 Candlelit Signs in Park Square Mark 41 Overdose Deaths in 2024Pictures of the bereaved were displayed on boards adorned with butterflies and dragonflies.  Pittsfield Raises Overdose Awareness FlagAn overdose awareness flag was raised in front of City Hall for the first time on Thursday.  Pittsfield Events to Raise Awareness of Overdose DangerLast year, it was reported there were 48 fatal overdoses in Berkshire County in 2022 — 29 just in Pittsfield. Since 2012, there had been a staggering 418 deaths from overdose in the county.  North Adams Councilors Get Narcan PresentationBerkshire County had 47 fatal overdoses in 2022, a dozen of them in North County. Of those, eight occurred in North Adams. |
