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Attorneys hoping to represent the Pittsfield Board of Health estimate that preparation for a show cause hearing with Verizon would cost $12,000, negotiations with the company would cost another $12,000 and a potential court case would come in around $60,000 in fees.
Berkshire County will get a estimated $4.5 million over the next 16 years from a settlement with Johnson & Johnson and opioid distributors.
Friends and relatives of the Pittsfield man killed by police two weeks ago want the city to improve how it responds to people in a mental health crisis, in part by shifting resources from the Pittsfield Police Department. They are also calling on the department to release the names of the two officers who responded to a second call at the home of Miguel Estrella, when he was shot and killed.
Workers at a Pittsfield waste-to-energy facility risked breathing in smoke containing arsenic, cadmium and lead, the federal government says, a finding that confirms other accounts of hazards at the bankrupt plant.
If approved by a bankruptcy judge, a national company that boasts of capturing “value from waste” will take over and decommission a Pittsfield incinerator that has been a city landmark for two generations.
In a letter to employees, the head of Community Eco Power, said a sale of its Pittsfield facility may be in the offing. The future use of the 5.8-acre Hubbard Avenue plant could be as a transfer station.
Michael Obasohan's appointment was announced to the sound of applause in the City Council chambers Tuesday night, but the debate by the City Council ahead of his appointment was far from joyous.
“West-east” rail, for state Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli, is more than a catchphrase. Unless work for Pittsfield-to-Boston passenger rail begins in Western Massachusetts, the Lenox Democrat says, he does not expect to board that train in his lifetime.
The Baker administration said it plans to collaborate with Amtrak to pursue federal funding for east-west rail. But, Baker would start with the Springfield to Worcester leg, leaving some to question his commitment to the Pittsfield to Springfield stretch.
The selection of a candidate for the city's first ever chief diversity officer has been many months in the making.
