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Berkshire County Has 8 Vaccination Sites for Phase 2 Rollout

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state has released the expanded sites for COVID-19 vaccinations, including eight in Berkshire County.
 
Phase 2 of the vaccination rollout begins Monday, Feb. 1, by appointment. Currently there are three "mass vaccination" sites, including one in Springfield. There is expected to be 165 vaccination sites and seven mass vaccination locations by mid-February at public and private entities. 
 
The first priority group in Phase 2 will be residents 75 and older who can begin to schedule vaccination appointments on Wednesday.
 
The locations in Berkshire County are, with links to online signup, the following: 
 
 
• Pittsfield: Walgreens, Cheshire Road; Berkshire Community College's Paterson Field House; Stop & Shop, Dan Fox Drive; Berkshire Allergy Care, South Street (email to COVID@centralmassallergy.com, providing ONLY first name, phone number, and preferred location for vaccination).
 
• Lee: Walgreens, Park Street
 
• Great Barrington: WEB DuBois Middle School, Monument Valley Road
 
All locations are open to eligible populations, including those who fall in the Phase 1 rollout and who have not yet received the vaccine. 
 
The vaccines used are expected to be the Moderna and, for the larger sites at BCC, St. Elizabeth's and DuBois Middle School, the Pfizer vaccine, both of which require two shots a few weeks apart for full coverage. 
 
Those who fall in the Phase 2 category, by priority, are:
  • Individuals 75 and older
  • Individuals 65 and older or anyone with two or more comorbidities
  • Early education and K-12 workers, transit, utility, food and agriculture, sanitation, public works, and public health workers, and
  • Individuals with one comorbidity.
The exact date for each priority group to get the vaccine will depend on the vaccine supply from the federal government and the uptake and demand for vaccine appointments. Due to high demand and constrained vaccine supply, COVID-19 Vaccination appointments are limited.

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North Adams Holds Groundbreaking for New $65M Greylock School

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff

Connie Tatro, a School Building Committee member, and her daycare charges have been keeping a close watch on the project. See more pictures here
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The groundbreaking on Tuesday for the new Greylock School was a mesh of past and present. 
 
As a long line of officials grabbed their shovels for the ceremonial dirt toss, the old school was being taken apart behind them and forms for the footings for the new school were being installed across the way. 
 
And perhaps the most important component of the day were the children from Connie Tatro's daycare in their safety vests, already digging in the dirt. 
 
They will be the first prekindergarten class when the school opens in fall 2027.
 
"This is truly a special moment for all of us as this school is being built as a community school today, we are marking more than start of a construction project," said Mayor Jennifer Macksey. 
 
"We're marking the moment when years of planning, collaboration and community commitment become something real, something visible and something that's going to last long beyond any of us. This is where we truly begin turning work from conception to reality."
 
It's taken three mayors, three superintendents, three school building committees and one contentious vote to get to this point. 
 
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