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Chief Lefebvre will be officially sworn in on Monday, March 22, with a public ceremony to follow at a later date.

The commissioners expressed few concerns over the plan Thursday, and Town Administrator Jay Green noted they haven't really changed much from 2018.

The last fatal fire in Massachusetts involving children occurred in Pittsfield in March 2019, when two children and an adult were killed in a house fire on Lakewood Circle in Pittsfield.

The Williamstown Community Preschool is seeking operational assistance from the town for the first time, but in 2011, town meeting approved $223,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to help the non-profit buy the former church at the corner of Main Street and Water Street.

Regional vaccine collaboratives in the Berkshires and around the state say the commonwealth is underutilizing them, despite their capacity to run high-output clinics, and leaving behind residents who live far from mass vaccination sites.

The dispensary began volunteering at Berkshire Humane in December 2019. Executive Director John Perreault said a Temescal staff member would come at least once a month to assist with shelter cleaning, a job that most people don't want.

Why are so many people deliberately risking their lives? Unfortunately, many of them are wrong in assuming that because they are feeling well, they are not experiencing any symptoms and they have no family history of colon cancer, that they are not at risk.

He is answering the call of other residents who feel they have be

Superintendent Aaron Dean told the School Committee on Monday that his team is working quickly toward shifting from hybrid learning to full in-person learning on April 5,

"I know you're anxious," Tyer said to the council and the general public during the Zoom meeting. "We all want to get vaccinated but there is a very specific process, especially as it relates to the timing of first and second doses.