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August deed batch yields just one sale

Pittsfield's August real estate deeds carried a price tag on just one sale citywide. From our own coverage: August deed batch yields just one sale. Also in today's brief (14 items): Pittsfield named among 11 best towns for retirees; Library cancels September book club discussion; Housin…

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Pittsfield's August Deed Batch Yields Just One Priced Home Sale

Pittsfield's latest batch of 12 recorded property documents produced only one identifiable home sale with a price attached: 61 Harding St., which sold for $300,000 to buyer Riley E. Kolsto from sellers Robert and Patricia Pelkey. The other 11 records were mostly mortgage discharges from lenders

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Library book sale wraps up today

Berkshire Athenaeum's half-price book sale wraps up today in the Wendell Avenue lobby. Also in today's brief (13 items): Athenaeum book sale wraps up today; Library brings therapy dog reading to the Mount; Housing authority board meets Monday; Airport commission convenes at terminal.

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DPW schedules winter operations summit for contractors

Pittsfield's public works department will host contractors for a winter operations summit on snow removal Oct. 15. Also in today's brief (14 items): DPW to host winter operations summit for contractors; Library book sale opens in Wendell Avenue lobby; Library film group discusses 'There…

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School Committee meets Wednesday night

Pittsfield School Committee convenes Wednesday as a full slate of city boards meets this week. Also in today's brief (16 items): School Committee meets at City Hall Wednesday; Pittsfield JV girls soccer hosts Wahconah Wednesday; RSVP Advisory Board meets Thursday morning; Transit author…

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Council eyes zoning changes Tuesday

Pittsfield City Council takes up two zoning amendment hearings at Tuesday's meeting. From our own coverage: Pittsfield logs just one recorded home sale this period. Also in today's brief (10 items): Williams Elementary School Council meets Tuesday; City Council takes up zoning changes T…

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Pittsfield's Only Recorded Sale Price This Period Lands At $600,000

Ten property deeds were recorded in Pittsfield between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, according to the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds, but only one has a posted sale price so far. That sale, at 122 Thomas Island Road, closed for $600,000, with Merrimack County Savings Bank as buyer. The remaining nine

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Library Hosts Sondheim Concert and Children's Literacy Program

The Berkshire Athenaeum hosted a busy Friday with a children's literacy event and a Jay Daniels piano concert. "Curiosity Day: If You Give a Pig a Pancake" drew families for early-literacy fun on September 19, the same day pianist Jay Daniels performed compositions by Stephen Sondheim a…

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Pittsfield records 12 deeds in past month; recorded sale prices top out at $308,250

Twelve property deeds were recorded in Pittsfield between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only four had a sale price recorded. Those four ranged from $40,000 to $308,250, with a median of $72,500. The month's top transaction was 83 Elaine Dr., which sold for $308,250 to Freedom Mortgage Corp. and Mortgage

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