As storm bears down on Berkshires, road crews prove they're worth their salt

Snowstorms might be old hat for many emergency and highway officials in the Berkshires, but they still call for preparation. In the hours ahead of the arrival Saturday of what is expected to be a …

Former Doctors Building set for move onto North Adams airport

As festival again honors Du Bois, 'controversial' exhibit on display

TRENDING

Police: North Adams man arrested after accidentally texting officer about a drug deal

Charges might be filed in Stockbridge fatal accident

Driver arrested on OUI charge after two-car crash on Route 8 caused injuries, detour

Pittsfield man already facing rape charge arrested again after allegedly assaulting a woman twice in 10 days

Adams man linked to multiple overdoses sentenced on drug charge

LOCAL NEWS

Official: Smoking material led to Pittsfield house fire PITTSFIELD — The improper disposal of smoking materials caused an early morning blaze in a multifamily home Saturday, according to Pittsfield Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Garner.At 12:14 a.m., …

Driver in Pittsfield accident arraigned on drunken driving charge

Cost prompts second look at energy system for new Wahconah Regional High School

Berkshires girds for potential wallop

Clarence Fanto: Smoke's yet to clear on Stockbridge Fire Department flap

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Senior Bulletin Board, Jan. 21-27

Lee briefs: McDonald's to get exterior makeover; church-turned-apartment complex?

Lenox: Browdy to lecture on purposeful memoir

Lenox: CBD education event planned

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PHOTO GALLERIES

Wahconah at Monument Mountain boys basketball

Williams vs. Middlebury Basketball

Pontoosuc Lake Ice Fishing Derby

Hoosac Valley girls basketball vs. Wahconah

PHS vs Monument Swim Meet

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Sports

LOCAL SPORTS

Wahconah boys basketball heating up at full strength, knocks off short-handed Monument Mountain

GREAT BARRINGTON — For eight-plus minutes Saturday afternoon, the lone basketball game in Berkshire County looked like it was going to be a great one.Wahconah and host Monument Mountain played …

Roundup: Mount Everett wrestling goes 3-1 at own duals

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: No Berkshire teams at this year's Hoophall tournament

Previously 15-0, Williams men's basketball suddenly drops 2 straight

Wahconah cheerleaders headed back to nationals for 2nd straight year

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Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Plenty of area teams worth seeing in person

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Williams College men's basketball coaching tree continues to grow

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Looking back on some things we may have forgotten - but shouldn't have

MIKE WALSH | THE POWDER REPORT

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Bousquet opens to eager patrons

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Catamount gets new life with fresh face-lift

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Ski Butternut, Otis Ridge creating a big, happy skiing family

PUZZLES AND GAMES

Opinion

Letters

Letter: Marijuana coverage is way over the top To the editor:The Berkshire Eagle's preoccupation with marijuana businesses opening in the county is over the top. Your coverage is giddy and lopsided. Day after day, the front page heralds pot shops …

Letter: Dictatorial Trump recalls an ugly time

Letter: Include Albany in east-west rail plan

Letter: Don't judge Church by its failed leaders

Letter: Where are commercials to benefit homeless?

Lauren R. Stevens: Kids trying to save climate from our mess

Dalton Delan | The Unspin Room: Remembering the man, and the meaning

Colin Harrington: Kids get contemporary art

Donald Morrison: The ManhattIan candidate

Bernard A. Drew | Our Berkshires: Poor Alford was a mining town

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OUR OPINION

Our Opinion: Sports wagering coming: You can bet on it

Our Opinion: Du Bois and MLK: United in struggle

Our Opinion: ICE policies put police in no-win spot

Chan Lowe: The skills of yore are scarce this Yule

PITTSFIELD — Since this is the season of buying and giving, it's appropriate to opine on what has happened over the years to our expectations and the quality of the stuff we purchase.My hobby …

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The Berkshire Eagle Podcast

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Berkshire Landscapes

When gaming meets art WILLIAMSTOWN — Five balloon-like pink orbs contrast with blue surrounds. To the right of this composition, three flared bundles of blue, green, yellow and other hues build to a top-left …

Highlighting the fundamentals of abstract work NORTH ADAMS — In a season typically awash in muddy hues, MCLA Gallery 51 is poised to flood its Main Street space with a flurry of bright colors. "It's going to be a lot of color," said Arthur …

Mysteries from the morgue: A castle in Adams, Sinatra and a mob boss in Hancock

Did you know Adams was once home to a castle? It was known as Castle Hathconnor (according to the North Adams Transcript or Castle Rathconnor, as named in Adams historian Eugene Michalenko's "Lost …

Get cheesy this weekend!

Margaret Button | Kitchen Comfort: Warm up with a spicy soup

Dance: A year of looking back while leaping forward In 2018, professional concert dance performances in the Berkshires included lots of nods to tradition, but there were reminders aplenty that this is a living, evolving art form. Though many dancers …

Barrington Stage Company sets works for 2019 10X10 New Play Festival Berkshire Eagle staffPITTSFIELD — Barrington Stage Company's Eighth Annual 10X10 New Play Festival begins performances Feb. 14 at BSC's St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing …

For his new album, country soul icon Ronnie Milsap gets by with a little help from a lot friends

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country soul icon Ronnie Milsap is a bit of a studio geek, and he thinks a lot about music technology and recording equipment. So it makes sense that he spent a long time …

Some of 2018's best work may be left out of the Oscar derby NEW YORK — By its nature, awards season tends to winnow a field of films and performances until many of the same names are read week after week, award show after award show, leading up to the …

For Maren Morris, the time has never been more right

Pulitzer Prize poet Mary Oliver dead at 83

M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' frustrates and underwhelms

THEATER

WAM Theatre plans an expansive 10th anniversary season LENOX — WAM Theatre is marking its 10th anniversary season with two, rather than one, Mainstage productions — one in spring, the other in fall; two Fresh Takes …

Shakespeare & Company Winter Studio Festival set for this weekend

Berkshires theater's best storytellers in 2018

The best of Berkshires theater in 2018

'Rock and Roll Man' on Berkshire Theatre Group's 2019 slate

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