Dalton Green Committee Needs Survey Participants

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
12:24PM / Saturday, November 09, 2024Print Story | Email Story

DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee needs more responses for its climate action plan survey.

Only 40 responses have come back, 33 digital and seven hard copies, which is only about a third of the way to the committee's goal of 96, committee member Todd Logan said during Wednesday's meeting.

The plan aims to guide the town toward achieving the state's net zero goal by 2050 by seeking strategies to decrease its dependence on fossil fuels for homes, businesses, municipal facilities, and vehicles.

The plan should be detailed enough that the town knows what it needs to do and when to complete each subproject on time.

A key aspect of this is gathering as much information as possible to accurately determine what the majority of the community believes to be its needs and priorities.

The survey takes 10 minutes to complete and is available electronically and in hard copy.

Hard copies of the survey are also available at the Town Clerk and Tax Collector offices and the Dalton Senior Center.

Completed surveys can be dropped off at the Town Clerk’s office or the Senior Center. The committee hopes to have enough completed surveys by early December.

Although the survey asks participants to include address information, the committee requests these details solely to guarantee that all town areas are fairly represented. This information will be removed from the final results shared at public meetings. It is solely used to guarantee all town areas are fairly represented.

Committee members have undertaken several ways to distribute the survey to make it accessible.

Committee member Antonio Pagliarulo has been working with the Central Berkshire Regional School district superintendent to give the survey to staff at Wahconah Regional High School, Nessacus Regional Middle School, and Craneville Elementary School, Committee member Laurie Martinelli said.

In addition, Martinelli said she is working with Wahconah Regional High School student Jackson Crow to circulate the survey to Daltonian youth.

Committee members Todd Logan and Thomas Irwin have also been handing out hard copies of the surveys. Irwin will be working on transcribing the data into the spreadsheet under the name “paper copies” so that they can differentiate where the responses came from.

To ensure accuracy, paper copies will be kept in case Cisco Tomasino, the climate and events manager needs to refer to the original version.

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Possible Measles Exposure at Boston, Logan

12:05PM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday that an out-of-state adult visitor who spent time in Boston and Westborough earlier this month was diagnosed with measles and was present in a number of locations.

This could have resulted in other people being exposed to measles virus.

The visitor arrived at Logan International Airport on American Airlines flight 2384 from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 11 at 2:39 p.m. They stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Westborough in Westborough and departed the state on Dec. 12 via Logan at 9:19 p.m. on JetBlue flight 117 to Las Vegas.

DPH is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local partners to identify and notify those who may have been exposed to measles from this individual.

"Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease, which has increased significantly in the United States because of the unfortunate decrease in vaccination rates. It is also a preventable disease," said Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein. "This current situation serves as an important reminder of the critical role vaccination plays in protecting our communities. While Massachusetts has not had a measles case this year, 2025 saw the highest number of nationwide cases in more than a decade — nearly 2,000 in 44 jurisdictions, and sadly, three deaths.

"Fifteen years ago, measles had been considered eliminated in the United States, but that tremendous progress is at risk. Vaccines are one of the most important public health interventions ever — they are safe, effective, and lifesaving."

Measles is very contagious. However, the risk to most people in Massachusetts is low because the vaccination rate in the state is high. People who are not immune and visited any of the locations on the following dates and times may be at risk for developing measles.

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