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Mount Greylock School Committee Holds Questionable Vote on Multipurpose Building

November 07, 2019 | 02:23AM

But a possibly illegal aspect of the vote designed to appease proponents of a new athletic field opens to question the validity of the action.

Lanesborough to Fund Repairs at Town Hall, Elementary School

October 10, 2019 | 04:01AM

During a routine inspection, the glycol in the system was found to be in need of flushing and replacement. The material is also corroding other parts of the system but that will be addressed in a separate bid.

Mount Greylock School Committee Rejects Fields Bid, Reposts

September 27, 2019 | 04:01AM

By a vote of 6-1, the committee rejected the low bid submitted for an athletic fields project after the price tag came in far higher than the committee expected when it authorized a request for proposals in May.

Mount Greylock Turf Field Bids Come in Higher than Hoped

September 20, 2019 | 01:00PM

All three were well above the figures targeted by the School Committee for the projects.

Mount Greylock School Committee Sends 'Multipurpose' Building Out to Bid

February 07, 2019 | 02:41AM

At a special afternoon meeting of the committee last week, the panel authorized architect Perkins Eastman to release bid documents with a stated budget of $2.1 million for the building, which would house the district's central administration, storage space for Mount Greylock's groundskeepers, space for the school's athletics program and, potentially, a public restroom to service the playing fields.

Pittsfield Awards Wastewater Project Contract

January 05, 2019 | 07:09AM

The upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant will cost $13 million less than expected. The city awarded Methuen Construction a contract of $51,423,287 to make the upgrades required to comply with a U.S. EPA mandate to lower the levels of phosphorous and aluminum being discharged into the Housatonic River. It also includes adding a nitrogen optimization process. The City Council had previously authorized $74 million to complete the work.

Pittsfield Receives Proposal For Animal Shelter, Mum on Details

October 31, 2018 | 03:50AM

The city of Pittsfield is apparently giving up its attempts to run an animal shelter on its own but a request for proposals to take over the care of strays has only elicited one bid. Earlier this month the city issued a request for proposal for animal sheltering. The proposals were due on Monday and the Berkshire Humane Society was the only one to respond. Pittsfield officials are mum on what the organization has proposed or what the city is looking for in such a contract.