Senator Mark Announces May Staff Office Hours in Berkshire County

10:19AM / Friday, May 02, 2025Print Story | Email Story

BOSTON — State Senator Paul W. Mark has announced that his staff will hold office hours at five locations in Berkshire County during the month of May.

Residents of the Senator's Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District are invited to discuss state legislation or seek assistance with state agencies. No appointments are necessary.

The office hours will be held at the following times and locations:

Adams: Tuesdays, May 6th and May 20th, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Hall, 8 Park St.
Dalton: Monday, May 5th, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Senior Center, 40 Field St.
Great Barrington: Mondays, May 5th and May 19th, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Hall, 334 Main St.
North Adams: Tuesdays, May 6th and May 20th, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the MCLA Alumni Relations Building, 228 E. Main St.
Pittsfield: Thursdays, May 8th and May 29th, from 9 a.m. to noon at the District Office, 773 Tyler St.

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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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