BCC to Offer CDL Training Sessions

07:46AM / Friday, February 27, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will offer Class A and Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) training sessions next month.

Class A CDL training will be held Saturdays and Sundays, March 21 – May 24 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Training includes a total of 160 hours of classroom, field and on-the-road instruction. The first five Saturday trainings will be held at Berkshire Community College, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, and the first five Sunday trainings will be held at United Tractor Trailer School, located at 50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke. The remaining five Saturday and Sunday trainings will be held at United Tractor Trailer School.

The cost for the course is $7,070. Grant scholarships are available for those who qualify. A self-pay option is also available to those not covered through scholarship funding.

Class B CDL training will be held Monday – Friday, March 23 – 27, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Training includes a total of 40 hours of classroom, field and on-the-road instruction. Classroom instruction will be held at Berkshire Community College, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, and driving instruction will be held at the former Berkshire Mall, located at 123 Old State Road in Lanesborough.

The cost for the course is $3,675. Grant scholarships are available for those who qualify. A self-pay option is also available to those not covered through scholarship funding.

Learn more and register at www.berkshirecc.edu/cdl. Applicants must be Massachusetts residents ages 18 or older. Students must have their learner's permit and a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical prior to the class start date.

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Pittsfield Considers Repairing East Part Cemetery

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:57AM / Friday, October 02, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Historical Commission will consider grant opportunities for repairs to East Part Cemetery.

A resident reached out to the city with concerns about degradation in the half-acre burial ground at the top of Williams Street. East Part Cemetery was established in the early 1800s and has about 300 interments.

“It's a nice old cemetery, and basically, (the resident) had had concerns that the stone wall had taken some damage, the gravestones have taken some damage, and was wondering if there's anything that could be done to repair the gravestones and the wall," City Planner Kevin Rayner told the commission on Monday.

In cooperation with cemetery leadership and residents, the Historical Commission will consider applying for Community Preservation Act funds to support repairs. West Part Cemetery, on the other side of Pittsfield, has previously used CPA funds for revitalization work.

The 1080 Williams St. property is owned by the city and managed by the Pittsfield Cemetery Commission. Rayner presented photos of broken and overgrown gravestones, parts of the stone wall collapsing, and knocked-over obelisks.

Some aspects could use general maintenance and restoration, he observed.

According to the Pittsfield Cemetery and Crematory's website, East Part Cemetery was established around 1808 on land owned by Nathan Webb, who permitted and authorized its use as a public burying ground.

In 1842, Nathan Webb's son, also named Nathan Webb, deeded the property to the Methodist Episcopal Society of Pittsfield as a public burying ground, and in 1893 the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society transferred their control of the cemetery to the Proprietors of the Pittsfield Cemetery. Their action was confirmed by the Berkshire Probate Court.