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Hearthway Tenants Bring Concerns to Williamstown Board of Health

Residents of two properties managed by Pittsfield-based Hearthway...

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New Pittsfield Therapy Office Offers Support to All Ages

A new therapy office has opened in the downtown area helping people...

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Elevated Sodium Levels in Adams Well Water Sample

A recent routine test of the town's well water revealed elevated...

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Pittsfield Health Shuts Down North Street Eatery for 'Pests'

Iztac Mexican Restaurant is currently shut down by the Health...

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Social Service Organizations Highlight Challenges, Successes at Poverty Talk

The event held on March 27 at the Berkshire Athenaeum included a...

Fairview Hospital Receives 2026 Women’s Choice Awards

Fairview Hospital Receives 2026 Women's Choice Awards as one of...

Berkshire County Student Awarded FedPoint Nursing Scholarship

Recipients each receive $5,000 each toward their nursing education

Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association Recognized by U.S. News & World...

Pittsfield Might Resume Mosquito Spraying if West Nile Virus Risk Elevates

Mosquito spraying was discontinued in 2021 and has been a contentious...

Fairview Hospital named a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital

The top 20 CAHs, including Fairview, scored best among CAHs as...

BHS Hospitals Earn Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditations

Berkshire Health Systems has announced that all three of its...

Fairview Hospital Entryway Impacted by Facility Upgrade Project

Effective Monday, April 27, 2026, the main hospital entry on Lewis...

Williamstown Health Board Finalizes N2O Bylaw Draft

The board Tuesday also reversed its earlier decision on phasing in...

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Sheffield Man Charged with...

Cole Bushnell of Sheffield is...

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WWII Veteran Reflects on...

Anthony Salatino Jr. says his...

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Cole Mountain Cafe Brings...

Cole Mountain Bakery and Cafe...

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Fairview Hospital named a Top 100 Critical Access...

This is the 14th straight year that Fairview has achieved the Top 100 designation.

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BHS Raising Community Awareness on Colon Cancer...

Visitors can schedule their screening colonoscopy, ask questions, hear from gastroenterology experts, and walk through an interactive exhibit.

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Community Conversation for Opioid Response Funding

Sixty percent of these monies will go toward the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to help manage state efforts with 40 percent going towards municipalities.

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SVMC Care Connection: March

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BHS Hosts Digital Workshop Series at the...

Experts from Berkshire Health Systems will cover digital literacy topics, including how to navigate the patient portal.

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Into Light Exhibition Includes Forums, Gallery...

Thirty portraits are on display at Hotel Downstreet, part of an initiative to use the arts and storytelling to humanize substance abuse disorder.

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Congressman Neal, BHS Talk Local Health Care in...

In a time of federal funding uncertainties, community members are encouraged to maintain preventative health care, such as doctor visits.

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North County Biosolid Waste Costs Jumping Up in...

Sewage disposal fees for North Adams, Clarksburg and Williamstown residents are set to rise 17 percent in fiscal year 2027 because of the cost of compost disposal incurred by the Hoosac Water Quality District.

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Pittsfield Health Officials to Present Outreach...

Wheels are moving on local health officials' plan to implement an outreach program that connects unhoused individuals with resources.

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'Into Light': Addressing Addiction One Portrait at...

The "Into Light" exhibit is sketching a new path toward transforming the conversation around addiction — one portrait and story at a time.

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Auction to Benefit Berkshire Nursing Families...

The Online Auction will launch on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at 9 am, and a preview of selected items is live now.

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National Caregivers Day, Feb. 20: Honoring the...

Yet over time, what begins as a few simple tasks becomes a level of financial pressure that no one anticipates.

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BHS Downgrades Respiratory Illness Alert to Low...

Green alert reflects a low level of respiratory illness for COVID-19, RSV, Influenza and other respiratory illnesses.

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New Practice Focuses on Dental Care for Children

A new dental practice is focused solely on ensuring Berkshire County children have bright smiles.

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Williamstown Health Board Develops Nitrous Oxide...

The panel agreed to strengthen the draft submitted by Health Inspector Ruth Russell to strengthen the punishment for stores not authorized to sell the canisters at all.

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BCArc Pilot Employment Program Receives State...

A state grant will provide hands-on training in health care for a dozen Berkshire County Arc clients.

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BCC Holds Pinning Ceremony for Nursing Graduates

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) students honored

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CHP Welcomes New Chief Medical Officer

Most recently, Dr. Bettencourt was based in Fort Myers, Fla. where he served as Chief Medical Officer at McGregor Clinic.

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