Pittsfield Announces Public Flu, COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield Health Department announces vaccination appointment schedule for Pittsfield individuals.
 
As the season for flu and COVID-19 is underway, it is time for residents to get vaccinated.
 
Vaccinations help prevent illness or reduce serious illness and the risk of hospitalization.
 
Public flu and COVID-19 clinics have been scheduled for:
  • Sept. 3, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at O.U.R. Resurge Community Center, 117-133 Fenn Street (Informational Session Only)
  • Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center, 330 North Street
  • Sept. 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greylock Federal Credit Union, 75 Kellogg St. branch
  • Oct. 1, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center, 330 North Street
  • Oct. 1, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at O.U.R. Resurge Community Center, 117-133 Fenn Street
  • Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30p.m. at Morningside Community School, 100 Burbank Street
  • Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greylock Federal Credit Union, 71 Elm Street branch
  • Oct. 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greylock Federal Credit Union, 150 West Street branch
  • Oct. 9, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's Food Pantry, 414 North Street
  • Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lee Bank, 180 South Street branch
 
Appointments are required. To register for any of our public flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinics, visit https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/pittsfield. Registration is available in most languages. If you have any questions, please call the Health Department at (413) 499-9411.
 
As a reminder, COVID-19 tests are available for free at the Health Department located at 100 North Street, mezzanine level.

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Former Miss Hall's Teacher Arraigned on Rape Charges

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Warning: this article discusses sexual assault. 
 
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A former teacher pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to three counts of felony counts rape related to his tenure at Miss Hall's School.
 
Matthew Rutledge, 63, was indicted last month by a Berkshire grand jury following accusations dating back to the 1990s of sexually assaulting students at the girls' school. 
 
"Today, Matthew Rutledge was arraigned for raping me. He began grooming me when I was 15 years old, a student at Miss Hall's School, and his abuse of me continued for years after I left that campus," former student Hilary Simon said to a large crowd outside of Berkshire Superior Court.

"After more than two decades, this case is finally in the hands of the criminal justice system."
 
Simon and Melissa Fares, former students, publicly accused Rutledge of abuse and called out the school for failing to protect them. 
 
They provided testimony at his indictment and, on Wednesday, were in the courtroom to see their alleged abuser arraigned. 
 
Rutledge was working at the day and boarding school until the allegations surfaced nearly three years ago. Pittsfield Police investigated the claims but initially concluded no charges could be brought forward because the students were 16, the age of consent in Massachusetts. 
 
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