 | Letter: Elect Buerger for School Committee
To the Editor:
It is with great joy that I write this letter surrounding the upcoming election, particularly the School Committee election.
I sit here as an 18-year-old recent graduate of Pittsfield Public Schools, preparing to vote and I look at this candidate pool and say wow! There are so many great and amazing |
 | Letter: Walker Prioritizes Building Better Lives
To the editor:
We don't get a Corey Walker every generation.
This Pittsfield native shows that she springs back up when she gets knocked down and hits the ground running! Opportunity was scarce for her before affordable Berkshire Community College: she continues to tirelessly make and share lemonade with it. She makes the |
 | These Mysterious Hills Presents 'City of the Dead' Cemetery Walking Tours
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beginning at dusk, this 90 minute lamplight tour explores the dark and mysterious side of the 175-year-old Pittsfield Cemetery.
Tens of thousands are buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, and half a dozen actually died on the premises. "City of the Dead" will explore fascinating and tragic stories |
 | BRPC Honors Retiring Local Leaders with Kusik Award
Judge Frederick Rutberg, who recently stepped back as publisher of The Berkshire Eagle, was the keynote speaker.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two outgoing leaders were recognized with Kusik Awards at the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission's annual meeting.
Ellen Kennedy, Berkshire Community College's |
 | Berkshire County Historical Society Lecture on Late 19th Century Textiles
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society will host historian Lorraine German for the lecture Grandmother's Wedding Dress on Oct. 22 at 5:30 pm.
German uses the swatches and clothing information found in a small late-nineteenth century scrapbook filled with fabric swatches to reveal a story |
| Senate Candidate Rikleen to Speak to Lenox Dems
LENOX, Mass. — The Lenox Town Democratic Committee will hear from U.S. Senate candidate Alex Rikleen at its meeting Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Church on the Hill Annex, 55 Main St., in the parlor room. It is open to all Democrats.
Rikleen, of Acton, was the first to |
| BRPC Awarded Grant to Launch Mental Health Program at PHS
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) announced it has been awarded a $10,000 Community Impact Grant from Fallon Health.
This one-time award will fund the pilot of the Active Minds Curriculum at Pittsfield High School.
"We're pleased to award grant funding |
| Pittsfield Street Improvement Project: Oct. 20-24
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Please be advised that the following street improvements are scheduled from October 20-24:
West Street project update
The construction of new sidewalks and bike paths continues. In addition, the installation of the support poles for the traffic signal at West Street and West Street intersection |
 | Pittsfield Ward 7 Candidates Mull Mosquito Control, Homelessness
Anthony Maffuccio is seeking to return as Ward 7 councilor.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Candidates for Ward 7 found common ground on a couple of topics during Thursday's debate sponsored by Pittsfield Community Television and iBerkshires.
Anthony Maffuccio and Katherine Nagy Moody agreed that the city does |
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