| Berkshire Museum festival of Trees: Aquatica Exhibition
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— The Berkshire Museum's Festival of Trees (FoT) annual holiday exhibition returns with a new theme – Festival of Trees: Aquatica.
According to a press release, this year's topic is all about the sea, river, and wetland critters and ties into the museum's construction, redesign, and |
| Dalton ZBA OKs Gas Station Appeal
DALTON, Mass. — The Zoning Board of Appeals gave Lipton Properties the green light to reopen 630 Main St. as a gas station.
The location has been an automotive repair shop, Miller's Service, for several decades until its owner, Darren Miller, sold it to Lipton Properties in February 2024 for $500,000. It had |
 | Mass Federal Funding Office Starts Outreach in Berkshires
Jonathan Schrag, deputy climate chief in the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience, speaks about federal funding opportunities for clean energy.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshires were the Healey-Driscoll administration's first stop in federal funds outreach.
On Monday, the Federal Funds and Infrastructure |
 | Pittsfield's Site 9 Near-Complete, Funding Secured for Sites 7 & 8
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The William Stanley Business Park is transforming from grey to greener. Site 9 is nearly completed and funds have been secured to ready Sites 7 and 8 for development.
"Sixteen and a half acres of concrete have been cracked and crushed, the demarcation layer was put down, we brought all the fill from Site 7 |
| BHS Named to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses
BOSTON — The Women's Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe, recently announced Berkshire Health Systems was again named one of the annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts.
The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders |
| Pittsfield Car Seat Installation and Inspection Event
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Health Department announced a Car Seat Installation/Inspection event on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024.
This event will take place at the Pittsfield Highway Facility (rear entrance) located at 81 Hawthorne Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If there was a snowstorm, the |
| Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks Now Available for Viewing
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, and Pittsfield's Community Development Department announced that the historic Pittsfield Parks Department Scrapbooks are now available for online viewing thanks to a grant from the Pittsfield Community Preservation Committee.
Staff of the |
 | Tile Mural 'Shapes of Togetherness' Unveiled in Downtown Pittsfield
A ribbon is cut Friday at the unveiling of the tile murals, a project of PHS students.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Burbank Place is now adorned with almost 300 handprinted tiles.
On Friday, "Shapes of Togetherness" was unveiled on the side of 75 North St. Artist in residence Huck Elling guided Pittsfield High |
 | Dalton Committee Works to Combat the Pines Trailhead Vandals
DALTON, Mass. — Vandals have invaded the community forest that the Open Space and Recreation Committee has been trying to cultivate.
Offensive images and words have been sprayed on rocks and tree trunks.
Rejuvenating the Pines Trail, which starts behind the Senior Center, is the |
| Four Berkshire Organizations Awarded DEIB Grants
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Health New England has awarded $80,000 in grants to non-profit organizations that work to advance youth health and well-being in Western Massachusetts.
The company's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Grants went to 38 organizations in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, |
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