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Dalton Air Quality Report Links Dust to Digsite

Air Partners Collaborative of Needham monitored the air quality over...

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Prospect Meadow Farm Opens New Vocational Barn

Prospect Meadow Farm has officially opened a new barn to sell plants...

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Schools

Berkshire County Student Awarded FedPoint Nursing Scholarship

Recipients each receive $5,000 each toward their nursing education

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Hearthway Tenants Bring Concerns to Williamstown Board of Health

Residents of two properties managed by Pittsfield-based Hearthway...

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Business

New Pittsfield Therapy Office Offers Support to All Ages

A new therapy office has opened in the downtown area helping people...

Berkshire Community Mobilizes for Harm Reduction 'Day of Action'

Following successful outreach projects this spring, workers will...

Commissioner Visits Berkshire County Arc's Family Support Center

Commissioner Sarah Peterson Visits Berkshire County Arc's Family...

BMC and Fairview Honored with HEI Awards

HRC Foundation's 2026 Healthcare Equality Index Shows Berkshire...

Destination Better Health Series at Fairview Hospital

Destination Better Health Returns for 2026: Events Held at Fairview...

Clarksburg Board Orders Occupant to Vacate Condemned Property

The Select Board on Monday ordered a moldering Daniels Road property...

BHS Honors 10 Employees with CARE Awards, Providers of the Year Recognition

CARE Awards celebrate the health system’s core values of...

BHS Opens Registration for Annual Fourth of July 5K Race

In 2025 over 1,300 runners participated in the 5K, which runs along...

Fairview Family Birthplace Receives PNQIN Clinical Team Award

The award recognizes a clinical team that has shown outstanding...

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Police Seeking 'Armed and...

Terry Martizna, 35, is wanted...

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Mill Town Closes on Site 9,...

The first purchase of land at...

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Crane Currency Celebrates...

Crane Currency is celebrating...

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Hearthway Tenants Bring Concerns to Williamstown...

Residents of two properties managed by Pittsfield-based Hearthway Inc. were before the Board of Health on Tuesday with concerns related to the non-profit property manager.

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Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association Recognized by...

Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association Recognized by U.S. News & World Report in Inaugural Best Home Health Ratings

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Pittsfield Might Resume Mosquito Spraying if West...

Mosquito spraying was discontinued in 2021 and has been a contentious issue, with the City Council taking votes against it and residents polarized.

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Fairview Hospital named a Top 20 Critical Access...

The top 20 CAHs, including Fairview, scored best among CAHs as determined by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.

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BHS Hospitals Earn Geriatric Emergency Department...

Berkshire Health Systems has announced that all three of its hospitals have been awarded Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation

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New Pittsfield Therapy Office Offers Support to...

A new therapy office has opened in the downtown area helping people of all ages.

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Elevated Sodium Levels in Adams Well Water Sample

A recent routine test of the town's well water revealed elevated sodium levels, prompting officials to urge at-risk residents to take precautions while further testing is conducted to determine the cause

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Fairview Hospital Entryway Impacted by Facility...

Effective Monday, April 27, 2026, the main hospital entry on Lewis Avenue will be altered.

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Pittsfield Health Shuts Down North Street Eatery...

Iztac Mexican Restaurant is currently shut down by the Health Department.

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Social Service Organizations Highlight Challenges,...

The event held on March 27 at the Berkshire Athenaeum included a working lunch and encouraged public feedback.

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Williamstown Health Board Finalizes N2O Bylaw...

The board Tuesday also reversed its earlier decision on phasing in implementation of the anti-smoking bylaw town meeting approved last May.

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Fairview Hospital named a Top 100 Critical Access...

This is the 14th straight year that Fairview has achieved the Top 100 designation.

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BHS Raising Community Awareness on Colon Cancer...

Visitors can schedule their screening colonoscopy, ask questions, hear from gastroenterology experts, and walk through an interactive exhibit.

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Community Conversation for Opioid Response Funding

Sixty percent of these monies will go toward the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to help manage state efforts with 40 percent going towards municipalities.

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SVMC Care Connection: March

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BHS Hosts Digital Workshop Series at the...

Experts from Berkshire Health Systems will cover digital literacy topics, including how to navigate the patient portal.

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Into Light Exhibition Includes Forums, Gallery...

Thirty portraits are on display at Hotel Downstreet, part of an initiative to use the arts and storytelling to humanize substance abuse disorder.

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Congressman Neal, BHS Talk Local Health Care in...

In a time of federal funding uncertainties, community members are encouraged to maintain preventative health care, such as doctor visits.

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North County Biosolid Waste Costs Jumping Up in...

Sewage disposal fees for North Adams, Clarksburg and Williamstown residents are set to rise 17 percent in fiscal year 2027 because of the cost of compost disposal incurred by the Hoosac Water Quality District.

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Pittsfield Health Officials to Present Outreach...

Wheels are moving on local health officials' plan to implement an outreach program that connects unhoused individuals with resources.

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