| BHS Named to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses
BOSTON — The Women's Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe, recently announced Berkshire Health Systems was again named one of the annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts.
The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders |
| Pittsfield Car Seat Installation and Inspection Event
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Health Department announced a Car Seat Installation/Inspection event on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024.
This event will take place at the Pittsfield Highway Facility (rear entrance) located at 81 Hawthorne Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If there was a snowstorm, the |
| Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks Now Available for Viewing
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, and Pittsfield's Community Development Department announced that the historic Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks are now available for online viewing thanks to a grant from the Pittsfield Community Preservation Committee.
Staff of the |
 | Tile Mural 'Shapes of Togetherness' Unveiled in Downtown Pittsfield
A ribbon is cut Friday at the unveiling of the tile murals, a project of PHS students.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Burbank Place is now adorned with almost 300 handprinted tiles.
On Friday, "Shapes of Togetherness" was unveiled on the side of 75 North St. Artist in residence Huck Elling guided Pittsfield High |
 | Dalton Committee Works to Combat the Pines Trailhead Vandals
DALTON, Mass. — Vandals have invaded the community forest that the Open Space and Recreation Committee has been trying to cultivate.
Offensive images and words have been sprayed on rocks and tree trunks.
Rejuvenating the Pines Trail, which starts behind the Senior Center, is the |
| Four Berkshire Organizations Awarded DEIB Grants
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Health New England has awarded $80,000 in grants to non-profit organizations that work to advance youth health and well-being in Western Massachusetts.
The company's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Grants went to 38 organizations in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, |
 | GE Buildings 12 & 14 Demolished in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— General Electric's former Buildings 12 and 14 are demolished and the debris will soon be capped.
Last week, the public health and safety subcommittee received an update on the project that was paused over the summer after air sampling detected an exceedance of polychlorinated biphenyls |
| Governor Thanks Firefighters, Asks Public to Contain Fire Risk
MIDDLETON, Mass. — Governor Maura Healey visited the Middleton Fire Department to thank firefighters and first responders who have been working to contain brush fires in the area and across the state over the past few weeks.
More than 450 fires have burned over 1,500 acres since Oct. 1 in Massachusetts, including two |
 | 200 Pittsfield Students Walk for Men's Mental Health
Reader's note: This article discusses suicide and mental illness.
Judy and Paul Coty, left, their daughter Veronica, Matt Capeless and PHS Principal Maggie Esko at the Movember gathering.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Around 200 Taconic and Pittsfield high school students marched downtown to support men's health on |
| Berkshire Trans Group Awarded Trans Justice Funding Project Grant
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Trans Group has been awarded $6,267.40 by the Trans Justice Funding Project to go toward programming, captioning, guest speakers, and mutual aid for and about transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming members of the community.
The Trans Justice Funding Project is a community-led |
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