Zonta Club Honors Local Women

03:33PM / Tuesday, February 17, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — To celebrate International Women's Day, the Zonta Club of Berkshire County will host its 4th International Women's Day Recognition Celebration on Friday, March 6, 2026 at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.

The event will begin at 5:30 pm.

Jackie Melendez, President of the Zonta Club announced that this year five area women will be honored for their contributions to support and empower women.

"We're delighted to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of these women in our community," shared Melendez. "Through their work, the lives of area women and girls are supported and empowered."

The women to be honored at the event are Divya Chaturvedi, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Freeman Center; Lorena Dus, Director of Client and Community Services at Berkshire Immigrant Center; Shela Levante, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Brenda Opperman who was previously an Associate Professor at the U.S. Naval War College and Maria Rundle, Executive Director of Flying Cloud Institute.

"Each of the women chosen to be honored this year make significant contributions to the empowerment of women or girls through their work and we are thrilled to recognize them," said Melendez.

The Zonta Club of Berkshire County, founded in 1994, works to advance the status of women and girls through community service projects including The Period Project and provides scholarships to young women embarking on education. For tickets to the Women's Recognition event visit www.zontaberkshire.org or email Zontaberkshire@gmail.com.

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Pittsfield Parks OKs Annual Events, Hears Wahconah Park Idea

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:11PM / Sunday, February 22, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Parks Commission signed off on some annual city events on Tuesday.

Commissioners approved the 80th annual Eggstravaganza Egg Scramble, the Westside Legends' 6th annual Easter egg hunt, and another lineup of Eagles Band concerts in the park. The Eagles Community Band is in its 90th year.

Pittsfield's 80th egg hunt will be held at The Common on Saturday, April 4 (rain date April 11) from 10 to noon. The free event is open to children ages 2-11 and will feature a balloon artist, a face painter, the Easter bunny, and, of course, plastic eggs filled with small prizes.

The Westside Easter Egg Hunt, organized by the Westside Legends, is on the same day, April 4, from 1 to 3 p.m at Durant Park. It was scheduled to not conflict with the city's event, and will include tabling from community organizations, and some raffles.

City officials are also planning an opportunity to appreciate the Wahconah Park grandstand's century of history in Pittsfield. Demolition is currently out to bid, and prices are expected the first week of March.

"We want to have some conversation around opening up the grandstand one last time for the community to come in and look around and share memories," Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath reported.

"I think it would we'd be remiss if we just brought in the wrecking ball and people were like, 'Wait a minute, I didn't have a chance to have one last look out from my favorite spot in the grandstand,' So we're going to figure out how to do that, how to get that done safely, and just how to celebrate this with some folks."

He has been in touch with Larry Moore of Berkshire Baseball to share facts about the park, "and just remind people how much of a storied past Wahconah Park has had, and just keep hope alive for the next iteration of Wahconah Park, whatever that looks like."

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