Board member Jane Patton, who manages the club, brought a funding request to the body and argued that the pyrotechnic display is an opportunity to build community that should be supported by taxpayer dollars.
Town meeting on Tuesday approved an $11 million budget for fiscal 2024 and authorized the borrowing of $800,000 for the track at Mount Greylock Regional School.
Construction began on the project in April of 2022, although conversations regarding the evolving needs of the downtown Pittsfield community, began several years prior to breaking ground.
The Berkshire Economic Recovery Program Technical Assistance series has been able to support more than 80 businesses through targeted training offerings, resulting in notable business improvements, and quantified by the over $800,000 in funding collectively accessed by businesses through their participation.
own meeting members on Wednesday passed all articles on the warrant during an almost three-hour-long meeting, including a $17.5 million budget and the transfer of $150,000 from stabilization to lower the tax rate.
The diploma presentation was a noisy affair as family and friends cheered and stomped their feet on the bleachers in the Amsler Campus Center at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts as the 123 graduates applauded each every classmate on Wednesday night.
On Monday, the panel approved a $10,000 allocation of Community Preservation Act monies for Berkshire Historical Society to repair a chimney that is compromising the former home of author Herman Melville.
An informational meeting was held Tuesday evening for community members to receive an update on the project that has caused grief to the surrounding area for several years.