Donald Trump is a zero-sum kind of a guy. He only feels that he has won if everyone else loses, and in order for everyone to lose, they have to be destroyed.
Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety provides officers with more response options to help them de-escalate incidents and better understand mental illnesses so they can respond to mental health-related calls appropriately without compromising anyone's safety.
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission senior transportation planner Eammon Coughlin said the town will be notified in late December if it is awarded funding.
This is the third time the Massachusetts Senate has attempted to create a dedicated funding stream for this critical public safety need during the 2017-2018 legislative session.
The Massachusetts Senate has adopted Hinds' amendments to the fiscal year 2019 state budget to continue the efforts of the Berkshire FLYER Working Group to ensure a pilot train service connecting New York City to the Berkshires launches no later than 2020.
The draft capital investment plan includes all MassDOT highway and municipal projects, regional airports, rail and transit, including MBTA and regional transit authorities as well as the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
In their letter to the editor, Cortney Dupont and Sandra Carroll write, "The Berkshire Flyer is nothing less than an investment in our future, as to build an infrastructure for growth is certainly a prerequisite for growth to take hold."
The service would start out as a pilot program. The plan is to run one round-trip train each weekend during summer and fall weekends between New York City and Pittsfield via the Rensselaer Station, just east across the Hudson River from Albany.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation defines a complete street as "one that provides safe and accessible options for all travel modes - walking, biking, transit and vehicles – for people of all ages and abilities."
All RMV services, with the exception of law enforcement, will be unavailable from Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. until Monday, March 26, at 8 a.m. due to a changeover to a new computer system.
The Sheffield Democratic Committee urges all Berkshires residents, regardless of their political affiliations, to take advantage of the opportunity to meet Hinds in person and discuss issues facing Massachusetts and the nation.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 26, fuel area renovation work will be occurring at the I-90 westbound service plaza in Lee and no fuel will be available to travelers for approximately eight to nine weeks.
Reps. William 'Smitty' Pignatelli and John Barrett worked to lobby Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who agreed to place a Berkshire County resident on the commission.
The closure of the bridge is to facilitate the removal of the temporary bridge and implement a new traffic pattern onto the newly constructed Phase I bridge.