Casella Transfer Station Accepting Pittsfield Yard Waste

• Wednesdays 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Thursdays 12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Saturdays 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Casella asks residents who are using the transfer station to follow the directions below:
• The Transfer Station is located at 500 Hubbard Avenue.
• When you arrive, please enter the first gated entrance closest to Wendy's and follow the path to the drop off zone.
• Yard waste/brush will need to be emptied out of each bag at the designated location. (Bags are not to be left behind.)
• When you complete your drop off, please return to your vehicle and exit via the second gate labeled residential drop off.
• There will be cones blocking off the entrance to the main transfer station as this area is still under construction.
• Please do not use the last main gate to enter as this is for commercial trucks.

Dalton Board Signs Off on Land Sale Over Residents' Objections

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Residents demanded the right to speak but the agenda did not include public comment. Amy Musante holds a sign saying the town now as '$20,000 less for a police station.'

DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board signed the sale on the last of what had been known as the Bardin property Monday even as a handful of residents demanded the right to speak against the action. 

 

The quitclaim deed transfers the nine acres to Thomas and Esther Balardini, who purchased the two other parcels in Dalton. They were the third-highest bidders at $31,500. Despite this, the board awarded them the land in an effort to keep the property intact.

 

"It's going to be an ongoing battle but one I think that has to be fought [because of] the disregard for the taxpayers," said Dicken Crane, the high bidder at $51,510.

 

"If it was personal I would let it go, but this affects everyone and backing down is not in my nature." 

 

Crane had appealed to the board to accept his bid during two previous meetings. He and others opposed to accepting the lower bid say it cost the town $20,000. After the meeting, Crane said he will be filing a lawsuit and has a citizen's petition for the next town meeting with over 100 signatures. 

 

Three members of the board — Chair Robert Bishop Jr., John Boyle, and Marc Strout — attended the 10-minute meeting. Members Anthony Pagliarulo and Daniel Esko previously expressed their disapproval of the sale to the Balardinis. 

 

Pagliarulo voted against the sale but did sign the purchase-and-sale agreement earlier this month. His reasoning was the explanation by the town attorney during an executive session that, unlike procurement, where the board is required to accept the lowest bid for services, it does have some discretion when it comes to accepting bids in this instance.