BCC Spring Semester Starts Jan. 23

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) begins its spring semester Monday, Jan 23, 2022.

A variety of learning options are offered, including in-person, online and hybrid. Prospective students may register any time online, or attend a free registration day on Saturday, January 21 from 8 am to noon. Prospective students can walk in without an appointment, apply and be instantly accepted to the College. Financial aid assistance will also be provided.

"We're so excited to welcome the community to our transformed campus," said Adam Klepetar, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. "It's filled with an energized team of faculty and staff who are happy to work with BCC students and to show off our many redesigned and cutting-edge spaces."

Included in the transformed spaces is the One Stop Enrollment Center, a warm and welcoming space that consolidates the offices of admissions, advising, new student registration, financial services and student records. Other new or renovated spaces include the Berkshire Science Commons, Learning Commons, Susan B. Anthony Lounge, Burke's Café, Berkshire Culinary Institute, a recording studio, a Mac lab and nursing labs.

Newly offered this spring is an associate degree in mechatronics, a field that combines electronics and mechanical technologies.

To learn more about applying to BCC, view a course catalogue or schedule a tour, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/spring.

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Licensing Board OKs Pittsfield Businesses Alterations

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:22PM / Wednesday, December 31, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Licensing Board OK'd alterations for several local businesses during its last meeting of the year on Monday.

This includes an amendment to the Berkshire Museum's entertainment license in advance of its reopening after capital improvements, a change of license category for Hot Plate Brewing Co., and a change of catering company for Berkshire Hills Country Club.

It's been a good year for Hot Plate, as they were nominated No. 3 in USA Today's list of "Best New Brewery," and can now serve all alcoholic beverages. Because of a new state law, businesses can trade an existing beer and wine license for an all-alcohol license.

"The state saw this as an opportunity to enhance businesses all across the commonwealth of Massachusetts," Chair Thomas Campoli explained.

The Berkshire Museum was granted an entertainment license that runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. as it works on a $12 million renovation of its 1903 structure.

Executive Director Kimberley Bush Tomio explained that there are no proposed changes in entertainment from the former license, and board members suggested moving the license's hours later than 5 p.m. in case of an event at the museum.

"It's going to be phenomenal when we get open," she said. "And we do hope to help support the museum through rentals and things like that, so it's helpful to have this license in place."

Berkshire Hills Country Club will have a new in-house food provider, as the board approved a management agreement with Berkshire Hospitality Group, which operates the restaurant at Shire Breu-Haus in Dalton.