BHS Opens Registration for Annual Fourth of July 5K Race

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Registration has begun for the highly popular annual Berkshire Health Systems 4th of July 5K Race, held just prior to the Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade.

In 2025 over 1,300 runners participated in the 5K, which runs along the parade route in downtown Pittsfield.

Registration is $35 for adult runners who register prior to July 1, and $40 for adult  registration on July 2 or 3. Online registration is open and can be completed by visiting www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/bhs5k. As with the 2025 BHS 5K, children in Berkshire County schools from K-12 can register and race for free through June 30. In 2025, over 370 children ran in the 5K, at no charge.

Berkshire Health Systems thanks our many race sponsors, who are covering the cost of children’s registration, including: Ashley Associates, LLC; B and G Restaurant Supply; Barile Environmental Inc.; BBE Office Interiors; Berkshire Community College; Greylock Federal Credit Union; Guardian Life; Hillcrest Educational Centers; Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc.; J.H. Maxymillian, Inc.; John’s Excavation; Lipton Energy; MacFarlane Office Products, Inc.; Moresi and Associates and Shields Health.

The BHS Fourth of July 5K Race starts at 9 am sharp on the July, 4, ending at Wahconah Park.

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Dalton Bridge Eyed for $2.5M Reconstruction

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The town's lowest-rated bridge is slated for an approximately $2.5 million reconstruction project.
 
During the Select Board meeting on Monday it was announced that the town has been awarded a $1 million grant through the Municipal Small Bridge Program for the bridge on Grange Hall Road over Barton Brook, located near Patricia Avenue. 
 
The town's engineers estimated the total cost to complete is $2,335,000, however these estimates tend to run a little high, Town Manager Eric Anderson said. 
 
"It's an expensive project, there is no question but it does have to be done. That is the culvert the town has with the lowest rating in town," he said. 
 
If the town were to decide to delay the project, which would revoke its eligibility for the state grant, then it would be on the hook for the total cost.
 
When the town agrees to the grant, it is agreeing to this bridge project, Anderson said. 
 
According to the state website, the short span bridge, built in 1938, was inspected on July 20, 2025 and rated as structurally deficient. 
 
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