Pittsfield Street Improvement Project: Oct 27-31

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Be advised that the following street improvements are scheduled from October 27-31:
 
Contracted Road Work:
  • 10/27: Loam and seed Allengate Avenue, Taconic Park Drive and Tamie Way
  • 10/28: Finish paving Taconic Park Drive, Tamie Way and Vista Street
  • 10/29 & 10/30: Finish paving Allengate Avenue and Michael Drive
West Street project update
  • The construction of new sidewalks and curbing work continues. The traffic signal installation prep work also continues. During this work, lane closures at various sections are expected. We encourage drivers to seek alternate routes if possible.
Sidewalk Repairs:
  • Wendell Avenue between Broad Street and Colt Road
  • Bartlett Avenue between East Housatonic Street and Colt Road
During this work, the sidewalks above will be closed for pedestrian use. Pedestrians are asked to use the sidewalks on the alternate side of the street while construction is underway. This work will take several weeks to complete and the weather may have an impact on the schedule.
 
 
Additional utility underground work, in the right of way, will occur on the following streets:
  • King Street
  • Valentine Road (between West Street and Taconic High School)
  • Holmes Road
  • Franklin Street, West Housatonic Street (Cadwell Road to Britton Street), Gale Avenue
  • Dewey Avenue
Use caution when traveling on these roads. Drivers should seek alternate routes to avoid traffic delays. This schedule is subject to change based upon weather conditions.
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Letter: Time to retire Maryland's third senator

To the Editor:
 
Time to retire Maryland's third senator
 
Sen. Chuck Grassley visits all 99 Iowa counties every year (not every six years) as does his colleague Sen. Joni Ernst. The media has dubbed this tour "The Full Grassley."
 
Sen. Amy Klobuchar goes to all 87 Minnesota counties annually and Sen. Chuck Schumer shows up in all 62 New York counties each year.
 
Our junior senators from Ed Brooke to Paul Tsongas to John Kerry all made it a point to get to each and every part of the Commonwealth.
 
We have 14 counties (one of which – Nantucket - is a single town) and yet there are dozens of communities from the hilltowns of western Mass to North Quabbin and the Blackstone Valley that Sen. Ed Markey can't be bothered to set foot in. Since joining the US Senate in 2013, he's never visited almost all of the rural towns in the five western counties. This is unacceptable.
 
The fact that he spends more time in his Chevy Chase mansion rather than in Cheshire, Chesterfield and Charlton is why he's earned the disparaging moniker as Maryland's third senator.
 
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