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Look: What Should the City of Pittsfield Do with It’s ARPA Funds?
Look: What Should the City of Pittsfield Do with It’s ARPA Funds?
Look: What Should the City of Pittsfield Do with It’s ARPA Funds?
The city of Pittsfield is still looking for your input as to what it should do with its share of the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, money that the city has received. Residents in Pittsfield have until 4 pm on Wednesday to fill out a citywide survey that will let city officials know how they should spend the more than $40 million in federal coronavirus relief money.  To take the survey before t
Richard Neal Secures $380K for Berkshire County Head Start
Richard Neal Secures $380K for Berkshire County Head Start
Richard Neal Secures $380K for Berkshire County Head Start
There is nothing more important than beginning the education process for our children at the youngest possible age, and Head Start programs are, without a doubt, a huge part of that process. When our lawmakers take that responsibility seriously, it’s a wonderful thing.   Congressman Richard Neal ...
$2.8 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Funding
$2.8 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Funding
$2.8 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Funding
The Baker-Polito Administration has announced a plan to immediately put to use approximately $2.8 billion of the Commonwealth’s direct federal aid to support key priorities including housing and homeownership, economic development and local downtowns, job training, and workforce development, health care, and infrastructure. The ...
Big Y Program Funding Local Farms in Berkshires
Big Y Program Funding Local Farms in Berkshires
Big Y Program Funding Local Farms in Berkshires
The Local Farmer Awards program, funded since 2015 by community philanthropic leaders and businesses, recently distributed checks of up to $2,500 to 81 farmers in Western Massachusetts and Eastern New York, and several of them are here in Berkshire County...
Summer Learning and Big Boost in Funding for Massachusetts Schools
Summer Learning and Big Boost in Funding for Massachusetts Schools
Summer Learning and Big Boost in Funding for Massachusetts Schools
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced the establishment of summer learning opportunities and the availability of more than $70 million in funding for school districts and community organizations in Massachusetts to offer summer learning and recreational programs that will help students, who have been impacted by a year of remote and hybrid learning, grow academically and socially... Read

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