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Project Paycheck: The other day, a partner at the Pittsfield law firm Martin & Oliveira got in touch to say they’ve been looking for three paralegals for a year. Though the jobs pay pretty well, here is the response: crickets.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
A nonprofit known as The Store at Five Corners Stewardship Association has been formed with the goal of purchasing the historic store in Williamstown, finding someone to run it, and creating an endowment so the business can continue to operate.
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
FOXBOROUGH — The Wahconah High School football team left Berkshire County on Wednesday morning as heroes. It returned that way late Wednesday night — but not exactly the way the Warriors players, coaches and fans might have hoped.
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
The Berkshire Eagle's daily recap on key COVID-19 data for Berkshire County and the state.
Only a handful of students at Morningside Community School remain out of class after the Thanksgiving break. The majority of the school's coronavirus cases have recovered after an outbreak late last month.
A passenger rail link between Boston and Western Massachusetts is "one of the most essential infrastructure investments we anticipate making" now that a federal infrastructure package has been signed into law, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said Thursday.
The Massachusetts House approved a roughly $4 billion compromise spending bill on Thursday and legislative leaders appeared ready to push it to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk on Friday when both branches are scheduled to hold sessions.
A fire destroyed a home Thursday morning in the 400 block of Middle Road in Clarkburg.
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Whether political or not, Powell’s decision to tighten monetary policy in the months ahead, while the coronavirus continues to be a serious issue, heightens the risk to investors in the future.
To acknowledge a feast of Thanksgiving, to give thanks for what we have and be mindful of those who don’t have it, must one acknowledge some s…
WILLIAMSTOWN — Had she lived, Kim M. Benoit would have turned 65 last Oct. 10.
A passenger rail link between Boston and Western Massachusetts is "one of the most essential infrastructure investments we anticipate making" now that a federal infrastructure package has been signed into law, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said Thursday.
The Massachusetts House approved a roughly $4 billion compromise spending bill on Thursday and legislative leaders appeared ready to push it to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk on Friday when both branches are scheduled to hold sessions.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the first homicide in Hampshire County this year has been held without bail after pleading not guilty…
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Three candidates to become the next president of Framingham State University will tour the campus in coming days.
The Pittsfield Department of Community Development Recreation Program will be conducting the annual North Pole Calling Program from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 15 and 16.
Norman Rockwell Museum and The Red Lion Inn will present "Joyful Family Holidays," a month-long calendar of holiday festivities meant to uphold honored holiday traditions and inspire new ones.
Christ Trinity Church announces a matinee performance of the Broadway Cabaret fundraiser at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at Dewey Memorial Hall, 91 Main St.
The combined Richmond and West Stockbridge Councils on Aging will hold the annual winter holiday luncheon at noon Thursday, Dec. 9, at Pleasant and Main Restaurant in Housatonic. Seating is very limited.
Arts and Culture
New Marlborough resident Barbara Newman has penned her first novel, "The Dreamcatcher Codes," a YA eco-fantasy that centers around four girls setting out to save Mother Earth.
Mahaiwe audiences are in for a treat when comediennes Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery bring their cabaret-style show “A Swingin’ Little Christmas” to town on Friday, Dec. 10, for an evening of tight harmonies and high jinks.
Berkshire Theatre Group's production of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical" at the Colonial Theatre begins with previews Dec. 2-3 and runs through Dec. 23.
Viewer's Discretion columnist John Seven recommends two French series this time around, "Mythomaniac" on Netflix and "He Even Has Your Eyes" on Topic.
Get your boomboxes and Bluetooth speakers ready! Phil Kline's walking symphony experience, ‘Unsilent Night’ returns to the Berkshires on Thursday, Dec. 9.
For many the lawn mowers are put away, the garden has given up its last tomato, and visions of holiday fun are on many minds. And now it’s tim…
Business
Sandisfield native Ryan Salame, a cryptocurrency CEO based in the Bahamas, has invested about $5 million into the Lenox dining scene under the umbrella of Lenox Eats.
Renovations and upgrades aimed at historic preservation of the 1902 Blantyre property in Lenox are the top priorities ahead of potential expansion, but investment of up to $90 million still is contemplated.
Staged Ryte, a home staging company, has moved into a new location in Ashley Falls that is big enough to hold the company's 10,000-plus pieces of furniture and accessories.
The Annie Selke Cos., of Pittsfield, donated $1 million worth of material to Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity last spring. That gift has led to a partnership between the companies and Habitat for Humanity International.
Don Brown says he's ready, able and excited to be be back at UMass. Brown, who was the head football coach in Amherst from 2004-08, will once again lead the Minutemen.
For the third time in eight years, Wahconah reached the final game of the MIAA football season. Unfortunately for the Warriors, they once again came up just shy of the ultimate prize. For coach Gary Campbell and company, it wasn't any easier this time around.
Wahconah football put forth a gallant effort in Foxborough, but couldn't catch Cohasset. The Warriors ultimately fell 27-12 in the MIAA D-VII state championship game on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium.
Eleven-straight steps in the right direction has the Wahconah football team standing in the tunnel of Gillette Stadium.
The Associated Press tracks down some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals that were shared widely on social media.
Things to do this week in Berkshire County
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers.
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 65th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
News, information and resources geared towards senior citizens and their caregivers, in the Berkshires and beyond
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires presents the 2021 Berkshire Nonprofit Awards
The Berkshire Eagle's annual business feature puts a spotlight on downtown renaissances in Berkshire County.
