She held many jobs until she landed as the librarian at the elementary school. She traveled Route 20 on many of snowy nights, getting her degree in library science at Westfield State College.
Mrs. Bertelli worked as a personal care assistant for many years for private families and, in her earlier career, at the former Berkshire Hills North Nursing Home in Lee.
There was public pressure for a better way to reach the Berkshire Heights interior. The grade-level Castle Street/railroad crossing was extremely dangerous.
