Dalton finance officials oppose new Wahconah, citing cost

DALTON — Finance officials in the town that would pay most for a new Wahconah Regional High School object to the project, questioning its need and cost two weeks ahead of a community vote.The …

Williamstown zoning board wants a whiff before signing off on pot-growing site WILLIAMSTOWN — The Zoning Board of Appeals wants to smell some weed.One of the requests the board members had for the developer seeking to establish a marijuana-growing facility just off Green …

Remains of Pittsfield sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified In August 1940, a young Pittsfield High School graduate joined the Navy. He never came back. Roman Walter Sadlowski was serving as an electrician's mate, 3rd class, one of 429 crewmen aboard the USS …

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Clarence Fanto: Maybe Baker's views is right about stoned drivers - A Brooklyn-based chocolatier is considering buying or leasing the vacant, 51,000-square-foot former J.C. Penney site at the woebegone Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough for a marijuana-cultivation and …

In-house candidate among 3 finalists for North Adams police chief

Timeline in the Joanne Ringer investigation

Edward Reilly, former Pittsfield mayor, dies at 69

Police say Pittsfield pellet gun shooting started over teasing of dog

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Great Barrington: Waldorf school sets open house

Campus Notes: Siena College

Berkshire County Food Pantries

Richmond: Richmond Consolidated 2nd trimester honor roll

Pittsfield: Foster parent information sessions planned

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Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Hoosac Valley team snaps all sorts of streaks in monumental win

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Taconic boys, girls teams reaching Western Mass. finals creates special atmosphere for school

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Berkshire County hoop teams upping intensity, excitement for Western Mass. title runs

MIKE WALSH | THE POWDER REPORT

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Gettin' Sendy and sociable with spring time riding

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Terrain parks at local mountains feature plenty to shred

LOCAL SPORTS

Nine new members inducted to 2019 Berkshire County Girls Basketball Hall of Fame class

PITTSFIELD — Before his passing in 2012, Bob O'Neil, who coached and taught at Pittsfield High and Taconic, often asked a simple, but important question: Why wasn't there a Hall Of Fame for …

Roundup: Williams softball team wins fourth straight

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Derek Johnston continues to rack up NCAA Tournament wins

Mike Walsh | Powder Report: Transitioning to spring? Put on some snowshoes

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: MassWildlife acquires more land in the Berkshires

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Letter: Savoy road crews fight 'chocolate pudding' To the editor:Thank you, Larry Parnass for your Savoy mud warriors story (Eagle, March 20) about our roads — a reality we live with annually.Thanks to Bill and the Savoy road crew for their …

Letter: ER-BMC patient grateful for kind care

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: The new nationalism

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Life under the emergency

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Our Opinion: New Zealand shows resolve on gun violence

The slaughter of 50 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, this month — and that government's swift reaction — prompted discussion here about why sensible gun regulation is …

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Columnists

Andrew L. Pincus: Queechl's jailer reflects

Rinaldo Del Gallo III: Fall River's election lesson

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Anne Horrigan Geary: Let's work together for a better world

Richard Lipez: Fond memories of good airline

Mitchell Chapman: Tuition-free public colleges are just a start

Clellie Lynch: Counting down to the Equinox

Francis Moriarty: China's difficult struggles with its collective memory

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Berkshire Landscapes

'The familiar world re-seen' NORTH ADAMS — A great duality exists in New York. While the city is renowned for its vibrancy, much of its activity occurs after-dark, within shadowy structures on dim streets.Artist and native …

A kind of exhibition 'I'd never seen before: one where I felt represented on the walls'

Not finding what she wanted to knit with, Tina Whitmore created it

NORTH ADAMS — Color. It's the first thing you see when entering the Freia Fibers studio, where yarn, in every hue of the rainbow, seemingly floats midair. The studio is the central hub of …

From store to stove, firefighters are just like us in the kitchen ... except for the gear, of course

Pantry Staples: What can't you live without?

Albany Berkshire Ballet saying 'happy 50th birthday' with new 'Midsummer Night's Dream'

When it comes to classical ballet, the all-male Trocks are en pointe

Opioid crisis fuels new play by Berkshires native Patrick Toole

GREAT BARRINGTON — "You Are Not Alone," a new play about addiction, recovery, and the opioid crisis by Patrick Toole, will be performed March 28-April 6 at the Universalist Unitarian Meeting of …

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Lillian Hellman has her say, and then some, in 'Lillian' at The Whit

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ENTERTAINMENT

Mysteries from the Morgue: Did first published account of maple sugar production in US come from Berkshires?

Did the first written account of maple sugar being made in this country come from the Berkshires? "It Happened First in Berkshire," a column of The Berkshire Eagle, declared it as so April 3, 1940: …