BHS Reducing COVID-19 Testing Center Hours

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems is reducing hours at its COVID-19 testing facilities in North Adams and Pittsfield in light of waning demand for PCR testing. 
 
Starting Monday, Aug. 15, the centers' hours will be 8:30 to 4 weekdays only. Both sites will be closed on weekends.
 
In North Adams, vaccinations will continue on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 to 4. 
 
Vaccination hours in Pittsfield will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 4, with a pediatric vaccination clinic the first Saturday of each month for ages 6 months to 5 years old, from 8 to noon and ages 5 years to 11 years from 12:30 to 4 p.m. 
 
The Fairview Hospital Testing Center, located at 475 Main St. in Great Barrington, next to the Police Department, will remain open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
Individuals who are symptomatic for COVID-19 on weekends and wish to be evaluated by a provider and tested can visit BHS Urgent Care, open daily from 8 to 8.
 
The BHS Testing & Vaccine Center in Pittsfield is at 505 East St., St. Luke's Square, adjacent to BHS Urgent Care. The North Adams Center is at 98 Church St., next to the city library.
 

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Berkshire Athenaeum Seed Library Open for the Season

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Adult services staff Olivia Bowers and Tom Jorgenson cut the green ribbon on the seed library, opening the program for the season.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum hosted a ribbon cutting for the seasonal opening of its seed library on Saturday.
 
The athenaeum has had a seed library since 2018 and last year had 217 program members.
 
"It always gets really great membership," Adult Services and Programming Supervisor Olivia Bowers said, "but we really want to advertise that it's available. It's a resource for free seeds to grow healthy vegetables, grow flower gardens and really enjoy nature in the Berkshires."
 
The seed library is funded by the volunteer organization Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, which raises funds for the library programming and needs.
 
People who want to get seeds must have a library card to sign up. 
 
Members are able to sign out up to 10 seed packets for the season but are also encouraged to exchange seeds from what they grow or get.
 
"The idea is that, yes, it actually is a library, you can take things but we also encourage you to bring seeds back to us and we can use those again for next year," Bowers said.
 
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