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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was expected to vote Friday on emergency regulations that would grant State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley the authority to determine when hybrid and remote models may no longer count towards required student learning time hours, and giving Riley emergency authority to reopen schools...

At least 28 restaurant owners in the City of Pittsfield have signed a petition in an effort to persuade local officials to let them reopen their restaurants for indoor dining. The effort comes after the Pittsfield Department of Health issued an emergency order on November 12th suspending table service at restaurants in the city...

The Pittsfield City Council doesn't want to rush into making a $74 million decision. IBerkshires.com reports that Mayor Linda Tyer has introduced a petition calling for the borrowing of that amount of money for a massive wastewater treatment system project.