Saturday, April 05 BECKET — The Town of Becket's annual town caucus is scheduled for Tuesday from noon until 7 p.   Full Story

BECKET — Should the tax collector and treasurer remain elected positions, or should they become appointed ones?   Full Story

BECKET — A rash of car break-ins have police warning residents to keep their cars locked.   Full Story

As one of the most sprawling, scenic hilltowns in the county, Becket is rural, remote and dominated by second-homers, who own 55 percent of the residential property. Home to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, several venerable summer camps, the Becket Arts Center and the offbeat Dream Away Lodge, the town has vast woodlands, as well as lakes, ponds and brooks. It shares with the adjacent town of Washington the 16,500-acre October Mountain State Forest, the largest of the state-owned forests.   Full Story

Incorporated: 1765.

Population: 1,755 (U.S. Census, 2000); 1,786 (Town census, 2005).

Area: 46.3 square miles (land).

Elevation: 1,200 (average); 1,752 ft. (highest point).

Average annual snowfall: 86 inches (estimated).

Median resident age: 39.3.   Full Story