Pittsfield Announces FY26 Street Paving Schedule

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield has announced a list of roads scheduled for paving as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Street Improvement Program. The work is set to begin in the summer.

The following roads are included in the paving schedule: Alcove Street, Allengate Avenue, Auburn Street, Beacon Avenue, Bradford Street (from Center Street to Francis Avenue), Brunswick Street, Charisma Drive, Churchill Street (from #364 to #650), Crane Avenue (from #567 to Unkamet Park Drive), Darlene Avenue, Fairfield Street, Jones Avenue, Kenwood Street, Meleca Avenue, Scalise Drive, Taconic Park Drive, Tamie Way, Tennyson Avenue, and Vista Street.

These improvements are funded through Chapter 90 money from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and will be completed by contractors. The work is slated to occur between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

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Lanesborough OKs Open Space Plan, Short-Term Rental Forms

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday set fees for short-term rentals and adopted an Open Space and Recreation Plan.
 
Town Administrator Gina Dario discussed the draft for STR registration and certificate of inspection since the new bylaws were passed at the annual town meeting.
 
The draft shows the process to file for inspection through Permit Eyes, the town's online permitting system that includes the state building code and safety requirements. Dario said members of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals and the building commissioner looked at other town models to come up with the best process for registration.
 
Inspections will be annually for non-owner occupied units and five years for owner-occupied. The inspection fee is a flat $50. The last suggestion discussed was the posting requirements for key information.
 
Dario said they looked at about four other communities on how they used non-sensitive information on owner contacts. Chair Deborah Maynard motioned to have the information posted both inside and out to help with law enforcement if needed.
 
"I'm going to make a motion that we put that relevant information not only on the inside of the short-term rental but on the outside, so if the police need to respond, ambulance needs to respond, fire especially needs to respond, all that information is there, nobody has to go searching for it," she said. "If push comes to shove, and it's a matter of minutes, that's going to make a big, a big difference in the outcome of the incident."
 
The board then heard a presentation from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission's community planner Andrew McKeever and Open Space and Recreation Committee Vice Chair Mark Hawthorne.
 
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