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A family of bowling enthusiasts from Pittsfield have purchased Imperial Bowling Center and are converting it into a tenpin facility.
Nearly a year after two people were charged with abandoning 15 cats in the Berkshires, their criminal cases are winding to a close.
Amanda Burke
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Gray to Green, a five-year environmental justice project that began in 2020, uses "Stride & Take Pride" audits to pinpoint improvements residents would like to see in their disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez
News Reporter
Ricardo Morales, the commissioner of public services and utilities, said he wants to make clear to residents that a recent car accident involving a city plow and damage to two businesses from a plow throwing heavy snow are "unacceptable."
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
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Williams College has pledged to pay $5 million toward the town's proposed $22.5 million fire station
Williams College trustees have voted to kick in $5 million toward the cost of a proposed new fire station. Voters will decide next month whether to support the $22.5 million project.
Addressing hundreds of business leaders, Gov. Maura Healey said she is keyed into their concerns about competitiveness, tax burdens, a shortage of employees, runaway housing prices and unreliable transportation services. But her speech included few specifics about what her nascent administration will do to tackle those issues.
After agreeing to a $110 million one-year extension, lawmakers, advocates and families are calling for the state to make school meals free for all Massachusetts students permanently.
Ed Gazouleas, artistic director and provost of Philadelphia's esteemed Curtis Institute of Music, is a former Boston Symphony violist and a longtime faculty member at the Tanglewood Music Center.
While it isn't clear how an affordable housing rental exemption might work in Great Barrington, Provincetown has been doing it since 2004. It provides an example of how to calculate the exemption based on how much square footage of a home or apartment is being rented.
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Watching movies and TV shows on devices not much larger than a postage stamp feels as if civilization is taking a giant leap backward. I’m almost ready to chalk it up to bad parenting.
Eagle columnist Leonard Quart writes: "The film offers a clear and powerful, if slightly too sanitized version, of a Russian hero and martyr."
Vickie Shufton proposes a system similar to the one public libraries use for books in order to guarantee the return of classified documents — only with much stiffer fines.
I was a college student in 1973 when Roe v. Wade first ensured that a back-alley abortion was not the only choice for an American woman who ne…
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) _ Enterprise Bancorp Inc. (EBTC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $12.3 million.
Addressing hundreds of business leaders, Gov. Maura Healey said she is keyed into their concerns about competitiveness, tax burdens, a shortage of employees, runaway housing prices and unreliable transportation services. But her speech included few specifics about what her nascent administration will do to tackle those issues.
After agreeing to a $110 million one-year extension, lawmakers, advocates and families are calling for the state to make school meals free for all Massachusetts students permanently.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she wants to set the city on a path to reach its former peak population while guarding against trends that are putting pressure on residents because of soaring housing costs. Wu said she hopes to manage the city’s surging growth while avoiding some of the urban renewal efforts of the last century that ended up displacing thousands of working class, immigrant, and Black and brown residents. Boston’s population peaked in 1950, when the number of residents topped 801,000. Wu became the first woman and first Asian American elected Boston mayor in 2021.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and its Department of Business Administration are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to offer free tax preparation services to local residents in need through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
Pittsfield Public Schools will begin registering students for prekindergarten on Feb. 1 and kindergarten on March 1.
Rehearsals for the Stockbridge Festival Chorus' spring concert will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sundays, beginning Feb. 5, in the sanctuary of First Congregational Church.
Charlie Jaferian's image of a line of cross-country skiers took top honors in Mass Audubon's photography contest in the People in Nature category, under-18 division.
Murray Hidary's immersive sound installation 'Distanced Together' is on view at Mass MoCA now through Feb. 4. "You can really interact with it however you need to. It really is a space for reflection, for catharsis, for healing and really reflecting on the experience we’ve all had over the last couple of years with the music as the soundtrack tracing the arc of the pandemic.”
January may seem bleak, but winter in the Berkshires is anything but dull. Check out these musical events coming to area stages in the next few weeks.
Practitioners of the New Perennial Movement do not, typically, insist on the use of locally native plants in their landscapes. Indeed, especially in Great Britain, this school has popularized the concept of “novel ecosystems.”
William Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers will take the stage for a special Valentine's presentation, "I'll Be Thine, Valentine: Romeo & Juliet," 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Shakespeare & Company's Tina Packer Playhouse.
The Mac-Haydn Theatre's 54th summer season is filled with some of the most highly-requested musicals in theatre's history.
Attorneys John J. Martin, Jr., Andrew M. Hochberg, and David R. Cianflone are pleased to announce the formation of a new law firm in Pittsfiel…
Our original store is in the heart of the beautiful Berkshires. We brought the Berkshires to Boston with our second retail location in the “Eastie” neighborhood. Our knowledgeable, friendly team is ready to guide you or order online before your visit and you’ll be in and ou…
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A family of bowling enthusiasts from Pittsfield have purchased Imperial Bowling Center and are converting it into a tenpin facility.
Tony Dobrowolski
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Now that inflation appears to be coming down, a bullish case is building that says we might get away with just a mild (as opposed to a full-fledged) recession.
Nancy (Joch) O’Connor and Kristie Agar, who both grew up in Ashley Falls, recently formed their own tax and accounting firm, O’Connor and Agar LLC at 73 Main St. in Sheffield.
Berkshire Health Systems, Community Health Programs, and other members of the Health Collaborative of the Berkshires PHO have renewed their partnership with Fallon Health of Worcester.
Chris Conroy has been promoted by Major League Baseball to be the crew chief for his umpiring team.
In a little over a decade, Mikaela Shiffrin has turned the ski world on its head.
Wahconah got a combined 41 points from Brody Calvert and Pat McLaughlin as the Warriors beat Hoosac Valley in Cheshire.
The Eagles held their hosts to just five fourth-quarter points to pull in front and bring a victory back to Sheffield.
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, September - November 2022
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 66th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
The annual guide to preparing your home for the coming New England winter.
Berkshire Community College presents an annual roundup of forty young leaders making a difference in Berkshire County.
Embrace warmer weather with the Berkshire Eagle's guide to backyard improvement.
