Pittsfield Sewer Lining Replacement Projects

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City's Department of Public Services and Utilities announces a sewer lining replacement project will resume on Monday, Dec. 1 and continue over the next few weeks. 
 
Additional updates will be shared on a weekly basis.
 
The sewer lining will be replaced in several locations as outlined in the schedule below during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each weekday. This work includes lining aging sewer pipes to help prevent future breaks within the sewer line. There should be minimal to no impact on residential sewer lines during this work.
  • December 1: Seymour Street
  • December 2: West Street
  • December 3: Fort Hill Avenue & Bryant Street
  • December 4: Union Street
  • December 5: Hopewell Drive & Bryant Street (continued)
For more information about this project, please contact the Water Department at (413) 499-9339.
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Lanesborough Woman's Bravery Key to Solving 40-Year-Old Murder

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff

David A. Morrison
BENNINGTON, Vt. — A former Lanesborough, Mass., woman's bravery was the key to solving a 40-year-old Vermont murder mystery. 
 
David A. Morrison, 65, pleaded guilty Tuesday in District Court in Pittsfield, Mass., to the kidnapping of Laura Sheridan in 1981 and, in Bennington Criminal Division Court, to the murder of 32-year-old Sarah Hunter of Manchester in 1986. 
 
He was sentenced to up to four years on the kidnapping charge and life without parole on the murder charge, both to be served in Vermont and concurrent with a 20-to-life sentence he was serving in California. Morrison waived his right to appeal. 
 
Sheridan, who was just 15 at the time, was hitchhiking home in Lanesborough when Morrison offered her ride; she subsequently struggled with him over a gun he pulled on her and was able to escape when he pulled his car over. 
 
Hunter wasn't as fortunate: she was reported missing on Sept. 19, 1986, and her body was found in a wooded lot in Pawlet two months later. 
 
"I spent 20 minutes with David Morrison and no more, then I escaped. ... I had luck on my side. So those are my emotions," said Sheridan at a press conference on Wednesday outside the Bennington County State's Attorney's Office in the Bennington State Office Complex  
 
"And then yesterday, when I kind of fully processed what this meant for Sarah Hunter, that was really tough, because she wasn't lucky."
 
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