BCC Hospitality and Culinary Program to Offer ServSafe Workshops

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As part of its FastTrack Hospitality & Culinary Program, Berkshire Community College (BCC) announced it will offer three free ServSafe Certifications beginning in April.

Offered in both English and Spanish, the online workshops are presented in an asynchronous format, allowing students to start and complete them at their own pace.

ServSafe is a food and beverage safety training and certificate program administered by the U.S. National Restaurant Association. The program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Conference for Food Protection.

The free online certifications, available beginning April 1, include:

ServSafe Food Handler: The industry-recognized standard for delivering consistent food safety training to employees.
ServSafe Massachusetts Allergen Training: A program developed and created by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network to meet the terms outlined in the Massachusetts Food Allergy Awareness Act.
ServSafe Alcohol: Provides the fundamentals of responsible alcohol service.

Pre-registration is required. To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/fasttrack. For more information, email workshops@berkshirecc.edu or call (413) 236-2127.

In addition to offering these ServSafe Certification courses, the FastTrack Hospitality & Culinary Program at BCC, offered through the new Berkshire Culinary Institute, offers students the opportunity to earn certificates in one of four areas: "front of house" hospitality core skills, "back of house" hospitality culinary skills, hospitality supervision and beverage service.

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Pittsfield Considers Repairing East Part Cemetery

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:57AM / Friday, October 02, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Historical Commission will consider grant opportunities for repairs to East Part Cemetery.

A resident reached out to the city with concerns about degradation in the half-acre burial ground at the top of Williams Street. East Part Cemetery was established in the early 1800s and has about 300 interments.

“It's a nice old cemetery, and basically, (the resident) had had concerns that the stone wall had taken some damage, the gravestones have taken some damage, and was wondering if there's anything that could be done to repair the gravestones and the wall," City Planner Kevin Rayner told the commission on Monday.

In cooperation with cemetery leadership and residents, the Historical Commission will consider applying for Community Preservation Act funds to support repairs. West Part Cemetery, on the other side of Pittsfield, has previously used CPA funds for revitalization work.

The 1080 Williams St. property is owned by the city and managed by the Pittsfield Cemetery Commission. Rayner presented photos of broken and overgrown gravestones, parts of the stone wall collapsing, and knocked-over obelisks.

Some aspects could use general maintenance and restoration, he observed.

According to the Pittsfield Cemetery and Crematory's website, East Part Cemetery was established around 1808 on land owned by Nathan Webb, who permitted and authorized its use as a public burying ground.

In 1842, Nathan Webb's son, also named Nathan Webb, deeded the property to the Methodist Episcopal Society of Pittsfield as a public burying ground, and in 1893 the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society transferred their control of the cemetery to the Proprietors of the Pittsfield Cemetery. Their action was confirmed by the Berkshire Probate Court.