Pearl Ambassador Program Enhances Pride in Downtown Pittsfield

BY BRITTANY POLITO iBERKSHIRES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Residents of The Pearl shelter have been cleaning downtown over the summer, creating a collective pride for the city [...]

Bulkley, Richardson, and Gelinas, LLP Supports Family Empowerment’s Back-to-School Initiative

With fall underway and students returning to classrooms, Bulkley, Richardson, and Gelinas, LLP has made a generous donation to Family Empowerment, a program of ServiceNet, to launch a new [...]

River Valley Counseling Center Secures $912K State Grant to Expand Supervision Capacity

River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC), now a member of ServiceNet, has received a $912,000 award through the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Behavioral Health Supervising Clinicians Incentive [...]

‘The work will never be done.’ Community remembers loved ones lost to overdoses during Pittsfield memorial service and candlelight vigil

BY DYLAN THOMPSON THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,2025 PITTSFIELD — If you’ve lost a loved one to an overdose, it can be difficult to talk about. Julie MacDonald, program director [...]

Pittsfield’s day center for those experiencing homelessness, The First, nears opening

BY LESLEE BASSMAN THE BERKSHIRE EDGE MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025 Pittsfield — It is all hands on deck as The First, a community resource center for those experiencing homelessness, nears the […]

Our Opinion: Pearl Ambassadors pilot deserves kudos — and continued support

BY BERKSHIRE EAGLE STAFF THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025 As controversy continues to compound over a public camping ban proposal, homelessness and its downtown effects have received [...]

Meet & Greet with ServiceNet’s Carpentry Crew

ServiceNet’s carpentry crew recently finished up their most recent project, a brand-new bookshelf for the Hatfield Library, donated for the library’s annual Friends of the Library Book Sale.  The [...]

ServiceNet Selected as July Nonprofit Spotlight by Amherst Innovative Living

ServiceNet has been chosen as the nonprofit spotlight for July by Amherst Innovative Living. Each month, Amherst Innovative Living highlights a local nonprofit, and this month’s recognition [...]

From shelter to service: Pearl Ambassadors help keep downtown Pittsfield clean

BY MARYJANE WILLIAMS  THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE  MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025  PITTSFIELD — Not long ago, Keith could be found on a North Street corner, drinking and flicking cigarette butts onto the […]