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 Board of Health Approves Green Burial Verbiage

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Board of Health approved wording for the green burial guidelines during its meeting on Wednesday. 
 
The guideline stipulates that "Ebola or any other diseases that the CDC or Massachusetts Department of Public Health deem unsuitable for green burials can not be approved by the town Board of Health." 
 
The board has been navigating how to include communicable diseases in its guidelines to prevent them from spreading.  
 
Town Health Agent Agnes Witkowski has been working to clarify the state's guidelines regarding infectious diseases and green burials. 
 
She attended a presentation on green burials and consulted with people from various organizations, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where it was determined that the state is behind in developing guidelines for green burials.
 
Currently, the only disease that would prevent someone from being able to have a green burial is ebola, board member Amanda Staples-Opperman said. Bugs would take care of anything else. 
 
The town running into situations surrounding an unknown disease would be a very rare occurrence, board members said. 
 
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