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Selecting a police chief will be among the early orders of business for whomever is elected to succeed Linda Tyer in the mayor's office.
Pittsfield mayoral races are usually close, often heated and always critical to the city’s future. The race to succeed Linda Tyer will likely be all three.
Melissa Mazzeo, a former city councilor and one-time mayoral candidate, is asking a Berkshire Superior Court judge to dismiss the defamation case filed against her by Barry Clairmont, some three years after the mayor's race that started it all.
UPDATED: After 19 years of elections — which brought her to roles as city councilor, city clerk and for the last eight years, mayor — Tyer will sit out this next election and leave public office at the end of her term in January 2024.
Mayor Linda Tyer has announced that she will not be seeking re-election for a third term in 2023.
In December, Mayor Linda Tyer said that she had made a decision about whether to enter the race and seek a third term as mayor. She told The Eagle that she’d make a formal announcement following the holiday season.
City leaders hoping to direct a portion of Pittsfield’s unprecedented $17 million in free cash towards several accounts left a Thursday night meeting with a clear message from city councilors: put that money towards Pittsfield’s roads and sidewalks.
A Tuesday meeting of the Pittsfield finance subcommittee was set to discuss the fate of a portion of the $17 million in free cash this year. That meeting has been postponed.
A series of fortunate events led to an "unprecedented" amount of free cash for Pittsfield this year. Mayor Tyer recommends money go to stabilization accounts. But some council members want the funds to lower property tax bills.
A Berkshire Superior Court judge will hear arguments next month on whether a lawsuit against city officials, the Pittsfield Board of Health, Verizon Wireless and a local property owner should be dismissed.
