image description — Scholarship recipients pose with members of the Capitanio family. From left, Nicholas Puntin, Paul Capitanio, Beth Capitanio (mother) Hunter Potash, Holly Soules, Layla Soules, and Tessa Soules. Missing from the photo is Ian Benoit.

Three PHS Grads Awarded Capitanio Scholarships

11:17AM / Friday, July 05, 2019Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Capitanio family this summer named three recipients of the Paul J. Capitanio Jr. Memorial Football scholarships.

This year’s winners were Ian Benoit, Nicholas Puntin and Hunter Potash, all graduates of Pittsfield High School.

Benoit, the son of Lisa Benoit, is attending Springfield College in the fall.

Puntin, the son of Liz Puntin, is headed to Berkshire Community College.

And Potash, the son of Davd and Alisa Potash, will attend the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

06:38AM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.

The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner.

This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.

They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.

Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system.

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