CHP Names New Dentist to CHP Neighborhood Dental Center

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Dr. Alexandre Dias
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs (CHP) has named Dr. Alexandre Dias to the CHP dental team. He will be based at CHP Neighborhood Dental Center in Pittsfield.
 
Dr. Dias' appointment reflects CHP's plan to expand its dental health network in Berkshire County, in order to reach and care for more patients who may have difficulty accessing dental care.
 
He earned his dental medicine degree from University Vale do Rio Verde in Brazil (UNINCOR). He completed further training in implant and oral surgery, sedation dentistry at CETRO Surgery Training Center in Brazil, and he completed oral and maxillofacial surgery and traumatology training, also at CETRO. He completed additional oral surgery training and assistance at Oral Surgery And Implants Associates of Greenville, S.C.
 
Dr. Dias earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from University President Antonio Carlos (FUPAC/UNIPAC) in Brazil and attended Cape Cod Community College for business studies.
 
He has previously worked recently with Alludi Dentistry Aesthetics and Surgery and at Harbor Health Services on Boston's South Shore. He has also worked as an oral surgeon at Claris Dentistry in Brazil.

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Great Barrington Unveils 9/11 Memorial Featuring World Trade Center Steel

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A piece of history will now stand in front of the Great Barrington Fire Department, serving as a lasting reminder of the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of those who rushed in, stepped forward, and answered the call on Sept. 11, 2001.
 
Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Fire Department for the unveiling of a 9/11 memorial featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
 
The monument marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and its effect reached far and wide beyond New York, said Deputy Fire Chief James Mead.
 
"There are moments in our lives that become markers of time. Moments when we remember not only what happened, but where we were, who was beside us, and how the world somehow felt different afterwards," Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove said. 
 
"For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 — it is one of those moments for us to share."
 
The acquisition of the beam was a multi-year effort initiated by the late Andy Moro, former commander of American Legion Post 298 in Housatonic, and was carried on by the Legion's second vice commander, John Morris. 
 
Morris said he was able to obtain the warped steel I-beam through connections he made during his time as a New York City firefighter.
 
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