The aerial attack on mosquitoes continues Thursday night in Berkshire County.

Spraying began Wednesday night in Pittsfield.

They will continue through Saturday.

Health officials say aerial spraying would cut up to 90 percent of mosquito population.

But the results do not eliminate the threat of mosquito-borne illnesses.

There will also be spraying in the town of Sheffield on Thursday night and Stockbridge on Friday night.

Symptoms of West Nile start as headache, body aches and fever.

About one percent will develop tremors, disorientation, and even partial paralysis.

Experts say it's crucial that you remove any areas of standing water near your home.

On Saturday, July 21, the South Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Collaborative will hold a collection for its 16 member towns. 

The towns will include Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge.

Registration is required and businesses can participate for a fee.

The collection will run from 9 a.m. to Noon at the Lee Waste Water Treatment Facility.

For more information, visit their website here, or call 1-888-577-8448, ext. 30 or 14, or email aric.brown@cetonline.org.

It has been more than 10 months since Tropical Storm Irene killed ten people in Upstate New York and caused millions in damage.

Today, Albany County politicians got together to applaud themselves and the federal government for the response to Irene.

$16 million in federal aid either has arrived or is approved, most of it for local governments faced with bridge or highway washouts, a smaller amount for homeowners and small businesses.

Sue Lendrum says her family's Agway store in Berne sustained more than $100,000 in damages when it slid into the raging fox creek but she says she’s had no luck getting disaster aid

The county executive and other public officials, standing just 500 feet from the damaged Agway store, announced that local governments are getting $12.3 million from the feds and the state for damaged infrastructure. About 800 private homeowners and businesses are getting $3.5 million.