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PITTSFIELD â The vaccination buddy system is raising alarm bells in Pittsfield.
The state on Thursday started allowing one person who accompanies a senior 75 or older to get a COVID-19 vaccine at some of the state s public vaccination sites, including at Berkshire County s three public clinics, to get a shot themselves.
The aim of the new rule, as an official of Mayor Linda Tyer s administration noted in a news release Friday, was to increase the number of people older than 75 who receive the vaccine.
But, the system âhas resulted in an alarming increase in direct solicitation and advertising to seniors from individuals seeking to get vaccinated,â Roberta McCulloch-Dews, director of administrative services, said in the release.
March 26, 2021 | 04:33PM
The reversion of schools to remote learning will no longer be dependent on the city s percent positivity rate or case numbers, as decided by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley on March 5. click for more
March 26, 2021 | 01:36PM
As chairman of the powerful Joint Committee on Ways and Means that wrote Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and a majority of the new rescue plan, Neal has been in charge of around $1 trillion dollars in spending during these unprecedented times. click for more
March 26, 2021 | 04:19AM
For 10 years, the all-volunteer organization has provided support and information, lent a listening ear, and facilitated friendships between those battling cancer.
Tellus had been missing since September when she escaped from the family s temporary home while they were waiting to move into their new house. PITTSFIELD, Mass. Tellus, a feline friend that went missing almost three months ago, was united with her family just in time for Christmas thanks to the work of a compassionate community and the Berkshire Humane Society. If there s ever a story to show that you should never stop looking for a lost pet, this is it! said the shelter s feline manager Erin Starsja, who reunited Tellus and her dad. Back in September, Alicia and Chris Knowles were renting an Airbnb property while house hunting in Berkshire County. The couple and their two children, ages 3 and 9, were relocating from Maine. The Knowles brought their furry family members with them including two cats named Tellus and Nikka.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Berkshire Roots is one step closer to adding a third site to its Pittsfield operations. The Zoning Board of Appeals last Wednesday approved a special permit from KO Resources LLC to allow the construction of a two-story, 100,000 square foot marijuana cultivation facility at the former site of Ken s Bowl with conditions on the approval adopted from the recommendations of a third-party review. These conditions are designed to improve the facility s odor mitigation systems and were recommended after a review of the application by Odor Science and Engineering, Inc., (OS&E) of Bloomfield, Conn. It seems to me, at least in my eyes, that we have a state of the art odor mitigation plan, board member Thomas Goggins said. I think this is the best solution for what has been perceived to be a problem with odor from marijuana production facilities.