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We asked and you answered: Who has the best chicken wings in the Berkshires? Here are your top picks!
Fadia Makdisi, the principal at St. Agnes Academy in Dalton, has been following the news of a massive earthquake in Syria closely. She's lived in the Berkshires since 2004, but hailed from there originally. Much of her family remains in the nation, facing a brutal civil war and now a natural disaster.
Matt Martinez
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City leaders say that for generations Pittsfield's house on the hill — Springside House — was the center of community life. With exterior renovations done, Pittsfield's leaders are hoping to start in on interior work and welcome the public back to the historic home.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Pittsfield's Robert Dwyer saw Bruce Springsteen twice last week, and was close enough to interact with rock royalty both times. He capitalized on his opportunities, making for a moment he won't soon forget.
Matt Martinez
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The town has hired a consultant firm that has helped cities like Flint, Michigan solve water utility financial problems.
A defense lawyer representing a Black man on trial this week for alleged illegal gun possession slammed a prosecutor's bid to prevent him from mentioning to the jury terms like "racial profiling" and what he called other "inflammatory" remarks.
While Town Hall is closed, possibly until Friday, Town Offices are functioning across the street. Two new heat pumps were installed at Town Hall prior to Thanksgiving, but a new propane furnace and backup generator, which can function in colder weather, have not yet been installed.
MassWildlife officials offer tips for residents to prevent rare "negative coyote encounters" during the animals' ongoing mating season.
With the town moving into the former Cheshire Elementary School building, its Recreation Committee has moved to bring back a once-annual Valentine's Day father-daughter dance.
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To keep Americans safer, the federal government and state and local governments need to match continued investments in policing with reforms that make law enforcement agencies as a whole — as well as individual officers — more accountable to the communities that they serve.
Gaining back public trust in science and promoting scientific literacy is paramount for a society to progress through participation. More needs to be done.
More than six million Americans are living with a heart failure diagnosis, and most are leading active and productive lives, thanks to a combination of treatments, medications and lifestyle changes aimed at reducing symptoms and restoring heart function.
What can be learned about the life of a man who shoveled coal or hefted ice blocks most of his life?
An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete. The Boston Symphony Orchestra made the announcement Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The project to preserve 233 live radio broadcasts recorded on quarter-inch reel-to-reel analog tapes that were becoming increasingly fragile and in danger of chemical deterioration was funded by grants totaling $24,000. The recordings chronicle Williams’ work with guest performers from a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry and many feature the first concert arrangements of many of Williams’ film scores.
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Cerence Inc. (CRNC) on Wednesday reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $2.2 million, after…
Police in Massachusetts say an officer shot and killed a woman with a weapon after a family member requested a wellness check. The town of Easton's Police Chief Keith Boone said responding officers found the 56-year-old woman with a weapon shortly before noon Sunday. The statement did not specify what kind of weapon she had. The woman later approached the home’s front door with the weapon. An Easton police officer fired a single shot, and the woman was found dead inside. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office is investigating, and the officer is on administrative leave.
The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast has brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region. That includes a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. The Mount Washington Observatory at the peak of the Northeast’s highest mountain, famous for its extreme weather conditions, also recorded an actual temperature of minus 47 and tying an observatory record set in 1934. Across the rest of the region, wind chills — the combined effect of wind and cold air on exposed skin — dropped to as low as minus 45 to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday.
The Unitarian Universalist Church at 175 Wendell Ave. announces “Songs and Chocolate,” a special musical service, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
The Guild of Berkshire Artists will host an opening reception for its first juried prize show, "Winter's Wonder," from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Art on Main Gallery, 38 Main St.
Williamstown Rural Lands will host a nature program for children in kindergarten through grade 4 during school break, Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 21 to 24, at Sheep Hill.
The North Berkshire Community Contra Dance resumes on Saturday, Feb. 11, at First Congregational Church.
Chester Theatre Company's 2023 season, which runs June 22 through Aug. 20 at Town Hall Theatre, is the first for husband-and-wife duo James Barry and Tara Franklin as co-producing artistic directors of the 33-year-old theater.
In this week's NatureWatch, Thom Smith describes the wonders of the seahorse and answers questions about mourning doves and robins.
We asked and you answered: Who has the best chicken wings in the Berkshires? Here are your top picks!
We all have our go-to wing place, but once in a while it's good to try somewhere new. You voted and told us your favorite spots, and from your suggestions we compiled this Chicken Wing Directory. Here are 55 places to grab wings in the Berkshires.
Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” will highlight Berkshire Opera Festival’s 2023 season which also features two genre-spanning concerts and the debut of a new opera in the fall.
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Coggins Auto of Vermont, headed by two men with extensive experience in Berkshire auto sales, is planning to open a pre-owned car sales and service center in Pittsfield.
Tony Dobrowolski
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After rising 11 cents the past two weeks, the average gas price in the Berkshires has dropped by 1 cent this week.
Former Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito has been elected to the board of directors of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank.
Berkshire Business and Professional Women will hold a networking session at The Recovery Room in Pittsfield from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Williams is one of six NESCAC teams ranked in the top seven of the NCAA's Region I. The regional rankings, not the Ephs' No. 15 spot in the D3hoops.com Top 25, determine spots in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Michael Ullrich returned to the floor with 24 points Tuesday night for the Eages, while Tayvon Sandifer dropped 20 to lead Taconic to a home win. Lenox was also in action.
Grace Wigington had 21 points to lead the Warriors to victory, while season-highs from Alex Tenney and Emily Mead led Monument by Ludlow
It was survive and advance for Williams on Tuesday night, as the 15th-ranked Ephs hung on to beat SUNY New Paltz in the regular-season finale at Chandler Gym.
The Associated Press tracks down some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals that were shared widely on social media.