Ghost Tour, Paranormal Investigation of the Country Club of Pittsfield

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Saturday, July 25, the Berkshire County Historical Society and Country Club of Pittsfield welcome Robert Oakes, ghost tour guide and author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, and paranormal investigator Drew Babineau, owner of The Haunted Raven, for a combined ghost tour and paranormal investigation of Broadhall, the golf course's clubhouse.

The four-hour event begins at 7 pm. Refreshments will be served and are included in the ticket price of $60. Purchase tickets by using the BOOK NOW button at berkshirehistory.org. There will be several floors of stairs to climb in dim lighting. Also, this event is not intended for children under 12. This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Housatonic Heritage.

At the start of the evening, Robert will lead a walk by flashlight through this historic property, sharing accounts of alleged spirit sightings and other strange encounters reported by those who work there. Then, Drew will guide guests through a reported active paranormal investigation, using devices and methods that are said to be able to make contact with the spirits and document their presence.

At the close of the evening, guests will gather to share stories of their experiences and discuss any findings.

Once known as Broadhall, the Country Club of Pittsfield's clubhouse is one of the oldest properties in the city. During the nineteenth century, it was the home of writer Sarah Morewood, friend to Herman Melville. When the Moby-Dick author lived just next door at Arrowhead.

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EPA, GE Conducting Vernal Pool Study on Housatonic River

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
11:44AM / Tuesday, August 11, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A pilot study will determine the best way to remediate PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, from vernal pools in the Housatonic River.

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric held an open house for the Vernal Pool Pilot Study on Reach 5A, a five-mile stretch between the river's confluence and Lenox border. Despite the rain, several people attended the event at the Berkshire Athenaeum.

EPA project manager Josh Fontaine explained that it is an evaluation of which remediation method to use for the remaining vernal pools in Reach 5A.

"We're going to be testing two different methods. One is an excavation method, which we already know has been very successful with another vernal pool cleaned up much earlier in the project," he said.

"And then the other is the application of two different carbon amendments. It would be the application of powdered activated carbon and the application of granulated activated carbon."

Ten vernal pools will be cleaned using these methods: five with excavation and five with active carbon; seven additional vernal pools will be monitored as controls. Construction will be complete around October, but the pools will be left to their natural processes and monitored with surveys and sampling for three years.

Fontaine said there is no frontrunner for methodology.

"We know the excavation method is effective, but we would like to see if the less invasive method of using the amendment will be as effective for potential use," he said.

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