BCC Adds Licensed Practical Nurse Info Session

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) encourages prospective Licensed Practical Nursing students to apply to BCC for fall registration on or before the deadline of Monday, July 26. 
 
Registrants are required to participate in a virtual information session. A new mandatory LPN Info Session has been added on Friday, July 23 at noon.
 
Panelists include Lori Moon, Dean of Nursing; Karrie Trautman, Coordinator of One Stop Operations; Tammy Westlake, Student Advising Coordinator; and Eleanore Velez, Admissions Counselor. Participants will learn the basic requirements of the program and get a course overview.
 
To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/nursinginfo, and choose "PN Info Session Details & Sign-Up." For more information, contact the Admissions Office at (413) 236-1636. 

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Dalton Green Committee Selects Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee has voted to use the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform. 
 
At its August meeting, the board was presented with three options: ClearPath, an MAPC model, and an in-house Excel model. 
 
After reviewing each platform, the committee selected the MAPC model because of its consistency and comparability with the state, user-friendliness, and sources included.
 
The platform is completely free and was built by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Massachusetts, said Cisco Tomasino, BlueStrike climate and events manager.
 
Since it was built in Massachusetts for Massachusetts, it is the most popular model used by many towns in the state, he said. 
 
Committee Chair David Wasielewski said MAPC is his initial preference as it will allow the town to compare its data with other towns. 
 
The state can "more or less control that kind of information" and the town has to keep monitoring the, Wasielewski said. The committee unanimously agreed 
 
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