St. Joseph's Polish Picnic Returns

11:54AM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The St. Joseph's Polish Picnic returns to the grounds of St. Joseph's Church at 414 North Street on Sunday, July 20, continuing a 60-year tradition.

The Polish Picnic is one of the last ethnic festivals in the Berkshires, and the event is expected to draw several thousand people. The picnic has free admission and is open to the public.

A highlight of the Polish Picnic is the homemade Polish food prepared by St. Joseph's parishioners. The food includes Pierogi, Kapusta, Golumbki, and Kielbasa. American food and adult beverages will also be available for purchase.

Entertainment, consisting of Polish music, will once again be provided by the popular Eddie Forman Orchestra beginning at 1 pm.

An outdoor Polish Mass will kick off the festivities at 11 am. The Polish Picnic will be from noon to 5 pm. KiddyLand will provide games and activities for children. Raffles will also be available for adults.

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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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