Fairview Family Birthplace Receives PNQIN Clinical Team Award

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN) has recognized the Fairview Hospital Family Birthplace with a 2026 PNQIN Clinical Team Award.
 
The award recognizes a clinical team that has shown outstanding success in implementing quality improvement initiatives to enhance perinatal health, with a focus on health equity and underserved or historically marginalized populations and including participation in a PNQIN collaborative.
 
According to PNQIN, the nominator "submitted compelling materials that demonstrate Fairview's meaningful participation in the PNQIN AIM Perinatal Mental Health Conditions Bundle collaborative and dedication to achieving measurable improvements in screening, early identification, coordinated care, and support for birthing people and their families. In addition, we congratulate Fairview on the impact your efforts have had on patient experience, with many patients reporting that they may not have sought help without the encouragement and guidance provided by your team."

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Great Barrington Unveils 9/11 Memorial Featuring World Trade Center Steel

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A piece of history will now stand in front of the Great Barrington Fire Department, serving as a lasting reminder of the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of those who rushed in, stepped forward, and answered the call on Sept. 11, 2001.
 
Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Fire Department for the unveiling of a 9/11 memorial featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
 
The monument marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and its effect reached far and wide beyond New York, said Deputy Fire Chief James Mead.
 
"There are moments in our lives that become markers of time. Moments when we remember not only what happened, but where we were, who was beside us, and how the world somehow felt different afterwards," Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove said. 
 
"For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 — it is one of those moments for us to share."
 
The acquisition of the beam was a multi-year effort initiated by the late Andy Moro, former commander of American Legion Post 298 in Housatonic, and was carried on by the Legion's second vice commander, John Morris. 
 
Morris said he was able to obtain the warped steel I-beam through connections he made during his time as a New York City firefighter.
 
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