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PITTSFIELD — It was about 5 a.m. Saturday when hunters setting out from the Lulu Brook parking area stumbled upon the body of Reymon Delacruz-Batista.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
A wind advisory from the National Weather Service pinpoints 6 to 8 p.m. Monday for the most powerful wind gusts up to 50 mph in Berkshire County.
As a crowd gathered around the front steps of the Post Office to hear different acapella groups from Williams College perform, a long line of families waited patiently for free hot chocolate. Meanwhile, hundreds of others waited cheerfully on the sidewalks, greeting neighbors and strangers as they all waited for the big event. At the same time, dozens of dogs in holiday haberdashery were gathering with their human pals on a lawn nearby, preparing to make their way down Spring Street for the annual Reindog Parade.
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: Dr. Scott Goffin of Great Barrington, whose office was visited by the FBI in October, performed procedures on Medicare patients at rates significantly higher than other Massachusetts dermatologists. In 2019, he took in more than $1.6 million in Medicare payments.
On Oct. 18, 1918, 700 workers of the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Co. were out sick with "the grippe," silencing a third of the Berkshire Mills' 6,500 looms.
Three weeks earlier, the town had reported its first cases of Spanish influenza — 16 sick and one death. Now, the town had 850 recorded cases and 28 deaths from the Spanish flu or flu-related pneumonia. But, town health officials suspected the number was much higher, around 2,000 infected individuals.
The Berkshire Eagle's daily recap on key COVID-19 data for Berkshire County and the state.
All Stockbridge nonprofit cultural venues are in residential zones, prompting the town to confine debate on entertainment license applications to several scheduled public hearings aimed at addressing a few residents’ concerns.
Juan Harry, who was accused of sexually assaulting two girls in 2003 in North Adams, then fleeing before his 2010 trial, has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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Find out how hard the delta variant hit your town in Berkshire County with this graph.
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Holiday season scams will be closely followed by winter scams, followed by Valentine’s Day scams. Entering December brings a renewed effort by scammers.
Pipe dreams aside, today I’d like to take a look at ananyms and anadromes. Ananyms are backward names; anadromes are backward words.
Russia’s coat of arms features a double-headed eagle — a fierce bird of prey that simultaneously looks West and East. Ukrainians lampoon this …
Recently, while driving from Great Barrington to Stockbridge, another car went to pass me. I was in the narrow stretch heading north after pas…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Scientists spotted an endangered right whale dragging a length of fishing rope caught in its mouth as it swam with a newb…
Two days after the first case of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant was officially confirmed in Massachusetts, the head of the state's largest h…
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A man has been shot and killed in Lawrence and a 19-year-old suspect is in custody, authorities said.
Read here to see how your representatives in Congress voted last week on legislation dealing with vaccination databases, wireless networks, cybersecurity education and more.
The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has scheduled a community COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Berkshire Community College Patterson Field House. Preregistration is required.
Berkshire Lyric will present "Noel We Sing!" its first public concerts in almost two years, in Pittsfield and Great Barrington.
Carol Ethier-Kipp will sign copies of her book, “A Soldier’s Letters — Keep the Home Fires Burning,” on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Berkshires Room at the Holiday Inn, 40 Main St.
The joint membership meeting of the Berkshire Community Land Trust and Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires on Saturday, Dec. 11, via Zoom, will include a conversation between three farmers on the topic of access to farmland.
Arts and Culture
Director Gregg Edelman’s uneven, workmanlike production of this bland, by-the-numbers musical features Michael Wartella and Michael Starr as two World War II buddies — respectively Bob Wallace and Phil Davis — who, in the years following the war, find modest success as a song-and-dance duo.
Theater review: Capital Rep's 'The Irish ... and How They Got That Way' is sassy and downright funny
he Old Rep Poet and Tap Room is gone. The New Rep Poet and Tap Room is open for business as Capital Repertory Theatre revives Frank McCourt’s “The Irish … and How They Got That Way” in the theater’s atmospheric new home at 251 N. Pearl St., roughly a quarter-of-a-mile north of the abandoned supermarket at 111 N. Pearl St. that was the theater’s home for the better part of 40 years.
More than 18 months after closing, Gramercy Bistro is back. Chef/owner Alexander "Sandy" Smith reopened the restaurant on Oct. 21 in a new Williamstown location — at the corner of Water and Main streets, a space once occupied by the former Hops & Vines restaurant.
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.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. — It seems like years since we had a December worth celebrating. But the Red Lion Inn and Norman Rockwell Museum are going …
Business
Air-Tite Holders, of North Adams, which makes plastic coin holders, has been sold to a California-based manufacturer of materials for scrapbooks and photo albums.
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
The Index of Consumer Sentiment recently fell to a level that has not been seen since the end of 2011. In other words, survey respondents feel worse about the economy right now than they have at any point in the last decade.
PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Music School has added two faculty members, hired an operations manager, appointed new officers to its board of trustees and formed an advisory board.
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.
It didn't take former UMass football coach Walt Bell long to get a new job. Multiple sources report he will be named the offensive coordinator at Big Ten Conference school Indiana.
Come Saturday, the first semesters for athletes at Williams and MCLA will be over.
After a few years on the bench as an assistant coach, Mitch Scace has stepped into the head role for the Pittsfield High varsity boys basketball team.
Nate Karren's 25 points helped Williams College to a road win over rival Wesleyan 69-60. The Ephs improved to 7-0 on Saturday in Connecticut.
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.
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