Market 32 Holds Annual Pet Food and Supply Drive

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Market 32 and Price Chopper supermarkets are conducting their annual pet food and supply drive from April 1 to April 30 to benefit local animal welfare organizations.

Customers are invited to purchase and donate items by placing them in specially marked shopping carts located at the front of each store.

According to Pam Cerrone, director of community relations at Market 32 and Price Chopper, animal shelters offer essential services such as food, medical care, and shelter for animals awaiting adoption. The collection aims to provide these organizations with necessary supplies. Cerrone stated that all donations will remain within the local areas where they are collected.

Stores in New York’s Capital Region will collect donations for the Capital District Humane Association. Other Market 32 and Price Chopper locations will support a local animal welfare agency specific to each store’s community, with the beneficiary identified on the designated collection carts.

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Dalton Considers Updating its Municipal Code

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Thursday, August 27, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — The town is considering updating its original 18-year municipal code to 2026 standards.

During a recent Select Board meeting, General Code New England account manager Zach Dumont outlined the 18- to-24 month process.

General Code New England is a division of the International Code Council, which writes all the statewide building codes across the United States. For the last 18 years, the organization has been the codifier for municipalities.

"We work with communities to build, maintain, and update your local municipal code. That is your collection of bylaws, ordinances, regulations, and any other legislation you've ever adopted," Dumont said.

Once the project is complete, the town would have a fully updated set of books and an improved eCode360 site, he said.

"The way the process would work is we would put together a scope of work, a timeline, a price point, and everything that we would want to touch or do as a part of the code project," Dumont said.

When a municipal code is built, it has a general lifespan of about 15 to 20 years, and although that is a long time, it goes by very quickly, he said.

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