Shelters

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 [...]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 […]

iBERKSHIRES.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI), in partnership with ServiceNet, and with support from MassDevelopment’s TDI Local Grant, has [...]

iBERKSHIRES.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI), in partnership with ServiceNet, and with support from MassDevelopment’s TDI Local Grant, has [...]

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE MONDAY, JUNE 23RD,2025 PITTSFIELD — As construction at The First ramps up in preparation for its fall opening, the community partners behind the [...]

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025 PITTSFIELD — When people walk through the doors of the housing resource center at Zion Lutheran Church, they won’t be asked [...]

BY BRITTANY POLITO iBERKSHIRES.COM MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — ServiceNet’s warming center has provided more than heat to unhoused individuals over the last four months and [...]

BY ANTHONY CAMMALLERI THE GREENFIELD RECORDER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 GREENFIELD — As the state-funded Days Inn shelter, which has predominantly housed Haitian immigrants and refugees, prepares [...]