Ready to rock and laugh, North Adams? Say hello to HiLo

NORTH ADAMS — The doors will swing open next month to a new live music and comedy club — though the facade might not be quite ready for prime time.The HiLo North Adams is set to launch …

Federal judge dismisses excessive-force suit in Pittsfield shoplifting arrest SPRINGFIELD — A federal judge last month dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by a North Adams woman who alleged excessive force in her 2016 shoplifting arrest in Pittsfield.On July 12, U.S. …

Fire damages Cheshire home, no one injured CHESHIRE — Several residents still have a place to live thanks to the local firefighters who saved their home on Wednesday.Around 6:45 p.m., the Cheshire Fire Department responded to 33 …

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Sweet Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Pittsfield's Preliminary and City Elections 2019

It's early August in Pittsfield and a full slate of candidates have stepped forward for a number of municipal board seats, as well as the office of mayor. Voters will be choosing from among four …

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LOCAL NEWS

Alan Chartock | I, Publius: A lot of questions need to be answered in alleged theft One of the reasons why most of us don't steal is that our mothers and fathers and religious institutions taught us that stealing is wrong. Sooner or later, you are likely to get caught. For those who …

Pittsfield: Donor issues Woofstock $10,000 challenge

Mom: Lee woman hit by car will 'fight her way back'

Cheshire Select Board gets to work as new five-member panel

No charges filed against driver who struck teen in Great Barrington crosswalk

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PHOTO GALLERIES

News Photos, for the week of Aug 19, 2019

Free Fun Friday at the Berkshire Museum

Churchill Street Culvert Project

Falafel Waffle

Backpack Giveaway

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Senior Bulletin Board, Aug. 26-Sept. 1

Berkshire County Food Pantries

Hillsdale, N.Y.: Library hosting chamber ensemble

Pittsfield: Walk a Mile march registration open

Alford: Historic Commission plans square dance

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Sports

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: For Red Sox, Pirates fans, misery comes in different shapes

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Former players recollect on playing at Wahconah Park

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Picking my all-time Wahconah Park baseball team

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Habitat Programs work to reach goals with MassWildlife

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Good things happening with the Williams River

LOCAL SPORTS

Wahconah honored as National Banner School by Special Olympics

Wahconah Regional High School has been at the forefront of bringing Unified sports to the Berkshires, and the school's work in doing so has earned it an honor from the Special Olympics.Wahconah was …

Wahconah football team faces quick rebuild

Two Pittsfield Suns players selected to All-FCBL first team

UMass football team ready to wrap up camp, prepare for Rutgers

One plus one is one for Drury football co-op team

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PUZZLES AND GAMES

Opinion

Letters

ELECTION LETTERS Letters related to the Sept. 17 preliminary elections in Pittsfield must be received at The Eagle by noon Sept. 12.

Letter: Join in Walk a Mile's pledge to combat abuse

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Lessons of summer

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Who killed Jeffrey Epstein?

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: I can't breathe

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Our Opinion: Embattled RMV has its work cut out

Thomas Bowes, the head of the Merit Rating Board of the state Registry of Motor Vehicles, was fired earlier this week in the fallout resulting from the agency's failure to suspend driver's licenses …

Columnists

Anne Horrigan Geary: Lugging worries back to school

Sharon Gregory: A vision for a revitalized Housatonic Village

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Columnists

Carole Owens: Residence a choice for second-homeowners

Francis Moriarty: What are China's options in Hong Kong?

Robert F. Jakubowicz: It's all about beating Trump

Lauren R. Stevens: Nothing to lose in using solar power

Lee Harrison: Our new American civil war

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Berkshire Landscapes

An afternoon in the kitchen with Ruth Reichl SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — Ruth Reichl — former Gourmet magazine editor-in-chief, restaurant critic for The New York Times and food editor of The Los Angeles Times — has seen food trends …

'Vintage Tweets': How the postcard was the original social media of the suffragists ADAMS — If the U.S. women's suffrage movement was happening today, would its members use Twitter to promote the cause?Author Carol Crossed believes they would have. So much, in fact, she named …

Berkshire Made: From wooden stump to detailed claw

HINSDALE — When Sam Craig began carving wood in his basement a handful of years ago, he initially focused on creating woodenware: spoons, bowls, spreaders, coasters, cutting boards, trays, back …

People: Singer Drake White reveals brain condition

Singer Drake White reveals brain conditionAfter nearly collapsing onstage recently, country singer Drake White has revealed he has a brain condition that disrupts normal blood flow.White told …