Pittsfield Call for Participants for Halloween Parade 2025

10:36AM / Thursday, September 04, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Department of Community Development Recreation Program has announced its 79th annual Halloween Parade, which will be held on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:00 p.m. on Tyler Street.

Floats, marchers, bands and more are wanted as the Pittsfield Halloween Parade seeks participants.

This year's parade theme is "Haunted Hometown Spooktacular" and participants are encouraged to base their float designs, decorations, and/or costumes around iconic, past Halloween parades that have occurred in Pittsfield since the mid-1940s. Schools, local businesses, organizations and community/civic groups are encouraged to participate in this Pittsfield tradition.

Every 'unit' will need to review the Halloween Parade Application Packet and complete all applicable forms. The application packet is available through the Parks & Recreation page on the city's website under the Halloween tab (www.pittsfieldma.gov/590/Halloween). The deadline for completed forms is Friday, October 10.

There will be one float seminar held on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 203 of City Hall, 70 Allen Street, Pittsfield for those who are interested in or planning to have a float. If your organization or school would like to have a float in the parade, a representative must attend the seminar.

If you are a new participant in the parade, you are required to attend the new participant meeting which will be held on Monday, October 20, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 203 of City Hall.

For further information, interested groups may contact Jennifer VanBramer, Recreation & Special Events Coordinator, at 413-499-9371 or email jvanbramer@cityofpittsfield.org.

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Mass Voters Retain Recreational Cannabis, Tighten Gun Laws in Midterms

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11:30AM / Wednesday, November 04, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Massachusetts resoundingly voted to keep recreational cannabis and tighten gun laws during the midterm election on Tuesday.

The Democratic Berkshire delegation was re-elected without contest, and unofficial results show Democratic incumbent Maura Healey taking more than 62 percent of the vote for Massachusetts governor over Republican challenger Michael Minogue.

This coincides with the blue tsunami seen nationally during the midterms, with Democrats flipping seats across the United States and taking control of the House and Senate.

Pittsfield has roughly 10 cannabis dispensaries, alongside several other retail operations and cultivation facilities in Berkshire County. At least three-quarters of the state voted against repealing the legalization that was passed 10 years ago.

According to unofficial results, 46.89 percent of registered Pittsfield voters went to the polls. Pittsfield's 33,934 registered voters cast 15,913 votes, according to these results.

As of Wednesday morning, with more than 85 percent of ballots counted, almost 76 percent of voters opposed Question 8, that would repeal the laws that legalize, regulate, and tax the retail sale of adult recreational use marijuana in Massachusetts. It was proposed by an initiative petition.

Similarly, as of 10 a.m., 67 percent of Massachusetts voters have said "yes" on Question 9, which sustains several changes to Massachusetts laws governing firearms: adding school administrators and licensed healthcare providers as parties permitted to ask a court to issue an Extreme Risk Protection Order if an individual is a present danger to self or others, imposing penalties for possessing, creating, and transferring untraceable "ghost gun" firearms, and more.

"At a time when the federal government is focused on the priorities of the gun lobby and rolling back national protections, the people of Massachusetts have reaffirmed our commitment to keeping our residents safe through proven, common-sense regulations," American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts President Jessica Tang said in a statement released late on Tuesday evening.

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