Pittsfield’s popular 3rd.Thursdays after hours event will be held tonight, rain or shine, with all shops, restaurants and cultural hotspots open, and dozens of activities, specials, and entertainers featured up and down the street (see attachment). Anything you can do to help get the word out bout this would be greatly appreciated!
Several outdoor performances will be moved indoors due to the weather forecast, and they are as follows:
Hector on Stilts and the Wanna-Bs, originally scheduled to perform outdoors at St. Joseph’s Church lawn and Palace Park, respectively, will be performing instead in the Crowne Plaza hotel’s ballroom, generously donated by the Crowne Plaza, a 3rd.Thursday partner.
Local rock band Channel, originally scheduled for St. Joseph’s lawn, will instead perform at the Crowne Plaza’s Underground Pub. The Crowne Plaza is located at One West Street, at the corner of South Street. All performances are free and open to the public. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the Crowne Plaza, as well as at all participating restaurants in downtown Pittsfield.
The free miniature golf will also be moved into the Crowne Plaza hotel.
The hula hoop and house-of-cards building contests in front of the Berkshire Museum will move into the Museum in case of rain.
Attached please find a 2 page PDF with a map and schedule of events, as well as a listing below. For more information please call 413-499-9348 or 413-281-7289.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.
Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settled neighborhood.
The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries.
"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m.
The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation.
Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call.
"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said.
Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze.
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Town meeting on Tuesday approved an almost $14 million fiscal 2027 budget, and approved bylaws for short-term rentals and signage, and for public safety vehicles.
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Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building.
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