Boys & Girls Club Selects New Chief Operating Officer

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires has announced that Peter L. Fish has been named chief operating officer. He began work at the Club on Nov. 2.

"We are pleased to have someone with Peter’s experience and background join the Club," said Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires Executive Director Chris Jacoby. "As 'second in command' Peter is responsible for the entire operation in my absence. His primary duty is to ensure the effective operation and delivery of programs in a safe environment within the Club and community."

Fish has nearly 20 years of experience working as a not-for profit executive managing youth programming. Most recently, since 2007, he served as executive director at the Albany United Methodist Society, directing programs for a low-income, under-served community. Previously he was project director with AmeriCorps in Albany, where he designed and managed AmeriCorps national service corps programs in low-income communities in Albany, Schenectady and Rensselaer counties. He served two terms as a selectman for the town of Great Barrington and was economic development specialist for former Congressman John Olver in Pittsfield.

Fish earned a bachelor of arts from Tufts University in Medford, Mass.

Fish will be directly involved in managing day to day operations, with specific responsibilities for program development and implementation, facility management,  supervision and development of personnel, and building strategic relationships with community partners. He will assist the finance officer and CEO with budget development, monitoring of program and facility expenses.


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Dalton Planning Board OKs Gravel Company Permit

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Planning Board approved the renewal of Nichols Sand and Gravel's special permit for earth removal. 
 
The company, located at 190 Cleveland Road, operates a gravel pit there. 
 
The hours of operation will remain 7 to 4 p.m. The commission approved owner Paul Nichols' request to allow trucks to depart the property in either direction. 
 
Nichols has to apply for renewal of the special permit every year. The previous permit required the truck to exit the property to the right.
 
It makes more sense to go left if truck drivers have to go to the Pittsfield area, Nichols said. He has talked to the residents in the area and they are agreeable to the change. 
 
Former residents requested this stipulation nearly 16 years ago to reduce the number of trucks using the residential street to avoid disturbing the quality of life and neighborhood. 
 
There weren't any residents present during the meeting who expressed concerns regarding this change.
 
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