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Pittsfield issues snow emergency warning from Thursday night through Saturday

A stone building with a colonnade sits below a grey sky amid snowdrifts.
Josh Landes
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WAMC

The city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts is reminding residents of alternate side parking regulations ahead of a snow emergency expected to last through Saturday morning.

With snow expected to fall on Berkshire County into Saturday morning, the region’s largest community is bracing for multiple inches of accumulation. Director of Administrative Services Roberta McCulloch-Dews spoke with WAMC Thursday afternoon.

“Between 7 p.m. Thursday to 7 p.m. Friday, parking is allowed on the odd side of the street," she said. "Between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday, parking is allowed on the even side of the street. We also want residents in and around downtown Pittsfield to use the McKay Street parking garage throughout the duration of the emergency, so, beginning at 4 p.m. today, the garage will be available for free overnight parking.”

The city is asking Pittsfielders to clear sidewalks, ramps, and fire hydrants abutting properties within 24 hours of the storm, and reminds the community that dumping snow from private property into publicly owned streets and sidewalks is against the law.

Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018, following stints at WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Western Massachusetts, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. His free time is spent with his cat Harry, experimental electronic music, and exploring the woods.
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