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Captain Ahab, a 40-pound wooden lawn ornament, has gone on many adventures with his caretaker, Geeg Wiles, of North Adams. The latest? A trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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“It’s awful, just terrible,” said Thomas Moore, owner of Williamstown tree service The Tree Guy. “We’re losing trees like crazy. It’s like a perfect storm.”
Dick Dassatti is a local celebrity. He can’t walk through downtown without stopping to chat with friends three or four times. It’s like he is the mayor, but he’s not. He’s something better: He’s been a mail carrier on the same route for 36 years, until his retirement last week.
Allco Renewable Energy and its two partner companies want a second curb cut to reach property it purchased, most of it in a residential zone. But the town’s zoning board is skeptical, since the company’s leaders claim the site is for agricultural use.
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Pittsfield celebrates its "sisterhood" with the Irish city of Ballina, ahead of 2023, which will mark the 25th anniversary.
Great Barrington gets a boost in the world's most popular aviation magazine.
Police say that Antonio Desousa, 68, of Danbury, Conn., died of injuries suffered in the crash.
If you use your turn signals and yield to the vehicle already in the roundabout, you'll be fine.
A Springfield man was initially charged with trafficking over 200 grams of heroin, a charge that carries a sentence of at least 12 years in prison. The lesser charge carries a maximum sentence of at least 3 1/2 years in prison.
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“Remarkably normal” might sound like an oxymoron. Amid the fanfare of Pittsfield’s Fourth of July Parade, though, that description from one pa…
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It doesn’t matter to me when a woman somewhere in the United States decides she’s going to have a baby. It does matter to me that she thinks it’s any of her business whether I’m having a baby.
The Supreme Court’s controversial overturning of Roe v. Wade has exposed stark divides in the nation. Millions of woman will lose the right to…
Law enforcement agencies did not have intelligence ahead of time about a white supremacist organization's plans to march through downtown Boston over the holiday weekend, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday as local, state and federal officials urged residents to remain vigilant about radicalization in their communities.
During its first session of the final month of serious legislating, the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday released and passed a bill further extending some pandemic-era policies.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a fisherman believed to have fallen overboard from a fishing trawler near Marth's Vineyard. Crewmates of the man contacted the Coast Guard early Friday morning after he disappeared from the Susan Rose, a 77-foot-long fishing vessel based in Point Judith, R.I. Coast Guard cutters and aircraft searched for the man on Friday and Saturday morning in the waters between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard. On Saturday afternoon the Coast Guard announced it had suspended the search. The missing 54-year-old fisherman has not been identified.
The attorney general’s office and the Baker administration’s public safety arm have spelled out for licensing authorities and law enforcement …
The Pittsfield Parade Committee has raised a total of $60,893 toward its goal of $85,000. The latest gifts total $5,885.
The public is invited to attend the Stephentown Historical Society's summer picnic on Sunday, July 10, at the Stephentown Heritage Center.
Williamstown Rural Lands is hosting a tour and lessons in micro-scale farming on Sunday, July 10, at Bigfoot Farm with farmer Brian Cole.
St. Joseph Church at 414 North St. will hold its annual Polish picnic as a drive-by event on Sunday, July 17. Pre-orders are due by July 11.
This week, NatureWatch columnist Thom Smith answers questions about American goldfinches and cowbirds.
STOCKBRIDGE — Dreams die hard in playwright Tara L. Wilson Noth’s “B.R.O.K.E.N. code B.I.R.D. switching.” Figuratively speaking, the shards of…
Captain Ahab, a 40-pound wooden lawn ornament, has gone on many adventures with his caretaker, Geeg Wiles, of North Adams. The latest? A trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanglewood's first official concert of the season opens 8 p.m., Friday, July 8, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its superb music director, Andris Nelsons, and featuring two soloists.
Ethereal yet somehow earthy, it was unlike any lentil soup we’d ever had — orange and slightly tangy. We were left curious about its flavor. It turned out the secret ingredient was apricots, the national fruit of Armenia.
You know the joke: there are no guarantees in life except death and taxes. But while there’s no getting out of your annual obligations to the …
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Heather Swistak describes how she became a dental hygienist and why she likes the profession so much.
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The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index fell 3.9 points in June to 50.8, its lowest number since December 2020, and just a shade outside of optimistic territory.
Shakespeare & Company will host a one-week professional development workshop for teachers from July 11 through July 16 at the company’s Lenox campus.
ExtraSpecialTeas, a teahouse that employs adults with special needs, is planning to open an outdoor event and dining space at its new location in Housatonic.
Pittsfield American opened District I Little League Tournament play with a run-rule victory over host Adams-Cheshire.
The North Adams SteepleCats and Pittsfield Suns have both passed the halfway points in their seasons. The Suns have a hill to climb in an effort to make the Futures League playoffs. The SteepleCats, however, have a mountain to climb in the NECBL.
Robbie Burnett hit a ninth-inning single to score Bo Bramer with a game-winning run on Monday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd in Pittsfield.
The Independence Day Run returned to downtown Pittsfield on Monday for the first time since 2019, traversing 5K along the Fourth of July parade route to an exciting finish at Wahconah Park.
The Associated Press tracks down some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals that were shared widely on social media.
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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.
