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In a reversal of an earlier budget hearing, councilors decided the lone cut theyd make to the proposed $216.2 million budget should come from Pittsfield Public Schools.

A new ordinance, set to go into effect later this summer, will allow veterans living in Pittsfield to park in municipal lots for free.

At least one councilor said it felt wrong to accept the donation to the city while theres an ongoing investigation into conduct at the school.

Mayor Peter Marchetti told members of the City Council and Pittsfield Public School Committee that the budget proposal he’ll bring forward in May won’t be level funded — but it

A Pittsfield ordinance on battery energy storage systems was supposed to limit how close the batteries would ever sit near residential areas or park lands. Three property owners with plans

Seven days in to Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti’s first term and he’s already received a mandate from the City Council: send us back a level-funded budget — or close to

The citys new mayor and City Council will be sworn into office on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at City Hall. The 10 a.m. Inauguration Ceremony is a public event.

After taking a two week pause on setting the property tax rate, Pittsfield city councilors ended up right where they started — approving a property tax rate that will increase

Voters in Ward 7 ousted their longtime councilor while Ward 6 residents returned their incumbent candidate to the City Council in city election races Tuesday.

The Pittsfield City Council opted out of the spraying portion of the citys mosquito control plan in 2021. An attempt to revive that spraying effort failed Tuesday by one vote.