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Clarksburg World War II Casualty Coming Home; Towns Hold Memorial Services

Clarksburg holds memorial service with students from Clarksburg School reading the Gettysburg Address and 'In Flanders Fields.' See more photos here. 

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ADA Committee Has Dispute Over Minutes, Election

DALTON, Mass. — The Americans with Disabilities Act committee elected Patrick Pettit as chair and John Curro as vice chair following a heated discussion surrounding the meeting minutes.

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Hoosac Valley School District Awarded Funds to Expand Pre-K

BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that eight school districts are receiving $1.7 million in new Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI) grants to further.

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North Adams Councilor Presses for City Planner

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — City Councilor Andrew Fitch urged his colleagues on Tuesday to press the need for a city planner on the mayor.

 

The councilor had voted against.

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Pittsfield Settles on $786K Reimbursement in Cannabis Dispensary Lawsuit

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city will refund a sum of more than $786,000 to three local cannabis dispensaries for allegedly "unreasonable" Host Community Agreement fees, a lawsuit that.

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Incumbents Returned to Williamstown Prudential Committee

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As expected, incumbents Lindsay Neathawk and David Moresi won re-election to three-year seats on the Prudential Committee on Tuesday.

 

Williamstown Fire.

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Mount Greylock School Committee Picks Interim Superintendent

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee on Wednesday voted 7-0 to enter negotiations with the district's assistant superintendent to serve as interim superintendent.

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BRTA Approves $11.7M Budget for FY25

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority's budget has increased by $1.7 million for fiscal year 2025, totaling $11.7 million.

On Thursday, the BRTA Advisory.

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Pittsfield Public Schools Hold Unified Game Day

Kids get a kick out of the Pittsfield Fire Department's Sparky. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Public School children united on Friday morning to take part in the.

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Two Large Scale Drug Traffickers Arrested and Arraigned

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On May 23 and May 24, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office arraigned two individuals, Michael Caropreso and George Stewart, on drug trafficking.

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