Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. Hosting a Thankful Food Drive

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI) in collaboration with the Berkshire Running Center and MountainOne is hosting a Thankful Food Drive now through November 23, 2022. 
 
Donations will benefit the South Congregational Church and St. Joseph's Church Food Pantries. The drive is accepting non-perishable items such as canned vegetables, canned or dry beans, canned fruit in juice, low-sodium soups, canned tuna in water, canned chicken, canned stews, brown rice, unsalted nuts, shelf stable milk and milk substitutes, whole grain pasta, pasta sauce, canned tomatoes, unsweetened apple sauce, peanut butter, and whole grain cold cereals.
 
Please do NOT donate open packages or expired or perishable foods. 
 
Drop off by members of the public is welcomed at the following Pittsfield locations: 
  • 413Shirts (1595 East Street) 
  • Adelson & Company PC (100 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Art Center (141 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Athenaeum (1 Wendell Avenue) 
  • Berkshire County Arc Main Office (395 South Street) 
  • Berkshire Family YMCA (292 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Fitness and Wellness Center (137 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Museum (39 South Street) 
  • Berkshire Roots (501A Dalton Avenue) 
  • Berkshire Running Center (5 Cheshire Road Suite 119) 
  • Berkshire Theatre Group (111 South Street) 
  • Berkshire United Way (200 South Street) 
  • BFAIR (39 Willis Street) 
  • Carr Hardware (547 North Street) 
  • City Hall (70 Allen Street) 
  • Clock Tower (Berkshire Eagle Building) 
  • Cooper Center/Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (1 Fenn Street) 
  • Elegant Stitches (237 First Street) 
  • Guidewire, Inc. Office (34 Depot Street) 
  • Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc. (50 Depot Street in Dalton) 
  • Holiday Inn & Suites (1 West Street) 
  • Lee Bank Pittsfield Branch (75 North Street) 
  • Mana Crypt Gaming Center (139 West Housatonic Street) 
  • MountainOne (South Street and Silver Lake offices) 
  • Otto's Kitchen & Comfort (95 East Street) 
  • Paul Rich & Sons (242 North Street) 
  • RSVP (16 Bartlett Avenue) 
  • ServiceNet (141 North Street, lower level) 
  • Solutions Community Connections Program (1450 West Housatonic Street) 
  • Soma's Aromas (81 East Street) 
  • This & That Sports (128 Fenn Street) 
  • Wayfair (75 South Church Street) 
  • Witch Slapped (78 North Street) 
  • Wolfson Center/Barrington Stage Company (122 North Street) 
For more information, call Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. at 413-443-6501. 
 

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Dalton Finance Makes Reserve Fund Transfers

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Finance Committee made two reserve fund transfers last Wednesday night. 
 
The reserve fund balance is currently $60,000. This is the first reserve fund transfer the town has made this fiscal year, committee clerk Karen Schmidt said. 
 
A transfer to the vocational education tuition account for $16,000 was approved. The original appropriation was $605,020 and the present balance is $4,527. 
 
It had been previously demonstrated that setting the budget for this account can be challenging due to the uncertainty about how many students will choose to attend vocational education programs.
 
The vocational education account was reduced by $90,000 during a September special town meeting; however, a spot opened up at a vocational program, so a student decided to transfer after the start of the second quarter. 
 
A transfer for the employee fringe benefits account was approved for $10,000. The original appropriation was $64,180. 
 
The present balance is $4,412.77 and is not sufficient to cover the vacation payouts and sick buy backs of the six employees who left this year. 
 
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