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  Up for election will be City Council seats in all seven wards and four at-large seats for two-year terms. Also on the ballot are the six School Committee seats and the city clerk, all for two-year terms.    The mayor is a four-year term and will not be on the ballot until the 2023 election.   Wards 2, 3 and 4 will have new representation after this election as all three seats are open. Ward 2's Kevin Morandi, Ward 3's Nicholas Caccamo and Ward 4's Chris Connell have all stated they will not run for re-election.   Incumbents are Helen Moon in Ward 1, Patrick Kavey in Ward 5, Din...

The Pittsfield City Council voted to ban outdoor commercial cultivation of cannabis on Tuesday by a vote of 10-1. Ward 5 city councilor Patrick Kavey was the only opposing vote. Slater and Marjo spoke with At-Large Councilor Earl Persip this morning on some reasons why the council voted that way. Get our free mobile app "I think it's because of the unknowns about outdoor cultivation, there has been only one in the state that has gone through a growing season right now and that's in Sheffield, and Sheffield is clearly different than Pittsfield," said Persip. "So, it's the unknowns, there's a l...

4:44 The largest community in Berkshire County has outlawed all future outdoor cannabis cultivation following a city council vote this week. While Pittsfield, Massachusetts has two active commercial grow operations, no more will be allowed after a 10-1 vote Tuesday night. City Planner CJ Hoss explained why the city’s Community Development Board – which proposed more restrictive amendments to existing zoning ordinances as an alternative – opposes a full-on ban. “They feel that it's worthwhile tacking on a setback from residential structures that would provide a significant amount of ad...

PITTSFIELD — The City Council voted Tuesday to ban any new commercial-scale outdoor cannabis-cultivation operations from the city. The vote to adopt an amendment to the city’s zoning prohibiting future commercial cannabis-grow operations nearly was unanimous, with Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey the lone voice in opposition. Implementing the ban represents perhaps the first time the council flatly has rejected recommendations of the city’s Community Development Board. The appointed board twice recommended that the council instead lean on the special permit process to ensure comp...

  "Now is not the time to be talking trash during a pandemic," Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Morandi said.   At a second Committee of the Whole meeting, the council on Wednesday debated the proposed PAYT solid waste system for more than three hours and eventually voted to table it 7-4 with Morandi, Ward 4 Councilor Chris Connell, Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey, and Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio opposing.   Morandi, Connell, and Maffuccio have vocalized their stance against the PAYT system in the past and, last week, Morandi and Connell requested that the Resource Recovery Committee sen...