Berkshire Occupational Health Merging with BHS Urgent Care

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has announced that Berkshire Occupational Health will merge with BHS Urgent Care and will relocate to the Urgent Care location at 505 East Street, St. Luke’s Square, Pittsfield. The relocation will take place on Monday, Feb. 25.

"This move will allow Berkshire Occupational Health to provide local businesses and their employees with enhanced services and added convenience," said Dr. Brian Quinn, medical director of both Berkshire Occupational Health and BHS Urgent Care. "By combining Berkshire Occupational Health with Berkshire Health Urgent Care, our clinical offerings will be more expansive, and in the event employees of our client companies need immediate walk-in care services in addition to occupational health needs, they will be provided in the same location."

Berkshire Occupational Health provides comprehensive services to numerous Berkshire-area businesses and their employees, including physical examinations, occupational injury/illness management and workers compensation services, initial injury evaluations and follow-up, OSHA medical surveillance, hearing and vision conservation, respiratory protection, return to work evaluations, drug screening and breath alcohol testing, immunizations, tuberculosis screening and education, ergonomic workplace evaluation and training, worksite walkthrough visits with follow-up reports, environmental exposure evaluations and other services.

BHS Urgent Care provides immediate care for minor illness and injury and is open seven days a week, with both walk-in and online reservation for patients.

Berkshire Occupational Health will maintain its current hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 24/7/365 availability for drug and breath alcohol testing. The phone number also remains the same, 413-447-2684.

Dalton Board Signs Off on Land Sale Over Residents' Objections

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Residents demanded the right to speak but the agenda did not include public comment. Amy Musante holds a sign saying the town now as '$20,000 less for a police station.'

DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board signed the sale on the last of what had been known as the Bardin property Monday even as a handful of residents demanded the right to speak against the action. 

 

The quitclaim deed transfers the nine acres to Thomas and Esther Balardini, who purchased the two other parcels in Dalton. They were the third-highest bidders at $31,500. Despite this, the board awarded them the land in an effort to keep the property intact.

 

"It's going to be an ongoing battle but one I think that has to be fought [because of] the disregard for the taxpayers," said Dicken Crane, the high bidder at $51,510.

 

"If it was personal I would let it go, but this affects everyone and backing down is not in my nature." 

 

Crane had appealed to the board to accept his bid during two previous meetings. He and others opposed to accepting the lower bid say it cost the town $20,000. After the meeting, Crane said he will be filing a lawsuit and has a citizen's petition for the next town meeting with over 100 signatures. 

 

Three members of the board — Chair Robert Bishop Jr., John Boyle, and Marc Strout — attended the 10-minute meeting. Members Anthony Pagliarulo and Daniel Esko previously expressed their disapproval of the sale to the Balardinis. 

 

Pagliarulo voted against the sale but did sign the purchase-and-sale agreement earlier this month. His reasoning was the explanation by the town attorney during an executive session that, unlike procurement, where the board is required to accept the lowest bid for services, it does have some discretion when it comes to accepting bids in this instance.