Snow Emergency Declared In Pittsfield,Adams
City of Pittsfield – snow emergency declared effective 7 a.m. Jan. 26 PITTSFIELD, Mass.
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Please be advised that due to the impending winter storm, a snow emergency has been declared for the City of Pittsfield effective 7 a.m. Tuesday Jan. 26 through 7 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. During this time, residents are asked to use off-street parking. If unable to park off-street, please follow the alternate side parking regulations:
Between 7 a.m. on Tuesday and 7 a.m. on Wednesday: vehicles may be parked on the even side of the street; • Between 7 a.m. on Wednesday and 7 a.m. on Thursday: vehicles may be parked on the odd side of the street; and • All existing and signed parking regulations remain active.
Pittsfield Announces Christmas Tree Pick-up
It’s time to dispose of your Christmas Tree, and the City of Pittsfield has announced this year’s pick-up schedule.
It certainly was beautiful this year and you don’t want to see it go, but if you’ve had your Christmas tree up since long before Christmas, it s probably dried out and is a potential fire hazard. In fact, State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey is encouraging Massachusetts residents to get that tree up and out promptly. As part of a press release from the Department of Fire Services, Ostroskey said that if a fire should start for any reason, a tree (especially a dried-out tree) will help spread the fire extremely rapidly.
EPA Finalizes Landmark Cleanup Plan For Housatonic River
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Revised Final Permit for the
Rest of River cleanup plan of the Housatonic River. The Revised Final Permit, issued under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), spells out the required cleanup measures to be followed by General Electric Company (GE) to remove contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Revised Final RCRA Permit Modification (Revised Final Permit) updates EPA s 2016 cleanup plan for the river, its floodplains and other surrounding areas.
EPA s remedy as outlined in the Revised Final Permit is protective of human health and the environment and will result in more contaminated sediment removed from the river and surrounding areas than EPA s previous 2016 decision. The cleanup plan has specific provisions to expedite cleanup, significantly enhance the PCB removal in the cleanup, and provide for safe, effective disposal of th
EFORALL Berkshire County Awards Prizes For Fall Program
Here s more from the EforAll Press Release:
12 individuals representing 11 local businesses participated virtually in classroom learning with specialists and working weekly with their volunteer mentors. (EforAll’s next Accelerator cohort will begin in March 2021, also virtually)
At the online event, Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds gave welcoming remarks and Lindsay Neathawk and Laurie Rock were the Class Speakers chosen by the cohort.
Cohort members Kiar Holland and Charlie Nadler of Laugh Dealers also surprised the group by demonstrating their “digital impersonation” technology with introductions by famous people -for instance, a pretend Steve Jobs was the Emcee.
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