| MassDOR: Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Collections
BOSTON — Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder announced that preliminary revenue collections for June totaled $4.495 billion, $357 million or 8.6 percent more than actual collections in June 2023, and $268 million or 6.3 percent above benchmark.
Revenue collections for fiscal year 2024 |
| DPU Establishes Network Geothermal Guidelines
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) released new safety guidelines from its Pipeline Safety Division for networked geothermal projects. Massachusetts is a leader in the development of networked geothermal, with the country's first utility-scale pilot project becoming operational in the |
 | BCAC Holds Community Day on Pittsfield Common
Berkshire Community Action Council hands out hamburgers and hot dogs on the Common on Thursday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hundreds of area residents Thursday converged on Pittsfield Common for free food and invaluable information.
The Berkshire Community Action Council hosted a Community Day |
 | No Charges in Fatal Pittsfield Crash
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal accident on West Housatonic Street last May will not be charged.
According to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office, the DA has declined to file criminal charges after an investigation demonstrated that the truck driver's operation of his |
| @theMarket: Stocks Battle Back to Even
It was a good week in the equity market. The bounce back from the 8 percent sell-off at the beginning of the month is but a distant memory. Does that mean we are in the clear for further gains?
Maybe. So far, the financial markets have seen a "V" shaped recovery from the lows of Monday a week past. Technically, that is |
| Pittsfield Sets Road Closures for Events
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two community events this Saturday will require road closures from noon to 4 within the downtown area.
Robbins Avenue will be closed from Columbus Avenue to Southern Avenue for the annual Soap Box Derby hosted by Westside Legends. Rain date for this event is Sunday, Aug. 18.
Tyler |
 | Pittsfield Health Board Considers Green Burials
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The use of green burials is rising and the Board of Health wants to be prepared in case they are requested in the city.
On Wednesday, the board discussed creating local guidance for green burials, which return a body to the ground after death with fewer environmental impacts. This generally means no embalming |
| Recent Rainfall Improves Drought Conditions in Berkshire County
BOSTON — Following several weeks of rainfall, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper declared the Western Region will be downgraded from Level 1-Mild Drought to Level 0-Normal conditions.
However, a localized Level-1 Mild Drought has been declared in the Parker River Basin after a review of July |
| Options for Lanesborough's Public Safety Building Coming Soon
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Options for a new public safety facility are not far from the Select Board's hands.
"The [Public Safety Building Committee] is in the final throws of turning it back over to the Select Board," Chair Mark Siegars said on Monday.
Members have agreed on three alternating designs: one for |
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