BCC and Partners to Present Berkshire State of Work Summit

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC), in partnership with 1Berkshire, MassHire, the Berkshire Innovation Center and the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, will hold "From Hiring to Thriving: A New Era of Workplace Culture," a Berkshire State of Work Summit, on Wednesday, June 18 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. 
 
Tickets are $75 and are available for purchase at www.berkshirecc.edu/worksummit
 
Designed to address the workforce challenges facing all Berkshire employers, the State of Work Summit one-day conference will focus on the process of attracting the talent to ensure employees flourish in a supportive and dynamic work environment, stated a press release. 
 
For more information, contact Stephen Warley, coordinator of the summit, at stephen@lifeskillsthatmatter.com.  

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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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