| Habitat For Humanity Holiday Match Challenge
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity announced that a longtime supporter has once again stepped forward with a 1-to-1 Holiday Match Challenge, offering to match all donations made through Dec. 31, 2025, up to $7,000.
Every gift made during this year's Home for the Holidays campaign will go |
| Santa Will Be Calling Pittsfield Children This Holiday Season
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Santa and Mrs. Claus will be calling Pittsfield children to ask them what they want for Christmas.
The city of Pittsfield is hosting its 44th annual North Pole Calling Program this December.
Children from kindergarten to second-graders, or any children who still believes, will be |
 | Holiday Hours: Thanksgiving
Plymouth's statue of Massasoit, who was instrumental in Plymouth Colony's survival, looks out over the Plymouth Rock monument. Image via SeePlymouth.com.
Thanksgiving will be observed on Thursday, Nov. 27. The day is a national holiday inspired by the first Thanksgiving dinner shared between the Pilgrims and Wampanoags in |
| Berkshire Communities Awarded Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced more than $4 million in Sustainable Materials Recovery Program grants to 280 municipalities and regional collaboratives to help communities maximize recycling, composting and waste reduction.
"These grants support our communities, expand recycling and |
 | BRPC Forms Search Committee to Replace Retiring Director
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission will be seeking a new executive director as Thomas Matuszko plans to retire in March.
On Thursday, an Executive Director Search Committee was established with a slate of experienced members.
Matuszko has worked with organization for nearly 30 years. He was appointed as |
 | Stairs Proposed to Increase Access on Pontoosuc Lake Shoreline
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city plans to ensure access along the south shoreline of Pontoosuc Lake Park with stairs funded by the Community Preservation Act.
Last Tuesday, the Parks Commission tabled discussion on the Pontoosuc Lake Park shoreline plantings. This comes after community members argued that erosion control plantings |
| Pittsfield Schools Falling Behind on Attendance
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Public Schools' "scary" attendance rates fall below the state average, and the district is trying to determine the root causes so they can be addressed.
"Really, there's only one or two districts, Holyoke is one, that is higher than us, but there aren't a lot of full |
 | Pittsfield Zoning Board OKs Bousquet Campground
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved special permits for Bousquet's year-round micro cabin and RV lodging proposal.
It was OK'd on Wednesday with several conditions, including a phased installation starting with a few units, check-ins with the Community Development Board, and a two-year period to |
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