Price Chopper/Market 32 Fundraising Program for Ukraine

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — On Sunday, March 27, Price Chopper/Market 32 will launch a World Central Kitchen fundraising program for Ukraine. 
 
Throughout the next five weeks, the supermarket chain will raise money to support World Central Kitchen's food relief efforts in Ukraine to serve meals around the clock in cities across Ukraine and at border crossings with Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Moldova.
 
Cashiers in Price Chopper/Market 32 stores will ask customers if they would like to round up the change in their transactions to the nearest dollar in support of World Central Kitchen's efforts. Price Chopper/Market 32 will match all donations up to $25,000.
 
"As millions of Ukrainians flee their homes and country to escape the devastation, they face a daunting, uncharted journey. Many are traveling for days without food. In response, World Central Kitchen is providing hot, nourishing meals to those seeking refuge in major points of entry across Eastern Europe. As a company whose higher purpose has always been to help people feed and care for themselves and their families, we want to help Chef Jose Andres and his team get food to these people," said Mona Golub, Price Chopper/Market 32 vice president of public relations and consumer services.
 
World Central Kitchen is a non-profit organization that provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises while working to build resilient food systems with locally-led solutions. It has served more than 60 million meals to people impacted by natural disasters and other crises around the world since it was founded in 2010. 
 

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Pittsfield Officials: Unlimited Trash Not Sustainable, Toters Offer Cost-Savings

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Unlimited trash pickup is not sustainable and will lead to higher taxes, city officials say.

Mayor Peter Marchetti began public outreach on Monday on the proposed five-year contract with Casella Waste Management for solid waste and recyclables. Older residents packed into the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center for the first of three community meetings.

On the table is a move to automated pickup utilizing 48-gallon toters, which would be at no cost to residents unless they require additional toters and would save the city $80,000 per year.

The goal is to execute a contract by July 1, the start of the fiscal year.

"Trash collection is not free. You're already paying for it as part of your taxes that you pay. In this administration, in this proposal there is no 'I'm looking to create a trash tax,''' Marchetti said, explaining that trash pickup for fiscal year 2025 is around $5.1 million and has doubled since he first served on the council in 2002.

"So we need to find a way to stem the cost of trash."

Some of the seniors praised the new plan while others had concerns, asking questions like "What is going to happen to the trash cans we have now?" "What if I live in rural Pittsfield and have a long driveway?" and "What happens if my toter is stolen?"

"I've lived in a lot of other places and know this is a big innovation that is taking place over the last 20,30 years," one resident said. "It's worked in most places. It's much better than throwing bags of garbage on the side of the road."

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