Pittsfield plant included in Tokyo company's deal to buy Interprint

PITTSFIELD — A Japan-based global printing company has announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase Interprint from its Germany-based parent firm.Toppan Printing of Tokyo has agreed …

Great Barrington to close Lake Mansfield Road to traffic GREAT BARRINGTON — After years of study and debate over the decaying state of Lake Mansfield Road, town officials have decided the time has come to close the road to traffic.The Select Board on …

Proprietor's Lodge gets green light for alcohol at outdoor functions PITTSFIELD — Proprietor's Lodge has been given the go-ahead to entertain and serve alcohol outdoors for special events overlooking Pontoosuc Lake.Over neighborhood opposition, the city's …

Mall Stall: A special web series examining the Berkshire Mall owner’s troubled empire

As Kohan buys more malls, tenants live in limbo

Wayne Riniker knew his employer was in trouble — and had been since paying too much for this mall on a rise west of the Mississippi River.

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Does the Berkshires have what it takes to be an innovation hub like Seattle and Boston? When people think of the Berkshires, they tend to focus on the region's natural beauty, arts and culture, fresh food and outdoor fun. Soon innovation could be added to the list.

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LOCAL NEWS

Fire causes evacuation at Walmart in Pittsfield PITTSFIELD — Walmart was briefly evacuated Wednesday morning as firefighters responded to a small fire inside a bathroom wall, according to Deputy Chief Raymond Tart. The call came in around …

West Stockbridge woman pleads not guilty to OUI vehicular homicide in January crash

Williamstown ready to pitch town-owned broadband

BUTI and the beats: Cutting-edge workshop offers challenges, rewards to young musicians

Lanesborough, Williamstown officials pick new Mount Greylock School Committee member

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PHOTO GALLERIES

Ellen Merritt's retirement party

News Photos Monday, June 24, 2019

BMC's Ekso exoskeleton in use

Pittsfield Suns

Sculpture of Serge Koussevitzky unveiled

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Lenox: Summer reading program opens

Dalton: K of C awards scholarships

Pittsfield: Professor to speak on suffrage victory

Birth announcement

West Stockbridge: Library plans kids' summer activities

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If the word "Ashuwillticook" — as in the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail — came up at a spelling bee, how confident are you that you could spell it correctly?

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Sports

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Finish of spring sports brings abrupt end for athletes

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: UMass hoops coach not worried about youthful roster

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Summer baseball has arrived

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: A final farewell to 'Gige'

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Bateman Jimmy Fund Fishing Derby draws big crowd

LOCAL SPORTS

Pittsfield Little League city championship game is set

Pittsfield Little League's two divisions crowned their champions over the weekend, and now all that remains is the city final.Pittsfield American winner Berkshire Bank will host Pittsfield National …

Roundup: SteepleCats halt losing skid; All-Berkshire boys lacrosse teams announced

2018-19 The Berkshire Eagle All Stars: Baseball

2018-19 The Berkshire Eagle All Stars: Softball

Berkshire County Sports Notes: Co-Op unbeaten to softball title; Julieano wins international free throw competition

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PUZZLES AND GAMES

Opinion

Letters

Letter: MoCA sign impedes view of drivers To the editor:As a lifelong resident of the Northern Berkshire area, I can't help but notice the increase in entertainment and events happening in the area. With the improvements, transformations and …

Letter: Fringe candidates clutter debate stage

Podcast | Don Morrison: Advice for the war-lorn

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Dead men tell no tales

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Smooted and Hawleyed

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Our Opinion

Our Opinion: For future's sake, Church must confront past

The acknowledgment by the Springfield Diocese that former Catholic Bishop Christopher J. Weldon has been credibly accused of sexually abusing an altar boy is welcome, yet overdue. As is too often the …

Columnists

Edward Lane: GND and Modern Monetary Policy

Carole Owens: Seeing Nature's wonders with a worldly group

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Jamie Gass: Make room for Pushkin, literary greats in schools

Lauren R. Stevens: Living with our friend the beaver

Andrew L. Pincus: Noise is power - but so is silence

David Pill: New school buildings should be last option

Bernard A. Drew | Our Berkshires: Two million miles without a single ticket

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Berkshire Landscapes

Belltower Records: Where music is sold and played North Adams — Visitors of Belltower Records may find themselves in the middle of a band's tuning session the next time they pick up vinyls.Since acquiring the entire music collection of the now …

5 things to do if you're on a budget this week Take a lookDownstreet Art's season begins tonight, 5 to 8 p.m., with gallery openings at Berkshire Art Museum, MCLA Gallery 51 and Installation Space, music by Kids 4 Harmony, a beer garden on Eagle …

At Barrington Stage, playwright weaves a biting, cautionary tale about the white-black divide in America

PITTSFIELD — Sarcasm, anger, pain, drip like sap in Stacey Rose's generally clever, biting, cautionary satire, "America v. 2.1.: The Sad Demise and Eventual Extinction of the American Negro," …

Film clips / June 28 - July 4

ALADDIN (PG)Guy Ritchie — that lover of gritty gangsters and violent action — was always an odd choice to helm a big Disney romantic musical and proves utterly the wrong guy here. …