Pittsfield Police Make Firearm Arrest

04:06PM / Monday, July 28, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Police arrested resident Zyir Rasheed who was allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun without a license to carry.

According to a statement from the Pittsfield Police Department, on Monday, July 28 2025 around 1:00 am, police department patrol officers were dispatched to the intersection of North Street and Melville Street for a report of a man with a firearm.

Responding officers searched that area and discovered a man, later identified as 25-year-old Pittsfield resident Zyir Rasheed, involved in an argument at Cumberland Farms on First Street. The Cumberland Farms is a short distance from the initial call for service, and police reported that Rasheed matched the description of the suspect.

According to police, Rasheed ignored commands given to him by present officers and attempted to flee. Officers reported that Rasheed was in possession of a loaded handgun with a round in the chamber. Rasheed does not possess a Massachusetts License to Carry

Firearms. He was charged with a number of criminal offenses, including Carrying a Firearm without a License (Subsequent Offense), Carrying a Loaded Firearm, and being an Armed Career Criminal.

He was expected to be arraigned at some point Monday.

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CBRSD Budget Decreases; Dalton Assessment High

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Monday, February 16, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District has decreased its initial operating projections from nearly 10 percent down to 4.9 percent, but the Dalton's budget is still strained because of its high assessment.

During a School Committee in January, a tentative budget was presented, which included a pessimistic look at the uncontrollable costs. Since then, updated figures have come back and substantial reductions were made.

Preliminary projections had the district's operating budget at $36,375,938, however, the it is now eyeing a significantly lower operating budget of $33,767,460.

The original budget included $2,881,285 in increases and just $454,040 in decreases.

Further adjustments — such as a $621,000 reduction in insurance costs, a $70,000 decrease in state charter school assessments, and several cuts to staff positions, curriculum, Chromebooks, insurance, capital projects, and other post-employment benefits — resulted in additional reductions totaling $1,824,915.

Despite these efforts, the town's assessment is at $1,148,177 — a $126,838 increase, or 12.42 percent.

However, when factoring in capital assessments, the increase drops to 10.1 percent. Dalton's capital assessment stands at $1,529,099, representing a decrease of $56,119.

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