image description — The EV charging stations were installed at the Stanley and Susan B. Anthony Annexes in August of 2025, and are meant to power BCC maintenance and state-owned vehicles.

BCC Gets EV Chargers Through State Grant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:21PM / Wednesday, April 15, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a state grant, Berkshire Community College has installed eight chargers for electric maintenance vehicles.

On Tuesday, the college highlighted this "step towards technological modernization" that was made possible by a $133,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources.

The EV charging stations were installed at the Stanley and Susan B. Anthony Annexes in August of 2025, and are meant to power BCC maintenance and state-owned vehicles. Installation was funded by a $133,161 Fleet EV Charging Deployment Grant Program award provided by the Mass DOER's Leading By Example grant program.

Director of Facilities Jason Dion reported that the EV stations are restricted to maintenance vehicles because there is no purchasing option for the electrical use. The project essentially created a grid of charging stations across the Commonwealth for any state-owned vehicle to charge while traveling outside its respective county, he explained.

"The grant covered costs associated with fleet electric vehicle charging deployment at BCC, including procurement, installation and maintenance of eight single-port charging stations and preparatory work to enable future installation of two additional charging ports," a press release from BCC reads.

"In October 2024, Guardian Energy was awarded the contract to install the EV charging stations at the Stanley and Susan B."

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15 People Displaced in Pittsfield Home Fires

Staff Reports11:35AM / Sunday, October 11, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fifteen people were displaced after 2-alarm home fires this weekend on Springside Avenue and Elaine Drive.

On Friday evening, the Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 209 Springside Ave., which took a four-hour battle to extinguish and resulted in a partial roof collapse. The next day, on Saturday evening, crews knocked down a fire at 121 Elaine Drive in about an hour.

The garage and part of the single-family home on Elaine Drive were gutted to the frame, along with a vehicle parked in the driveway. On Springside Avenue, the top level and porch of the multifamily were burned through.

A GoFundMe has been started for the family of the Elaine Drive home, which includes several young children. The fundraiser, with a $5,500 goal, explains they lost their home and all of their belongings. (iBerkshires.com does not confirm or endorse fundraisers; they are provided as information only.)

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries, and both incidents are under investigation. One dog was rescued on Springside Avenue.

On Oct. 10, around 6:15 p.m., PFD responded to the Springside Avenue home for a reported structure fire and saw a 2 1/2-story wood frame multifamily with a heavy blaze showing from the second-floor front porch, extending out.

The building suffered a partial roof collapse, which prolonged extinguishment. The fire was brought under control after about four hours.

“An aggressive offensive attack was mounted by first arriving crews stretching hose lines into the building as well as primary searches that proved negative. Ladders were placed around the structure to provide access as well as escape if needed. An off-duty Fire Captain had also been on scene early in the incident to help evacuate the structure and rescue a dog,” PFD wrote in a press release.

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