Representative Mark Sets New Office Hour Schedule

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PERU, Mass. — The office of state Rep. Paul Mark has updated the schedule for weekly office hours throughout the 2nd Berkshire District.

Since 2011, the representative has maintained a fixed weekly office hour schedule at several town halls and community buildings in Franklin and Berkshire counties. The representative's hopes were to increase accessibility to his legislative office and the State House for constituents who live in Western Massachusetts.

No appointment is necessary to attend. Either the representative or a member of his staff will be available at these office hours to assist anyone with constituent services or to listen to advocacy on state legislative matters. If you wish to make an appointment, please do not hesitate to contact the district office at 413-464-5635.

Beginning in March, hours are:

Mondays, from 9 to 4, at Greenfield Community College's downtown campus located at 270 Main St.

Tuesdays, from 9 to 4, at Dalton Town Hall located at 462 Main St. except the third Tuesday when they will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Dalton Senior Center at 40 Field St.



•  First and third Wednesdays, from 10 to 2 at the Franklin Regional Council of Governments Offices (JWO Transit Center) located at 12 Olive St. in Greenfield.

Thursdays, from 9 to noon at Charlemont Town Hall located at 157 Main St.

Thursdays, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Northfield Town Hall located at 69 Main St. except on the third Thursday, when they will be at the Dickinson Memorial Library located at 115 Main St.

Mark is in his fifth term in the Legislature and currently serves as chairman of the House Committee on Redistricting. His district includes the communities of Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Pittsfield, Savoy, and Windsor in Berkshire County, and the communities of Bernardston, Charlemont, Colrain, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Northfield, and Rowe in Franklin County.
 


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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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