 | CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame Inducts Class of '23
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Community Italian-American Organization Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday inducted 11 new members in a ceremony at Berkshire Hills Country Club.
The Class of 2023 includes former student-athletes who won six Berkshire County MVP awards, 23 all-Berkshire selections, 12 all-Western Mass selections and three |
| EPA Celebrates Massachusetts Efforts to Combat Climate Change
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe joined Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey in Cambridge, marking the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' participation in a Biden-Harris Administration program to address climate change created by President Biden's Inflation Reduction |
 | Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Annual Meeting Highlights 2022's Successes
Downtown Pittsfield Inc.'s Managing Director Rebecca Brien highlights successes in 2022 a the annual meeting on Thursday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The year 2022 was one of gathering, celebrating and strategic planning in the downtown corridor.
On Thursday, Downtown Pittsfield Inc.'s annual meeting at the |
| Berkshire Conservation District Healthy Soils
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Conservation District announced the receipt of grant funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Division of Conservation Services, Healthy Soils Program to increase the use of no-till seeding methods along with soil testing by farmers |
| EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Air Quality Alerts for Smog Season
BOSTON — With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle air pollution (often referred to as smog, when combined), and to take health precautions when smog levels are predicted to be |
 | Turtles Must be Left in the Wild
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats to wild turtle populations.
"Capturing a wild turtle and keeping it as a pet, even if only for a short time, is detrimental to that individual turtle and also to |
 | Brien Center Talk Highlights Mental Health Effects of COVID
Brien Center CEO Christine MacBeth stands in front of posters highlighting the center's history.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The COVID-19 pandemic had immediate and lasting effects on mental health and on providers.
During a community conversation titled "The Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health |
| Let's Go Paperless
I would like to thank City Clerk Linda Tyer for agreeing to print out one less city council packet, as I have officially gone paperless for council meetings - which I hope will be a trend that can be extended throughout city government.
The bulky (and often, very bulky) city council packet that councilors use for a reference costs an average |
| Berkshire Music School Kicks Off 2012 Classes With Open House
January 29, 2011
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dozens of youths, many of them under the age of 5, attended an open house at the Berkshire Music School Saturday, as the educational nonprofit enters its 70th year at its 30 Wendell Avenue home.
The open house featured a sample class, access to musical instruments, information for parents, |
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