor concert series with thematic connections to its Ground/work 2025 exhibition. These free concerts take place every Wednesday in July at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn, with the exception of July 23's concert, which takes place on the Fernández Terrace. The lineup includes: BALLA KOUYATÉ July 2, Reflecting Pool Lawn Balla Kouyaté's lineage goes back more than 800 years to Balla Faséké, the first of an unbroken line of djelis in the Kouyaté clan. The word "djeli" derives from the Mandinka language, meaning the oral historians, >> Read More |
New CBRSD Leadership Emphasizes Community By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:31AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District will soon have new leadership, but the community-centered mindset on which the district was founded will remain the same. In April, the School Committee hired the district's assistant superintendent, Michael Henault, for the superintendent position, and Wahconah Regional High School Principal Aaron Robb will take over his mantle as the assistant superintendent. Henault and Robb start July 1 and are excited about this next journey in their career. The district fashioned a community out of its staff, students, families, and the residents who support the schools, the duo >> Read More |
Pittsfield Superintendent Bids Farewell to District After 32 YearsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
Superintendent Joseph Curtis at his last School Committee meeting on Wednesday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Superintendent Joseph Curtis bid farewell to the School Committee on Wednesday, as he enters retirement on Monday.
He shared a heartfelt summary of the 32 years spent in the Pittsfield Public Schools, with roles ranging from teacher to leading the district.
But before Curtis said his goodbyes, he thanked the City Council for moving forward with the proposed rebuild of John C. Crosby Elementary School.
The night before, the council passed a $2 million borrowing for a feasibility study on the proposed rebuild of Silvio O. Conte Community School and
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Pittsfield School Committee OKs Middle Grade Restructuring By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Thursday, June 26, 2025 | |
Vice Chair Daniel Elias said restructuring is 'never popular' but necessary in this case. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee has decided that now is the time to move forward with restructuring the city's middle schools.
They made a historic vote on Wednesday night to create an upper elementary school for Grades 5-6 and a junior high school for Grades 7-8 by the 2026-2027 academic year. A stipulation was added that if goals in the Middle School Restructuring Committee's timeline are not met by the December meeting, it will be delayed one year.
"I think for equity purposes, getting all of the kids in the city of the same grades
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Pittsfield School Committee to Vote on Middle School RestructuringBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee will take a historic vote on the structure of Pittsfield Public Schools on Wednesday.
On the agenda is a "vote on the middle school grade plan" restructuring, which would create an upper elementary school for grades 5-6 and a junior high school for Grades 7-8 by the 2026-2027 academic year. This would modify current school attendance zones away from assigning students to a middle school based on their home address.
"The reconfiguration aims to provide more targeted academic programming, age-appropriate social-emotional supports, and expanded elective options," the district wrote in a notice for a public
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BCC and PHS Awarded Early College Designation| 01:15PM / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) and Pittsfield High School (PHS) have been officially designated an Early College program by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education and Board of Elementary & Secondary Education, part of the statewide initiative to create high-quality early college partnerships. Early College programs empower high school students—particularly first-generation and underrepresented learners—to begin college-level coursework, earn academic credit, and accelerate toward degree completion at no cost to families. As a designated Early College partnership, eligible PHS students can enroll in BCC >> Read More |
Pittsfield Subcommittee Supports Crosby/Conte Feasibility StudyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:03AM / Monday, June 23, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— The finance subcommittee unanimously supported borrowing up to $2 million for the Crosby feasibility study. It will go to the full council for final approval, and is expected to take up to a year. This would gauge the possibility of rebuilding Silvio O. Conte Community School and John C. Crosby Elementary on the West Street site with shared facilities. "It's a very involved process. We went to several meetings. The City Council went to several meetings, including we toured the facilities. This is the next step in the process. If I recall we haven't built a new elementary school since 1970-something," Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren
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Berkshire Music School Announces Talent and Merit Scholarship Auditions | 03:34PM / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Berkshire Music School announced their upcoming Talent and Merit Scholarship Auditions for aspiring musicians. These auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, June 25, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the Berkshire Music School, located at 30 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Students are also welcome to participate virtually, by recording a video containing the audition requirements, filling out the registration form linked below, and sending their video to Sarah Prouty at sprouty@berkshiremusicschool.org before June 25. Open to talented instrumentalists and vocalists, the scholarship auditions provide an excellent
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State Records Supervisor: Burden Met to Withhold PHS Investigation ReportBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:52AM / Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—The state office of public records has denied a city councilor's request for the full Pittsfield High School Investigation report, which found allegations against staff members "unsupported."
On June 12, Supervisor of Records Manza Arthur informed the district that Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren's administrative appeal has been closed. It was determined that the Pittsfield Public Schools met its burden to withhold public records.
This is because the investigation's final report was found to be useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee.
"Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal
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Pittsfield Adult Learning Center Graduates 62 Resilient StudentsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:25PM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Husband and wife, Suzanne and James Bruzzi, turned their tassels to the left after receiving high school equivalency diplomas together on Thursday.
The Williams Stickney Pittsfield Adult Learning Center graduates are now on track for college, more than 20 years after their abbreviated time in high school.
"Jimmy and I have been together 25 years, and we have two awesome children. We work hard and we do OK, but both of us always wished we had finished school. It was actually Jimmy who finally decided to go back to school last spring after too many years without a proper education," Suzanne Bruzzi said.
"He worked really hard
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