October marks 20 years since General Electric Co. signed an agreement to clean up PCBs the company had dumped in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Back then, the community was not only grappling with widespread contamination, but also the aftermath of losing thousands of GE jobs in the city.
For decades, multiple generations in many Pittsfield families worked at GE. The company provided workers — even those without experience — a way up. Workers got good pay and benefits. They could buy a house, a car, and even get a pension — the kind of job that’s almost unheard of today.
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The Baker administration announced funding on Tuesday to prepare sites for industrial and commercial development. Nearly two-thirds of the $3,184,000 from… -
The Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial plan to build a PCB disposal site in Berkshire County is the subject of several proposals on the Town… -
Gerald Doyle, Jr., who was mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from 1998 to 2002, has died at 62. He was a key player in talks between General Electric… -
Some Berkshire County residents say they should have more of a say in whether PCBs will be buried in a disposal site in the region. A now-closed General… -
The Berkshire Innovation Center opens officially on Friday morning. One of its goals is to help companies keep pace with changing technology. An even… -
This month marks 20 years since General Electric Co. signed an agreement to clean up PCBs the company had dumped in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.Back then,… -
Many tout the arrival of online furniture mammoth Wayfair and its 300 new hires in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as a big win. That doesn’t compare to the…
