The Outlook: Record-breaking heat possible early in week before a comfortable holiday weekend berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Unlike most of Massachusetts, New York state and the rest of the Great Northeast, Berkshire County has been spared an official heat wave three days of 90 or above
After a week of unusually chilly weather for late spring, an intense heat wave is forecast for Berkshire County and the rest of the Northeast, starting on Sunday.
Human Resources The budget of $218,982 is $17,277 more than the previous year and is attributed to salary increases. Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon asked the Director of Huma Resources Michael Taylor why there is a line item for Diversity and Inclusion when the city is implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. Taylor said there will still be an element of DEI that falls under his department despite the new office. We re still going to work very collaboratively with this new office, whether it s on recruitment and retention efforts, or it s on professional development, he explained. And instituting the recommendations on that DEI group had a pretty heavy professional development component and training requirement, not just for city employees, also city boards, commissions, elected officials and so forth.