Aiming to ban plastic bags, Pittsfield takes cues from other towns By Jim Therrien 08/16/2016 PITTSFIELD — The Green Commission, which is considering a recommendation to the City Council on an ordinance banning single-use plastic shopping bags, heard Monday from officials who have gained experience in passing similar bans in Lenox and Lee. The commission also heard from Rinaldo Del Gallo, who submitted the proposal in 2014. An attorney, Del Gallo told commissioners he would volunteer to draft an ordinance “if you tell me what you want.” The commission undertook a similar review of a Del Gallo proposal Read more…