🌱 Why a fixed Pittsfield hotel elevator still can’t carry guests yet.

Morning Pittsfield! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Why a fixed Pittsfield hotel elevator still can’t carry guests yet.
• What fixes are planned for Pittsfield’s historic East Part Cemetery?
• Why Pittsfield recovery workers worry even as opioid deaths decline.

Also on today's calendar: The Ultimate Linda Ronstadt Tribute Concert: Ronstadt Rewind and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees.
• Sunday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 61, low: 50.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Holiday Inn Fixed Their Elevator. Here's Why It Still Can't Run. (live959.com) — A major downtown Pittsfield hotel, the Holiday Inn on West Street, is closed after all three elevators failed, forcing firefighters to help guests down from upper floors. One elevator has been repaired but can’t run until a state inspection, leaving city officials worried about lost leaf-peeper business and emphasizing the hotel will stay shut until Massachusetts signs off.
   

2. Pittsfield Considers Repairing East Part Cemetery (iberkshires.com) — Pittsfield officials are weighing grant options to repair the historic East Part Cemetery on Williams Street, where aging gravestones and stone walls are deteriorating. The Historical Commission may seek Community Preservation Act funds, following a resident’s concerns and similar CPA-supported work at West Part Cemetery, to restore this small but significant city-owned burial ground dating back to the early 1800s.
   

3. As Massachusetts opioid deaths fall, experts say meth, marijuana pose new threats to communities (wamc.org) — Pittsfield’s Living in Recovery center is seeing fewer fatal opioid overdoses but rising concerns about meth, marijuana, alcohol, and the kratom ban’s impact on local residents. Staff describe better cooperation with city officials while warning that tainted drug supplies and stimulant use are growing problems that demand more education, harm reduction, and oversight in Pittsfield and across Massachusetts.
   

4. Berkshire Workforce Board Welcomes Two New Members (iberkshires.com) — Pittsfield’s mayor has appointed two new members to the MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board, which helps shape job and training opportunities across the region. Berkshire Community College President Hara Charlier and General Dynamics engineering director Justin Scaduto will join 31 local leaders working to align workforce programs with employer needs and expand viable career paths for residents.
   

5. The MIAA Power Rankings' Friday release saw more good marks from Berkshire County teams (berkshireeagle.com subscription) — Pittsfield High’s boys and girls soccer and volleyball teams all appear in the latest statewide MIAA power rankings, with boys soccer currently sitting 12th in Division III. Berkshire County programs like Wahconah, Lee, Monument Mountain, and Mount Greylock also post strong positions, setting up important upcoming matchups that could shift playoff seeding for Pittsfield-area athletes.
   

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📸 Around Pittsfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pittsfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3

• The Urmetazoan →
  St. Germain Stage, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3

• The Ultimate Linda Ronstadt Tribute Concert: Ronstadt Rewind →
  The Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield
  7:30 pm
• Ronstadt Rewind The Ultimate Linda Ronstadt Tribute Concert →
  The Colonial, 111 South Street, Pittsfield
  7:30 pm

Sunday October 4

• A Night Out in Pittsfield | Dinner with New Friends: Small Town Edition →
  Restaurant of the Week, West Street, Pittsfield
• Visual Journaling (Early Fall Session) →
  Berkshire Music School, 30 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield
  10:00 am
• Narrative Processing + Liberatory Visioning Workshop →
  WANDER Berkshires, 34 Depot Street, entrance in alleyway, Pittsfield
  12:00 pm
• Skull Terrarium Workshop →
  Solarium Plant Shop, 46 West Street, Pittsfield
  1:00 pm
• Opening: The Urmetazoan →
  St. Germain Stage, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield
  2:30 pm

Monday October 5

• All Recovery Meeting →
  2nd Street, 264 Second Street, Pittsfield
  12:00 pm
• Mahjong Mondays →
  Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield
  12:30 pm
• The Darn-Yarns Kick Off 2026! →
  Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield
  5:00 pm
• Berkshire Drum Class →
  Lichtenstein Center For the Arts, 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sometimes we as humans can be so selfish and bad and hurt the people that we love.
  Sometimes we don’t see what’s in front of us cause we think that’s never gonna go away, and when the time comes we realize that we weren’t there. We… (Nextdoor Silver Lake)
• Their produce is ALWAYS top-notch and reasonably priced.....
  Also, they have absolutely the friendliest folks both owning AND working there. This is a Gem in the Berkshires! And especially as it is… (Nextdoor Herberg)

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist-2 in Pittsfield. Apply here.
• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PITTSFIELD MA S15167 in Pittsfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pittsfield here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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