City Seeks Land for Junked Cars in Downing Industrial Park
Mayor Donald G. Butler asked the Association of Business and Commerce for an option to use about four acres in Downing Industrial Park north of the city landfill for junk car removal. The plan envisions reactivating last year’s junk-car collection and crushing program with demolition fees from citizens. The land is owned by the Central Berkshire County Development Corp., ABC’s real estate arm.
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Association of Business and Commerce
Downing
ABC Today
Donald G. Butler
Butler
Central Berkshire County Development Corp
The
ABC
Father Renaud Named to AIC Campus Clergy
The Rev. Roland A. Renaud, longtime priest in North Adams and Holyoke with post at Notre Dame Church in Springfield, has been named campus clergy at American International College in Springfield. Ordained 1960, he helped found the Council on Aging in North Adams and led community programs with Boy Scouts and Williams College. He also directed the Catacombs Coffee House in Holyoke and led the Greater Holyoke Clergy Association.
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Roland A. Renaud
Notre Dame Church
Holy Family Church
Springfield
American International College
Father Renaud
North Adams
Holyoke
Pittsfield
University of Montreal
Council On Aging
Boy Scouts
North Adams State
Williams College
Catacombs Coffee House
Greater
City Hall Brief on Drug Counseling Plan for Pittsfield
The medical research, service and education committee of United Community Services asks Atty. Gen. Robert H. Quinn for a meeting to discuss establishing counseling and referral services for drug users and parents in Pittsfield.
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United Community Services
Robert H. Quinn
Pittsfield
Jaycees Protest Library Referendum Plan in Pittsfield
The Pittsfield Jaycees denounced a proposed June referendum on a 1.5 million library bond as forcing a 22 million library on taxpayers. In a letter to Local Affairs, 55 members called the plan a strong protest, signed by David York who becomes external vice president tonight. They plan a private fund drive to support a new library alternative.
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Pitthfield Jaycees
Jaycee
David d. York
Pittsfield
Jaycees
York
the Eagle
Butler
Novel Service at Unitarian Church With World Music
The Unitarian Meetinghouse hosts a Sunday service at 10 a.m. by Windsor Mountain School faculty and students featuring a new music form araz blending jazz and Indian Raga created by Confer Hall and Mukherjee. The program includes dances, poetry, and sacred readings with participants and an artist reception at 2 p.m. hosting Marble artists and local hosts.
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Windsor Mountain School
Lenox
Unitarian Meetinghouse
H. Kafka
Araz
Robert Confer
Terence Hall
Sushil Mukherjee
Mary McNar
David Carter
Jimmy Reibel
Saxony Phinney
Stephen Scull
Martha Weinburg
Clarence G. Knight
Ernest Klemperer
District Court settles several cases and schedules bookmobile
Michael Potts pleaded guilty to impeded operation and was fined 10 dollars. Judge John A. Barry ordered Thomas Rheaume to pay 60 dollars weekly for support, with case continued to July 33. Others faced speeding, parking, and horse betting charges. some cases continued or deferred. Berkshire Athenaeum bookmobile schedule lists stops and times for the coming week across multiple neighborhoods and schools.
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Michael Potts
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
John A. Barry
Thomas Rheaume
Chatham St
Rheaume
James Farrington
Bushey Road
Elena A. Liliberto
Dewey Ave
Berkshire Athenaeum
Berkshire Life
Bartlett School
Crane Ave
Dewey Avenue
Bradford Street
Francis Avenue
Wipeau Plaza
Alden Ave
Ridgeway Ave
Allengate Ave
Allendale Road
Asci
South St
Morewood
Abby Lodge
Shetland Drive
Dexter Ave
Putnam Ave
Cambridge Ave
Mountain Drive
Richard Drive
Edison Avenue
Pembroke Avenue
Richardson St
Longview Ter
Highland School
Kirkwood Drive
Obituaries and local incidents highlight Pittsfield memorials and thieves
Edward M. Gallan, 60, of 37 Broadview Terrace, dies at home. A GE employee of 29 years and St. Mary's communicant, he leaves wife Etta Nelson and two sons, Robert and John, plus siblings. Funeral Monday at Dery Funeral Home with High Mass at St. Mary’s. Mary Bell Chittenden, widow of Ezlen W., dies at Great Barrington Nursing Home. leaves son Harvey and sister Edith. Funeral tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home. Also reported: area crashes, vehicle theft recoveries, and public notices. Social Security Office to open Monday holiday. Memorial Day schedule noted.
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Broadview Ter
Pittsfield
General Electric Co
St. Mary’s Church
Callan
Etta Nelson
Robert N
John E
Southeastern
Mass
Great Barrington
Mary Bell Chittenden
Ezlen W. Chittenden
Charles H
Ethel Rays. Bell
Methodist Church of
Messena
N.Y
Harvey S. Chittenden
Edith Ramsdell
Stevens
Social Security
North St
Mary E. Sheerin
Greylock Ter
Hillcrest Hospital
James I. Sheerin
St. Charles’ Church
Meehan
S J. Charles’ Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
David C. Sykes
West St
Alice Harlow Sykes
Hubert C. Sykes
Sykes
Pittsfield High School
South Congregational Church
Charles N. Bradley
Robert W
Susan E
Sally J
David H
Timothy H
Peter
Wellington Funeral Home
Harold C. Criswell Jr
Iuugene Perego
Pembroke Ave
BMC
Milano
Italy
Perego
George FE. Emerson
Louis F. Pagery
Dery Funeral Home
Notre Dame Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
James Donna
John Donna
Ward J. Gaston
Tanglewood
Newton & Barnfather
Malcolm M. Kilborn
Stockbridge
Death notices and obituaries from Berkshire area
Memorial and death notices from Pittsfield Williamstown and surrounding towns list Mrs. Mary Sheerin, Mrs. Helen Treadway, Edwin Strickland, Betty Arigoni, Barclay Newman, Richard Neales, David Sykes, Eugene Perego, Ruth Litchfield, Louis Pagery, Ward Gaston and related services, funerals, cremation plans, call times, and cemetery details with multiple survivors and affiliations. The notices cover churches, temples, cemeteries, and local funeral homes across dates and cities.
Fire Record Solomons Light Fixture Ballast Overheat
A fire record notes an overheated ballast in a light fixture at Solomon's located at 122 North Street during a Thursday incident at 41:30 a.m. No injuries reported. Fire crews responded and secured the scene. The cause was an overheated ballast in a ceiling light. Damage details are limited.
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Solomon's
North St
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