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Six years ago, police took Malinda Harris' most valuable asset, a car, saying it had been linked to criminal activity in Berkshire County. “Nobody showed me a warrant. Nobody gave me any sort of written receipt,” Harris said Wednesday. Her audience? Members of Congress.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
Richmond leaders hope for stepped-up enforcement on the popular South County-to-Pittsfield shortcut.
Last month marked five years since Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational marijuana, but state lawmakers find themselves weeding through proposed restrictions on a product that researchers say can harm the health of youths.
The Berkshire Eagle's daily recap on key COVID-19 data for Berkshire County and the state.
The state has approved the temporary closure of a first grade classroom at Greylock Elementary School because of evidence of "community spread within the classroom," North Adams Public Schools announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, making her the first Black woman to hold that position.
Not unlike its impact on the lumber supply or the cost of groceries, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulty many low-income parents face in being able to access and afford diapers for their children, legislators and advocates for needy families testified Monday.
There is one fewer alligator in the Westfield River and the out-of-place reptile's rescue came just in the nick of time, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said Tuesday.
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A massive spending plan forwarded by the state Legislature now awaits Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature. That $4 billion bill, comprising $2.55 b…
Bob Dole, the former Senate majority leader and presidential candidate, died Sunday at age 98. The media were filled with encomiums, which was…
While the HIV/AIDS crisis that gripped the nation in the last two decades of the 20th century may seem to have been put on the back burner of social health concerns these days, Berkshire County and other regions of the country remain highly vulnerable to the infection and must continue to take vigilant, active steps to prevent a full-scale outbreak.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — No more than 20 gallons of “weathered coal tar oil” leaked into the Seekonk River Tuesday from the site of a former coa…
BOSTON (AP) — Boston's top prosecutor was narrowly confirmed Wednesday by the full U.S. Senate to be the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts,…
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, making her the first Black woman to hold that position.
Not unlike its impact on the lumber supply or the cost of groceries, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulty many low-income pare…
The Community Recreation Association at 400 Main St. will hold a food drive from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 12, rain or shine.
In conjunction with the opening of "Hue & Cry: French Printmaking and the Debate over Colors," the Clark Art Institute will present a lecture by Anne Leonard, Manton curator of prints, drawings and photographs, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.
The Eagles Band will perform a free holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St.
The Frank R. Stiles American Legion Post 125 will be hosting its annual “Be Our Guest” Christmas day dinner for veterans and community members on Saturday, Dec. 25.
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.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green is in North Adams with musician JD Samson to map out more of the work, which will premiere next month at the Sundance Film Festival. It includes music by Samson with footage Green has shot exploring diverse soundscapes, from the foghorns of San Francisco to last year’s reemergence of the 17-year cicadas. The audience will experience it through headphones to use binaural elements to create spatial sound in a way that’s impossible with speakers.
The name of one of Lenox's most prominent restaurants has evolved to Nudel Bar: Comfort & Craft. But the mission developed by founder and owner Bjorn Somlo in 2009, when he was 29, remains consistent.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem announced that they would share ownership of the archive of James Van Der Zee, a virtuoso photographer who was born in Lenox and over a 70-year professional career produced an unrivaled chronicle of African American life in Harlem.
In the week or two after Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's common to be left with a refrigerator full of leftovers and ingredients that were partially used for holiday recipes. In my case, a 16-pound turkey for a “Friendsgiving” proved to be much more than we needed. That left me trying to find creative ways to make some meals with all that turkey meat.
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
This is why your troubled teen — or you — may wait six months to see a counselor in Berkshire County
Project Paycheck: 100 jobs. That's the pandemic shrinkage at the Brien Center, Berkshire County's largest human services agency. We look at what that's meant.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
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.
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.
Three Berkshire County soccer players earned All-State honors due to their success on the pitch this fall.
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Board of Directors, in a meeting Wednesday morning, reaffirmed the use of masks by student-athletes, coaches and officials for the winter sports season.
Following suit with fall sports, boys and girls basketball in Berkshire County is no longer competing as part of a Berkshire League.
NORTH ADAMS — Tuesday night’s winning number was three.
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
