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Twelve families in the city's Morningside neighborhood, most with school-aged children, lost their homes in fires that hit three buildings April 22. A month later, their lives remain in flux, as assistance wears thin and new apartments prove scarce.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
The Drury High School senior prom was held at the Norad Mill on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
Gillian Jones
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On Saturday, a crop of students walked the graduation stage at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, a rite of passage that punctuated a wholly abnormal college experience.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Everyone sees what's happening with food prices. For increasingly more of our Berkshire neighbors, it means a trip to a food pantry.
Heather Bellow
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Boaters flocked to area lakes, many for the first time this season, taking advantage of the summer-like weather to launch their watercraft. Boat ramps were busy as locals and out-of-towners enjoyed a relaxing day on the water Sunday.
Through traffic on Hubbard Avenue in Pittsfield has been cut off due to falling debris from the railroad overpass.
More than 100 Massachusetts police departments have or have promised the state to start a body camera program. The Pittsfield Police Department is playing catch-up. We look into how other departments are using the technology and answering handling the legal concerns cited by Pittsfield police.
First he was detained. Now the regime has cooked up corruption charges against Bo Bo Nge, says a close friend in Berkshire County.
A renovated three-bedroom, one bath affordable house in downtown Lenox, priced at $254,000, was awarded to a Pittsfield resident — the only applicant in a lottery.
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has agreed to pay $56 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by the families of veterans who died or bec…
The robust return of crunching highway traffic to the greater Boston area might have made drivers miserable, but there’s a silver lining for t…
BOSTON (AP) — While the diverse Latino population in Massachusetts continues to struggle through the pre-pandemic issues of reduced educationa…
College Club honored five educators at the its spring luncheon on April 23 at the Country Club of Pittsfield. The College Club’s Educational Awards Program provides funds for a special project conceived by a teacher for the benefit of their students.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center kicks off its 18th annual Hidden Gardens program with the opening reception for “Flowers, Fields, Forests: Abstracted” on Saturday, May 21.
The Berkshire County Historical Society will offer a free, 90-minute walk exploring the architecture and landscape of Herman Melville’s Arrowhead on Saturday, May 28.
Railroad Street Youth Project announces the return of its annual Culinary Arts Celebration to an in-person format at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Memorial Field on Bridge Street.
Invasive garlic mustard, turtle crossing season and humming bird sightings are all topics of this week's NatureWatch.
Country all-star Tanya Tucker, blues legend Taj Mahal, bluegrass' past and present The Del McCoury Band, Bob Marley's grandson Skip Marley, the twang-filled Miko Marks, and Billy Keane of the Berkshires-based The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow have been added to the FreshGrass lineup.
Johnny Irion will debut three songs, "Abandoned Monsters," "Shine Like Butterflies" and "Meet Me at Ramen Park," written with Pittsfield Public Schools students at a Community Concert at Kellogg Park, 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, May 19.
A new exhibition, "The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated," on view at the Norman Rockwell Museum through Sept. 5, examines the memorial's cultural significance with more than 50 pieces of historical and contemporary artworks.
'Hunt Country' featuring the works of Hunt Slonem is on view in the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries through June 5.
Earth Day is behind us, but that’s no reason to wait for next year to think about reducing your environmental impact. Indeed, many of the most…
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Mitch Bresett, Chris St. Cyr and Jason Koperniak, who grew up together in Adams, knew each other well enough to become business partners in B&B Micro Manufacturing, which makes tiny homes on wheels.
Tony Dobrowolski
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After immigration to the United States tapered off during the Trump administration — then ground to a near complete halt for 18 months during the coronavirus pandemic — the country is waking up to a labor shortage partly fueled by that slowdown.
High inflation often translates to high anxiety, which is why many Americans are striving to lock in the cost of one of their most basic, most human needs: a home.
As more companies mandate a return to the office, workers must readjust to pre-pandemic rituals like long commutes, juggling child care and physically interacting with colleagues. But such routines have become more difficult two years later.
Down to their last out, the Mounties rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to stun visiting Taconic on Sunday
At the County Championships on Saturday, Kieran Coscia won three different events and his Generals added four more crowns to the haul
Olivia Gamberoni won three events and Aryianna Garceau two in Saturday's meet at Williams College.
In a continuation of an April matchup at Pine Grove Park, the Generals got light's out pitching from Cam Sime and three-run bomb by Patrick Rindfuss to close out the Warriors.
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
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.
A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2021
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.
