Berkshire Harm Reduction Sets Open House at New Site

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Harm Reduction will hold an open house to show off its new Pittsfield location and to provide the public with an opportunity to learn more about its work addressing a critical community need. 
 
The open house will be held on Thursday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 42 Summer St., second floor.
 
The new location has expanded space for the many services Berkshire Harm Reduction provides, including HIV health and prevention, syringe services, overdose education and prevention and Hepatitis C, HIV and STI testing and hepatitis C treatment. At the open house, Harm Reduction staff will provide information on those services, as well as Narcan training and tours of the Harm Reduction mobile unit that traverses the county to care for clients unable to visit one of its two physical locations, in Pittsfield and North Adams.
 
"Harm Reduction addresses a major community need and our staff is excited to invite the public in to see the new space and learn how to be ambassadors for public health, Narcan administration and reducing incidence of overdose in the Berkshires," said Sarah DeJesus, program manager.
 
Light refreshments will be provided at the open house and visitors can talk with Harm Reduction staff about the work they do in the community. For more information, call 413-447-2654.

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Truck Crashes Into Pittsfield's Samel's Deli

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Elm Street will be partially closed as cleanup continues. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Wednesday morning was busy for Pittsfield first responders, as a pickup truck crashed into Samel's Deli & Catering and a fire broke out on First Street.

Around 9:45 a.m., the police reported that the street in front of Samel's Deli & Catering would be closed or down to one lane as a result of a two-car collision that sent the truck careening into the deli.

The department posted two photos on Facebook, one depicting the silver truck with New York license plates crashed through the glass of the front entrance and another of a white Honda CR-V with significant damage to the front end.

"A vehicle was coming out of one of the alleyways here and struck this truck, which continued into the building," Police Officer Craig Jones explained when iBerkshires arrived on the scene.

Jones reported that there was one injury but whether it was someone in the vehicles or in the deli. A crossing signal near Samel's front entrance was also taken out by the truck.

Around this time, crews worked to clear debris in front of the restaurant as the truck was towed away. That section of the road reopened around 11 a.m.

The police, firefighters and an ambulance responded to the accident and police intend to release a statement on the incident.

Around 6:15 a.m., the Fire Department reported that it had responded to a possible structure fire at 233-235 First St. Windows on all three floors of the multi-family building are now broken or boarded up and the cause is under investigation by the Fire Investigation Unit and investigators from the State Fire Marshal's Office.

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