 | Senator Mark Announces May Staff Office Hours
BOSTON — State Senator Paul W. Mark announced that his staff will host office hours at five locations in Berkshire County in May.
Residents of any of the 57 municipalities in the Senator's Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District are encouraged to share ideas on current or potential state legislation, |
 | Dalton OKs $22M Budget; Tables Concrete Sidewalk Article
DALTON, Mass. — Voters approved all but one of the 22 articles on the warrant at the annual town meeting on Monday night at Wahconah Regional High School.
More than one hundred registered voters attended the meeting, which lasted more than three hours, to vote on the budget, school district regional agreement, a proposed |
 | Gulf Road in Dalton and Lanesborough Re-Opens
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — After being closed for more than two years, Gulf Road reopened on Wednesday for the season.
For the last week, the town Highway Department has been clearing up fallen trees and graded the stretch of road on both its side and Dalton's side on Wednesday, Lanesborough Department of Public Works |
 | Letter: Homelessness May Have Contributed to Murder of Pittsfield Resident
To the Editor:
At the turn of the century, I returned to Berkshire County, where I had grown up. I had been gone a score of years, starting just after high school. It is hard to impress how halcyon Pittsfield was in the '60s-'80s. Crime was virtually unheard of. I remember a big "news story" in The Berkshire Eagle about |
 | Pittsfield Traffic Commission OKs Bus, Street Signage
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Traffic Commission OK'd additional bus stops and multiple items in the former General Electric neighborhood at its first meeting of the year.
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority came to the panel last week with a second round of requests for bus stop signs as a part of larger operational changes. |
 | 48th Mother’s Day 5K and Community 1 Mile Walk, Run
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Sunday, May 12, the Berkshire Running Foundation will host the Mother’s Day Women’s 5K and Community 1 Mile Walk/Run at the Paterson Field House, Berkshire Community College.
All proceeds will benefit the Elizabeth Freeman Center to offer hope, help and healing to all experiencing or affected by |
| Pittsfield: Wild Acres Fishing Derby
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield Conservation Commission has announced that they and Lyon Aviation will sponsor a free Fishing Derby for youth 14 and under Saturday, May 11 at the Wild Acres Conservation Area (rain or shine).
Volunteer support will be provided by the Onota Fishing Club to assist with dressing |
| Berkshire Harm Reduction Moving to Downtown Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) has announced that Berkshire Harm Reduction is relocating its Pittsfield office.
Berkshire Harm Reduction will move from its current 510 North St. location to a larger space at 42 Summer St., second floor, effective Monday, May 13.
The need for additional space has been prompted by |
| Pittsfield Council to See $216M FY25 Budget, Up 5%
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayor Peter Marchetti has proposed a $216 million budget for fiscal year 2025, a 5 percent increase from the previous year.
Budget season will kick off on Monday with a special meeting of the City Council containing several financial items, one being an order to raise and appropriate $216,155,210 for the |
| BCC Honors Scholar Students to Present Free Public Reading
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Three Berkshire Community College (BCC) Honors Scholar Program students who were awarded Melville Fellowships for the spring semester — Rowan Boyer, Mwila Malama and Clarise Seguin — will present a public reading of their works on Wednesday, May 8 at 4:30 pm.
The reading, which is free |
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