Epoch Hosts Shabbat Services on Fridays in August

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne at 140 Melbourne Road will hold Shabbat services every Friday in August. The services will begin at 4 p.m., and will be led by Drs. Leslie Fishbein and Michael Ende.

Fishbein and Ende are members of Congregation Knesset Israel and psychiatrists at Berkshire Medical Center. They both attended Jewish day schools as children.
 
Congregation Knesset Israel volunteers offer similar programs at other assisted living communities and nursing homes in Berkshire County. At Melbourne, traditional prayers welcoming the Sabbath are said, blessings and songs are sung and memories are shared.
 
Shabbat services are open to the public. Reservations are recommended. For more information or to request a reservation, call 413-499-1992.

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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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