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You must have a physical library card. The loan period is seven days with no renewals. This telescope was generously purchased by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Thursday, December 27, 10 am Join us during school vacation week for a craft, a screening of Incredibles 2 and snacks! The nearest airport with national service is Albany International Airport. Pittsfield's climate is continental. Winters are harsh, with an average annual snowfall of Over the course of a year, there are days with measurable precipitation.
Flowing through a historically rural area, [23] the Housatonic River attracted increased industrialization in the late 19th century. The company manufactured small transformers, electrical motors and appliances.
In , GE acquired Stanley Electric and subsequently operated three major manufacturing operations in Pittsfield: During the midth century, the Housatonic River and its floodplain were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs and other hazardous substances released from the General Electric Company GE facility located in Pittsfield. This is estimated to be about 11, pounds of PCBs. Starting in , legal proceedings by the U.
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Initial cleanup work began in when EPA issued a unilateral order to GE that required the removal of highly contaminated sediments and bank soils. EPA added the site to the Superfund list in September The settlement was memorialized in a consent decree that was entered in federal court the following year, making it a binding legal agreement. In the years since the settlement was reached, the EPA, state agencies, the City and GE accomplished one of the largest and most complex cleanups in the country.
As of the census [42] of , there were 45, people, 19, households, and 11, families residing in the city. Pittsfield is the largest city by population in Berkshire County, and ranks 27th out of the cities and towns in Massachusetts. The population density was 1, There were 21, housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city in was Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. In , there were 19, households out of which The average household size was 2. In in the city, the population was spread out with The median age was 40 years.
For every females, there were For every females age 18 and over, there were Pittsfield employs the mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Linda Tyer, who was elected for Pittsfield's first four-year term in January , [43] succeeding Daniel Bianchi, who served the city since January The city is fully functioning, with all the major public services, including Berkshire Medical Center which is the only hospital in the northern part of the county, and the region's only VA medical clinic. The city's library, the Berkshire Athenaeum , is one of the largest in western Massachusetts, and is connected to the regional library system.
Pittsfield is also the county seat of Berkshire County, and as such has many state facilities for the county. In , the City of Pittsfield received designs of prospective official flags from residents in honor of the th anniversary of Pittsfield's incorporation as a town, with the winning design submitted by Shaun Harris.
On the state level, Pittsfield has two representatives to the Massachusetts House of Representatives: In the Massachusetts Senate , the city is represented by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and western Hampshire and Franklin counties and is represented by Adam G. On the national level, Pittsfield is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district , and has been represented by Richard Neal D of Springfield since Pittsfield operates a public school system which has over 6, students.
There are eight elementary schools Allendale, Robert T.
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The high schools both offer internal vocational programs. Students also come to the high schools from neighboring Richmond. There are two parochial schools Saint Mark's for elementary and middle school students, and St. Pittsfield is the geographic and commercial hub of the Berkshires —a historic area that includes Tanglewood , the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , and author Edith Wharton 's estate The Mount.
In recent years, the city has undergone a transformation with significant investment in the historic downtown, including a variety of new restaurants French, Asian, Latin American, etc. The venue has been described as the "one of the finest acoustical theaters in the world. Barrington Stage Company, the Tony Award-winning producer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee invested millions into its newly renovated stage in downtown Pittsfield, along with the development of other stages within the downtown for smaller performances.
Barrington Stage's head of its Musical Theatre Lab, William Finn , told the Boston Globe that he was determined to make Pittsfield the "epicenter of the musical theater universe. The Berkshire Museum, the oldest and most diverse museum in the Berkshires, has undergone a multi-million dollar renovation that incorporated a state-of-the-art air control system that will allow it to attract world-class exhibits. Many of the Berkshires' oldest homes, dating to the midth century, can be found in Pittsfield, as well as many historic neighborhoods dating from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
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Several small multi-generational farms can still be found in Pittsfield, though suburban sprawl and land development have recently claimed some of this land. Pittsfield has several country clubs, including the Pontoosuc Lake Country Club. Pittsfield is home to two major lakes, Onota and Pontoosuc, both popular for swimming, boating, and fishing. Bousquet Ski Area and Summer Resort entertains visitors and residents year-round with skiing, water slides, go-karts, and other fun activities. The highest body of water in Massachusetts, Berry Pond, is located at the top of the Pittsfield State Forest just outside the city limits in the town of Hancock.
The extension would pass through Pittsfield and lead south to Lenox and Great Barrington. Local transit is provided by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority. Pittsfield Community Television is a not-for-profit, c 3 organization and a member of the Alliance for Community Media. Programming on PCTV is available 24 hours per day, year-long, and is available online. In some areas signals from cities well outside of Pittsfield, like Boston and Hartford, Connecticut , will be received, depending on the location.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other places named Pittsfield, see Pittsfield disambiguation. City in Massachusetts, United States. Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts. This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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