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Christopher Connell remembers his uncle, Jimmy Sweeney: bachelor, family man, and Irish farmer.

When Pittsfield voters go to the polls on November 2nd they will seat a new Pittsfield City Council and New Pittsfield School Committee.

When Pittsfield voters go to the polls on November 2nd they will seat a new Pittsfield City Council and New Pittsfield School Committee.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has approved a tax increment exemption agreement with a company looking to redevelop a long vacant firehouse.

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. "Were still going to work very collaboratively with this n...

WAMC News has learned that Pittsfield, Massachusetts city councilor Nick Caccamo will not seek a fifth term.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council approved three new city positions and the reclassification of Human Resources Director Michael Taylors position for a salary increase.  This motion passed 7-4 with Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon, Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Morandi, Ward 4 Councilor Christopher Connell and Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio voting in opposition. The three new city positions are a grant manager, chief assessor, and an information technology (IT) position. Taylors job reclassif...

4:29 The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council is creating a new grants administrator role for the city’s police department. During the public portion of Tuesday’s meeting, the only four speakers were uniformly in opposition to any expansion of the police department budget, which came in around $11.5 million for fiscal year 2021. “It was just nine months ago back in June that Pittsfield was urging city council to reduce the Pittsfield police budget and to reduce spending on policing its ...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday approved an appropriation of $960,000 in Pittsfield Economic Development funds for infrastructure improvements on Dan Fox Drive. The motion passed 10-1 with Ward 4 Councilor Christopher Connell voting against. These funds will go toward the extension of water and sewer lines along Dan Fox Drive, connecting the lines immediately to Bousquet Mountain. Though Bousquet is an immediate part of the equation, these improvements will make the area cap...

3:42 The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has approved the use of almost a million dollars from the municipal General Electric settlement fund for an infrastructure project. The Pittsfield Economic Development Fund was established in 2000 as part of the city’s agreement with GE over decades of pollution that left cancerous chemicals in Pittsfield’s ground and water. Members of Mayor Linda Tyer’s administration made the case as to why it was the best way to fund the construction of w...