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Though he retired as superintendent of the Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction in early 2021, Jack Quinn stayed on to see out a pair of projects he helped shape. Quinn’s work earned him $78,000 from grants, in addition to his yearly pension of $117,811.
Amanda Burke
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Berkshire Eagle reporter Greta Jochem hit the Appalachian Trail Aug. 1 at the Connecticut line with plans to hike the state's 90-mile segment. In this fifth and final report, she describes a slippery ascent of Mount Greylock and other outtakes from her trail notebook, including a final memorable encounter.
Greta Jochem
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Ten years on, the future of a Gilded Age mansion known as Elm Court remains in limbo. Its owner wants to extend permits granted for a 112-room resort on what once was the estate of Emily Vanderbilt.
The Wahconah Park Restoration Committee was given a tour of the ballpark on Wahconah Street on Thursday, and the glimpse of the issues inside the facility was "shocking" to one committee member in attendance.
Howard Herman
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A project to beautify a West Side corner in Pittsfield with a mural — and to honor the people of this neighborhood — hit a snag early on, one of its proponents recalled Friday, as he and others celebrated the project.
Joseph Toole and his family sold the Courtyard by Marriott and the Hampton Inn, a Hilton brand, both off Pittsfield Road (Routes 7 & 20). The Toole Lodging Group will continue to own The Yankee, adjacent to the Hampton in the heart of the Lenox commercial district.
In this weekend's campaign notebook, Berkshire District Attorney candidate Timothy Shugrue receives his first formal endorsement from the State Police Association of Massachusetts.
Are people getting it right about Elizabeth Freeman? Scholars will talk about how her story has been co-opted and mythologized.
A man from western Massachusetts imprisoned for nearly 35 years left state custody late Thursday. William P. Cascone walked out of MCI-Norfolk in time to savor the evening air and twilight – and to pose for a photo with a legal team that has worked for five years to prove he did not get a fair trial in 1987, when he was convicted of setting a fire that killed three young people in North Adams.
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Steve Nelson writes: "Suits filed in federal courts to declare state anti-abortion laws unconstitutional under the 13th Amendment could achieve what current efforts cannot: undo the legal apparatus which subjects women’s bodies to state control. This approach can find support even among some conservative libertarians, as the Kansas vote suggests."
Whether it was the North Adams Transcript or The Berkshire Eagle, I grew up with a newspaper in my childhood home. In college, my journalism professor required all students to have a subscription to the New York Times.
This week’s decline in two key inflation indicators gave investors an excuse to buy stocks. At this point, we have retraced 50 percent of the …
An airplane bumped into another plane while backing up at Logan International Airport in Boston, prompting an investigation. No one was injured when the two Delta Airlines planes collided at low-speed on Friday night. Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating. One of the planes, which was headed for Los Angeles, clipped the other as it pushed back from its gate at the airport. The other plane was empty and parked at an adjacent gate at the time. The FAA said the left winglet of the moving plane clipped the horizontal stabilizer of the other.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) _ Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. (XBIO) on Friday reported a loss of $2.7 million in its second quarter.
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (AP) _ Harte-Hanks Inc. (HHS) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $4.5 million.
Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bolster the nascent industry and tear down obstacles that its participants face.
Beginning Monday and continuing through Friday (excluding weekends), the Department of Conservation and Recreation will commence trail and parking area rehabilitation work at the Cheshire Harbor Trail in Adams.
Pittsfield announced its roadwork schedule for the week of Aug. 15-26, as part of the city of Pittsfield’s 2022 Street Improvement Project.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be conducting overnight guardrail and daytime bridge repairs Monday through Friday on eastbound and westbound portions of I-90 in Stockbridge, Lee and Becket, according to a news release. The overnight guardrail repairs will take place from mile marker 8.0 to mile marker 12.0 in Lee and Becket. The daytime bridge repairs will take place at mile marker 3.0 in Stockbridge.
The Housatonic Valley Association, in partnership with the town of Great Barrington, has produced a Road-Stream Crossing Management Plan that identifies the highest priority road-stream crossing replacement projects in Great Barrington. Public comments are invited until Aug. 31.
PITTSFIELD — Irish novelist Bram Stoker published about a dozen novels and several short story collections before his death at age 64 in August 1912; none as successful as his first, “Dracula,” published in 1897.
The opening night performance of the 45-year-old Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, appearing this week at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, bears gifts of the now rather than baggage of the past.
The Boston Pops is presenting “Remembering Stephen Sondheim” at Tanglewood on Friday, Aug. 19, curated and conducted by Keith Lockhart, co-conceived with Jason Danieley, stage director for the production.
Jeff Borack reviews "we are continuous" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; "Things We Know To Be True" at Great Barrington Public Theatre, and "next to normal" at the Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, N.Y.
After three long years absence, on Aug. 17 homegrown international vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth will once again fill the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's vast Hunter Center with a virtuosic blend of adventurous new works and eight-person a cappella vocal pyrotechnics.
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Actor David Adkins talks about his life in the profession, why he's pursues it, and what the rewards he gets from it.
Tony Dobrowolski
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Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School announced three recent additions to its Board of Trustees via a news release: Tom Bernard, Alison Bost and Yina Moore.
Terry Ziemba, Stephanie Carlson, Gloria Beraldi, Joe Maffuccio II and Jean Noel have all been promoted from manager to vice president in Greylock Federal Credit Union’s branch services network.
Ethel Altiery has been promoted to chief operating officer, Theresa Dennette to senior vice president operations and Kristen Wampler to VP Community Services following a reorganization of key staff at Berkshire Family and Individual Resources.
The Trustees’ 438-acre Questing property in New Marlborough has an intriguing mix of history. nature and breathtaking wildflowers.
Eagle sports columnist Howard Herman looks back at the first week of football practice at UMass, and where coach Don Brown has the Minutemen.
Plenty to talk about in Berkshire Woods and Waters this week, as Gene Chague gets further into DFW biologist Martin Freehan's report on working to open more private and municipal lands for hunting, particularly of deer
Tanglewood is out for this fall's Josh Billings RunAground.
The Associated Press tracks down some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals that were shared widely on social media.
Things to do this week in Berkshire County
Embrace warmer weather with the Berkshire Eagle's guide to backyard improvement.
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires presents the 2022 Berkshire Nonprofit Awards
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2021 - February 2022.
Prepare for the long-term with The Berkshire Eagle’s annual guide to financial readiness and life planning.
