Pittsfield Boy Scout Troop 8 Fundraising With 'Pizza Playoff'

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In an effort to defray costs of equipment, trips and campouts, Boy Scout Troop 8 will host the Pittsfield Pizza Playoff, an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet from 13 area pizzerias, as well as a competition for best pizza.

The event will take place at the lower hall of St. Charles Church on Briggs Ave. on Jan. 26 from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 per adult, $4 for children under 12 and free for children under 3. The general public will vote on a winner for best pizza.
 
Participating pizzerias are:
  • Both Pittsfield Domino's
  • Baba Louie's
  • Liberty Pizza
  • Manny's Pizza
  • Papa Gino's
  • Papa Joe's
  • East Side
  • Hot Tomatoes
  • Pizza House (Tyler Street)
  • Vivaldi's
  • Teddy's Pizza
  • Zucco's Family Restaurant
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Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in Greenfield

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
 
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
 
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country. 
 
Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press release.
 
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the Greenfield Recorder reported. 
 
Investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown’s former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St, the news outlet said. 
 
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Herberger-Brown originally told investigators that he had not been to the apartment in months because he had been in and out of hospitals. 
 
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