BCC To Offer Flu and COVID-19 vaccines

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will welcome Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) and Community Health Programs (CHP) to campus on Wednesday, Sept. 22 for free vaccination clinics.
 
10 a.m.-12 p.m.: CHP's mobile health unit, the “Big Orange Bus,” will administer Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, as well as the flu vaccine and COVID testing. 
 
 The bus will be located near the Susan B. Anthony Center.
 
1-4 p.m.: BHS will administer the flu vaccine from 1-4 pm at the Susan B. Anthony Center.
 
Vaccines are given free of charge, and no appointment is necessary. Please bring insurance cards.
 
The Presidents of the Massachusetts community colleges announced Monday that students, faculty, and staff at the Commonwealth's 15 community colleges must be fully vaccinated by January 2022.
 
BCC is one of the 15 Massachusetts Community Colleges
 
Free COVID testing is also available at Stop the Spread clinics located at 505 East Street, Pittsfield; 98 Church Street, North Adams; and 475 Main Street, Great Barrington. To make an appointment, call (855) 262-5465. 

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Dalton Planning Board OKs Gravel Company Permit

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Planning Board approved the renewal of Nichols Sand and Gravel's special permit for earth removal. 
 
The company, located at 190 Cleveland Road, operates a gravel pit there. 
 
The hours of operation will remain 7 to 4 p.m. The commission approved owner Paul Nichols' request to allow trucks to depart the property in either direction. 
 
Nichols has to apply for renewal of the special permit every year. The previous permit required the truck to exit the property to the right.
 
It makes more sense to go left if truck drivers have to go to the Pittsfield area, Nichols said. He has talked to the residents in the area and they are agreeable to the change. 
 
Former residents requested this stipulation nearly 16 years ago to reduce the number of trucks using the residential street to avoid disturbing the quality of life and neighborhood. 
 
There weren't any residents present during the meeting who expressed concerns regarding this change.
 
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