BRPC Hosting Aging in Place Workshop

07:29AM / Wednesday, August 12, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) is proud to announce the award of a 2026 AARP Community Challenge Grant.

The grant will fund an Aging in Place Workshop and individual technical assistance to older adults. The Aging in Place Workshop will be held on Aug. 19, 2026, from 10:30-11:30 AM at The Common Room (Zion Lutheran Church) at 74 First Street in Pittsfield.

The Aging in Place Workshop will provide examples and lessons on how to modify your home to successfully age in place, which allows older adults to live in the homes and communities of their choice. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to register for a one-on-one technical assistance appointment with an experienced housing specialist to determine what modifications could be made to your home to successfully age in place. Participants will then be connected with the Home Modification Loan Program (HMLP), which helps fund those required modifications.

HMLP is a state-funded 0 percent interest deferred payment loan for home modifications for the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and families of children with disabilities. Possible modifications include but are not limited to bathroom and kitchen modifications, ramps, stair lifts, platform lifts, sensory/therapy spaces, hard-wired alarm systems, fences, accessory dwelling units, and more. This is not a home repair program; repairs to roofs, windows, and heating systems are not eligible.

All are welcome to join BRPC on Aug. 19 at 10:30 AM at The Common Room (Zion Lutheran Church) in Pittsfield for the Aging in Place Workshop. If you are unable to attend in person but would like to attend on Zoom, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OxWXX1tXRd2Ct0GEMVGUeg

Please contact Michaela Grady at HMLP@berkshireplanning.org or 413-442-1521 ext. 55 if you have any questions.

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Berkshire Force 12U Wins Tournament Title

iBerkshires.com Sports06:29PM / Sunday, October 18, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Charlotte Kotski doubled, and Abbigail McLaughlin had a pair of hits Sunday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 14-11 win over the Cage Heat Elite in the championship game of the Nightmare on the Dirt tournament.

The Thunder scored six runs in the top of the first and never trailed in the title game win at the Doyle Complex.

Emma Wixsom and Peyton Demary split time in the circle, striking out 11 in the seven-inning win. Wixsom helped their cause by driving in a pair of runs.

The Force, which started bracket play as the two-day tournament's No. 1 seed, advanced to the tournament final on Sunday by beating the Northern Columbia Impact, 12-0, and the Bethlehem Bombers, 9-2.

Against the Impact, McLaughlin and Kotski each homered and drove in three runs.

In the win over Bethlehem, Kotski went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs and McLaughlin was 2-for-2 with a double in a six-hit attack for the Force.

In the 10U bracket, the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat defeated the Berkshire Force, 10-9, on Sunday morning to reach the tournament semi-finals, where the Swat fell to the HVS Select, 10-1.

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