Pittsfield Announces Homebound Vaccinations for Residents

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield Health Department announces flu and COVID-19 vaccinations for Pittsfield residents who are homebound (cannot leave home without considerable and taxing effort, or where it is medically inadvisable).
 
People should speak with their physicians to see if they should also get a pneumonia or RSV vaccination. These vaccinations are the best way to prevent and/or reduce serious illness and hospitalization. Vaccination is also a key step in preventing family and friends who are at high risk for serious illness from getting sick as well.
 
Homebound residents who are seeking flu and COVID-19 vaccinations should call the Pittsfield Health Department at (413) 499-9411. Department staff will schedule a time for the public health nurse to make a home visit to administer vaccinations. There is no out of pocket charge for this service.
 
In addition, public flu and COVID-19 clinics have been scheduled and 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. For questions, 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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Dalton Finance Looks to Form Contracts Subcommittee

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Finance Committee wants to create a subcommittee to review contracts presented to the town.
 
Chair William Drosehn brought up the idea to help bring focus to the many town contracts and should the committee be aware of them.
 
"This will be to review all of the contracts that are presented to us by the Select Board and our town manager," he said.
 
He noted how the committee had no input on use of the American Rescue Plan Act funds the last three years. 
 
"The Finance Committee was supposed to be involved, and they kept us out of it completely. We had no say or no talk of what was going on with the relationship to ARPA funds," Drosehn said.
 
The committee determined the subcommittee be formed with four members, including Drosehn. 
 
"I was hoping that I was going to be one of the volunteers for the committee, because the size of the job, having the chair seated on that committee is probably going to be a good thing, considering the size and scope of the work that needs to be done," he said.
 
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