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Police responded to a reported stabbing on the downtown street between North and First Streets.

Man Stabbed in Face in Pittsfield

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
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PITTSFIELD, Mass.— A man was stabbed in the face near Melville Street on Sunday night. 

Around 9:43 p.m. on June 14, Pittsfield police responded to a reported stabbing on the downtown street between North and First Streets.  

A 41-year-old man, who was not named, sustained a stab wound to the face and was transported to Berkshire Medical Center, where he was treated for a "serious, although not life-threatening injury." 


A Facebook live video posted by a community member on Sunday evening showed crime scene tape and cones in the road in front of the Boys and Girls Club. 

Police did not provide any additional information at this time. 

The incident is under investigation, and anyone who wishes to report information is asked to contact Detective Bryan Betters at 413-448-9700 x533.  Information can also be provided anonymously by texting PITTIP and your message to TIP411 (847411.)


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Dalton Air Quality Report Links Dust to Digsite

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — For more than a year, neighbors of Berkshire Concrete's unauthorized dig site have complained that sand drifting into their neighborhood is affecting their air quality.
 
A five-month study is providing data that may support these claims.
 
Air Partners Collaborative of Needham monitored the air quality over five months — from October to April — using a network of monitoring sensors at strategic locations surrounding the site. 
 
Sensors were positioned west and southeast of the site at four locations: Raymond Drive, Off Prospect Street, Renee Drive, and the shooting range 80 meters northwest of the site to provide background measurements for the northwesterly winds. 
 
During the observation period, it was determined that Dalton is experiencing "extreme events of coarse particulate matter, with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers (PM10)
 
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 is 150 micrograms per cubic meter within a 24-hour period, the report says. But Dalton is seeing concentrations reaching 1,000 to 10,000 micrograms per cubic meter during individual events. This is seven to 67 times the national standards.
 
The wind direction analysis indicates that 10 of the 12 exceedance events, or 83 percent, suggest the digsite may be contributing to the issue, but this cannot be proved with certainty.
 
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