Berkshire Family YMCA plans $5M overhaul for historic North Street complex

PITTSFIELD — You wouldn't know the Berkshire Family YMCA was there unless you looked for it.That realization occurred to the organization's president and CEO, Randy Kinnas, one summer day in …

In-house candidate among 3 finalists for North Adams police chief NORTH ADAMS — A lieutenant with the North Adams Police Department is among the three finalists to be the next chief.Mayor Thomas Bernard has scheduled a series of public meetings for residents …

Edward Reilly, former Pittsfield mayor, dies at 69 PITTSFIELD — Edward M. Reilly, who served three terms as Pittsfield mayor in the 1990s and was known for his love of politics and dedication to the city, has died at age 69, city officials …

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Clarence Fanto: Maybe Baker's views is right about stoned drivers - A Brooklyn-based chocolatier is considering buying or leasing the vacant, 51,000-square-foot former J.C. Penney site at the woebegone Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough for a marijuana-cultivation and …

Timeline in the Joanne Ringer investigation

Police say Pittsfield pellet gun shooting started over teasing of dog

North Adams man given probation for cocaine possession

Up to 4 years for woman who lied to police in Joanne Ringer probe

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Great Barrington: Waldorf school sets open house

Campus Notes: Siena College

Berkshire County Food Pantries

Richmond: Richmond Consolidated 2nd trimester honor roll

Pittsfield: Foster parent information sessions planned

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Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Hoosac Valley team snaps all sorts of streaks in monumental win

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Taconic boys, girls teams reaching Western Mass. finals creates special atmosphere for school

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Berkshire County hoop teams upping intensity, excitement for Western Mass. title runs

MIKE WALSH | THE POWDER REPORT

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Gettin' Sendy and sociable with spring time riding

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Terrain parks at local mountains feature plenty to shred

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Berkshire County senior ballers play at Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

SPRINGFIELD — Last weekend may have marked the end of the basketball season, however, some of Berkshire County's best high school hoopers had one last chance to take the court before …

Roundup: Williams College baseball, softball teams sweep Friday doubleheaders

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Ja Morant came as advertised in Murray State's win over Marquette

Pittsfield softball players aiming to repeat as Western Mass. champs

Florida State's size, strength too much for UVM to handle in NCAA Tournament opener

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Letter: ER-BMC patient grateful for kind care To the editor:Sunday morning, March 10, I arrived by ambulance at the BMC Emergency Department with the flu and extreme difficulty with breathing. It was terrifying. My first "thank you" goes to Lisa …

Letter: Diagnosing D. Trump

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: The new nationalism

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Life under the emergency

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Our Opinion: Save the parade, and assure its future

The Pittsfield Fourth of July parade is a regional attraction, a living historical monument, part of the glue that holds this community together and an anticipated event that brings joy to …

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Andrew L. Pincus: Queechl's jailer reflects

Rinaldo Del Gallo III: Fall River's election lesson

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Anne Horrigan Geary: Let's work together for a better world

Richard Lipez: Fond memories of good airline

Mitchell Chapman: Tuition-free public colleges are just a start

Clellie Lynch: Counting down to the Equinox

Francis Moriarty: China's difficult struggles with its collective memory

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Berkshire Landscapes

'The familiar world re-seen' NORTH ADAMS — A great duality exists in New York. While the city is renowned for its vibrancy, much of its activity occurs after-dark, within shadowy structures on dim streets.Artist and native …

A kind of exhibition 'I'd never seen before: one where I felt represented on the walls'

Not finding what she wanted to knit with, Tina Whitmore created it

NORTH ADAMS — Color. It's the first thing you see when entering the Freia Fibers studio, where yarn, in every hue of the rainbow, seemingly floats midair. The studio is the central hub of …

From store to stove, firefighters are just like us in the kitchen ... except for the gear, of course

Pantry Staples: What can't you live without?

Albany Berkshire Ballet saying 'happy 50th birthday' with new 'Midsummer Night's Dream'

When it comes to classical ballet, the all-male Trocks are en pointe

Opioid crisis fuels new play by Berkshires native Patrick Toole

GREAT BARRINGTON — "You Are Not Alone," a new play about addiction, recovery, and the opioid crisis by Patrick Toole, will be performed March 28-April 6 at the Universalist Unitarian Meeting of …

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Lillian Hellman has her say, and then some, in 'Lillian' at The Whit

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ENTERTAINMENT

Mysteries from the Morgue: Did first published account of maple sugar production in US come from Berkshires?

Did the first written account of maple sugar being made in this country come from the Berkshires? "It Happened First in Berkshire," a column of The Berkshire Eagle, declared it as so April 3, 1940: …