SHEFFIELD, Mass. - Vuk Jeremic, the youngest ever General Assembly President helicoptered into the Berkshire County ball field on Tuesday.

Jeremic came to the school for lunch and a meeting with the Model UN club.

During an assembly with the entire school, the topic spanned from Syria and UN influence to the impact that young kids can have on the world.

Mayor Daniel L. Bianchi announces a new collaboration between the city and the Pittsfield Housing Authority to establish community centers at two locations.

Some programs include childhood literacy, meeting rooms for neighborhood initiatives and committees, sports mentoring and instruction, tax filing assistance, wellness clinics, nutrition counseling and healthy eating cooking demos, voter registration drives, Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting space, helmet and biking safety instruction and fire safety awareness.

Each location features a living room style meeting place for a variety of educational programs and services available to residents.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A 23-year-old Pittsfield man has been sentenced to serve 18 months in jail for shooting at a man who had stuck his head out of his front door after hearing gunfire.
    
Adam Pettijohn was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges including illegal possession of a firearm and assault with a dangerous weapon.
    
Prosecutors say Pettijohn fired five times at a city resident in October 2011 who had opened his front door after hearing shots fired and asked Pettijohn what was going on. The bullets struck the apartment building, but no one was hurt.
    
The Berkshire Eagle reports that the defense lawyer said Pettijohn is "intelligent" and "respectful" and took on a lot of responsibility for his family as a young man without a father figure.