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This Northumberland Road house was built in 1900 and has four bedrooms and four recently updated bathrooms.
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Sunny, Charming Home in Pittsfield

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming home with sun-filled rooms and curb appeal? Then this might be the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 100 Northumberland Road.

This house was built in 1900 and has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. It is 3,008 square feet on 0.44 acres, and is on the market for $549,000.

It sits on a quiet, tree-lined avenue and has plenty of curb appeal with its welcoming front porch. It boasts a grand fireplace in the formal living room, a sunlit dining room, updated bathrooms and a third-floor common space between two of the bedrooms. The house will come with major appliances.

It has a detached two-car garage, a backyard deck, and an in-ground pool with a slide. 

The house is also connected to a beloved Pittsfield mentor who has a popular field named after him.

We spoke to Laura Arseneau from Paula Mclean Realtors Inc., which has the listing. 

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Arseneau: 100 Northumberland sits on the largest lot on Northumberland. Inground pool, two-car garage and large enough yard for entertaining, gardening or playing yard games. 

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history?

It was owned by George "Buddy" and Ann Pellerin. Buddy was an instrumental coach in the city of Pittsfield. Clapp Park is also called Buddy Pellerin Field in his honor and memory. Pittsfield is the home of baseball and Buddy Pellerin LOVED baseball with many youth's lives touched by his inspiration and coaching. 

What kind of buyer would this home be ideal for?

Anyone! Need more space for your growing family? Planning on living multi-generation? Need a home office? This home has room inside and out for anyone! 

What do the current owners love most about the home?

It's been in the family for decades and hosts many precious memories.  The family is looking forward to the home's next chapter.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

It's grand, spacious and hold lots of classic charm. Very New England colonial. Large spacious bedrooms, updated bathrooms.

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

This home has the bones, grit and class, with room for everyone inside and out. Great location — southeast Pittsfield. Berkshire charmer with world class ready for it's next adventure. 

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

 


 





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Pittsfield Council Revisiting DEI Office Restructure

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The conversation about the DEI office renaming that was halted by a charter objection will resume on Tuesday. 

The City Council will discuss a request from Mayor Peter Marchetti to restructure the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  

It proposes to rename the DEI office to the Office of Equity, Access, and Opportunity and merge the Human Rights Commission and Affirmative Action Committee into an Equity, Access and Opportunity Commission.

The Ordinance and Rules Subcommittee supported the changes in August, and in September, Ward 2 Councilor Cameron Cunningham delayed the vote with a charter objection. 

Pittsfield's City Code prohibits charter states that "if a single member present objects to the taking of the vote, the vote shall be postponed until the next meeting of the city council." It also stipulates that at least four members must object if it is an emergency measure.

Cunningham also submitted a petition, which was referred to O&R under Rule 27, to replace the DEI Office and the Human Rights Commission with an equity, access, and opportunity coordinator in the Department of Community Development, with formal complaints and Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action functions assigned to Human Resources.

At the last meeting, he spent more than an hour querying the mayor and chief diversity officer about functions and effectiveness of the department, wanting more quantitative data.  Cunningham proposed an ordinance that he says keeps Pittsfield's commitment to equity, access, and opportunity, "refocuses it on measurable results for our residents, and delivers it at a fraction of the current cost." 

Under this petition, the equity, access, and opportunity coordinator would be a $60,000 to $80,000 per year position.

The DEI Office's fiscal year 2027 budget was about $200,000 after cuts during budget season; $106,700 for the chief diversity officer and $58,000 for the administrative assistant. The coordinator would be appointed by the director of community development and the mayor. 

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