Community Group Sets 'Save Hospital' Meeting

02:45PM / Wednesday, March 26, 2014Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A community meeting is being held tonight, Wednesday, from 5 to 7 at the American Legion Hall to plan steps to save North Adams Regional Hospital.

A growing coalition of community members, health-care workers and elected officials, as welll as the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will discuss immediate steps that they believe they can take together to the stop the hospital from closing.

"This is our community. This is our hospital. These are our health services," the organizers wrote.

The group is also encouraging residents to call Gov. Deval Patrick today at 617-725-4005 for action and to encourage him come to North Adams.

The save the hospital campaign has set up a Facebook group page.

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Williamstown Board of Health Gets Update on 330 Cole Ave.

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Monday, August 24, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health last Monday saw evidence supporting a tenant's complaint about ventilation issues at their 330 Cole Ave. residence.

Health Inspector Ruth Russell shared with the board a three-page memo outlining her department's actions since receiving a complaint from the occupant of Unit D6 at the property managed by Pittsfield's Hearthway Inc.

The memo outlined seven inspections that Health Inspector Ruth Russell has conducted at the unit since the complaint was received on March 10 of this year. On March 20, after her initial inspection, Russell cited five violations of the state sanitary code related to moisture in the unity.

Her Monday report also included photos taken during the most recent inspection of the unit's bathroom ventilation system on Aug. 3.

As recently as July 21, Hearthway's director of real estate development told Russell, "The fans in this unit have been checked multiple times by staff and contractors and found to be operating the same as in all other apartments," according to the Aug. 17 memo.

On July 24, Russell inspected the unit with a representative from the Berkshire Public Health Alliance after the occupant reported that the shower was used several hours before and, despite having the window open and the ventilator fan running, moisture was still present.

"Use of a vane anemometer in the bathroom demonstrated that there is insufficient flow going through the vent," Russell reported.

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