 | Marchetti Announces Jazz Art Contest Winners
Brooklyn Duck is this year's winner of the contest and her work will be used for the Pittsfield City Jazz Festival.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield High School has 75 jazzy artworks in City Hall, one of which was chosen to represent the 2024 Pittsfield City Jazz Festival.
Mayor Peter Marchetti on Thursday |
| @theMarket: Sticky Inflation Propels Yields Higher, Stocks Lower
"One's a dot, two's a line, three's a trend," is how the saying goes. When applied to the inflation data this week, it spelled bad news for the financial markets.
Over the last two months, inflation showed increases in both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as well as the Producer Price Index (PPI). This week, |
| Pittsfield Street Improvement Project: April 15-19
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Starting on Monday, April 15, street improvements continue.
Work for the week of April 15 consists of:
April 15: Paving the first course on South Onota Street & South John Street
April 16: Paving the first course on West Union Street, Acorn Street & Mohegan Street
April 17: |
 | Senior Golf Series Returns in September
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire County Fall Senior Golf series returns in September with events on five consecutive Wednesdays starting Sept. 18.
It is the 22nd year of the series, which is a fund-raiser for junior golf in the county, and it is open to players aged 50 and up.
The series will feature two |
 | BEAT: Bringing Pollinators Home
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for an enlightening evening dedicated to exploring ways to promote sustainable biodiversity through intentional gardening and the cultivation of native plants that support native pollinators and wildlife.
This free and open-to-the-public event will be held |
| Dalton Green Committee Clarifies Scope of Climate Action Plan
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee clarified the scope of the Climate Action Plan during its meeting last week to include climate-related hazard mitigation as one of its priorities.
The primary focus of the request for proposals for the development of an action plan to achieve net zero by 2050 was decarbonization. |
 | Berkshire United Way Celebrates a Century of Service
Mary Wheat of the South Community Food Pantry is the recipient of the annual Daniel C. Dillon Helping Hands Caring Heart Award. See more photos here.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire United Way celebrated 100 years of service on Wednesday with hundreds of community members at the Colonial Theatre.
The organization has |
| The Retired Investor: Immigration Battle Facts and Fiction
Recently, several studies, combined with macroeconomic data in both the private and public sectors, have revealed that immigration has benefited the economy in recent years. In a politically charged election year, the facts are often ignored as hyperbole takes over.
In my last column, I reminded readers that demonizing |
 | Pittsfield Co-op Recognizes Employees for 40 Years of Service
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Cooperative Bank (Co-op Bank) recently recognized two employees for 40 years of dedicated service.
Like most long-tenured individuals in financial service institutions, they began as tellers. Both experienced banking before technology became the norm and remember paper processes, |
 | Pittsfield Subcommittee Supports Wright Building TIE
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Community and Economic Development subcommittee has supported tax incentives for the rehabilitation of the Wright Building and the former Jim's House of Shoes.
The committee on Monday unanimously voted in favor of a 10-year tax increment exemption agreement for 229-237 North St. and 239-261 North St. |
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