HANCOCK — Voters at last night's annual town meeting approved all 21 articles under consideration, including a measure that establishes a stabilization fund to give officials the financial means to obtain parcels of legally defined forest or agricultural land if they are put up for sale.   Full Story

Monday, July 30 North Adams Transcript HANCOCK — The former top-secret radar-testing facility off Route 43 is back on the market as of   Full Story

HANCOCK — The man state police had been searching for since early Tuesday turned up at a friend's house yesterday morning shortly before 7, according to a police spokesman.   Full Story

Only a couple of generations ago, Hancock was a tranquil, bucolic community with at least 25 working farms and older houses, mostly situated on large properties dotting the fertile Jericho Valley between the Taconic Range and the Berkshire Hills, connecting Stephentown, N.Y., with Williamstown along Route 43.   Full Story

Incorporated: 1776. Settled: 1762-1767. Named for: John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Population: 721 (2000 U.S. Census); 1,026 (2006 town census). Area: 35.7 square miles. Elevation: 1,058 feet (average).   Full Story