Streetwise clinician helps bring more humane approach to police calls in Berkshires

Heat lightning flashed against the night sky as Richard Collins and three Pittsfield Police officers descended on a Memorial Drive home. The lights were on and the door was ajar.Just inside, …

Pets need special care during heat waves, group says Many pet owners might not realize that high temperatures can be worse on their furry friends, who don't have the option of stripping down to their cargo shorts.The Berkshire Humane …

Steam bath: Caution advised as rare string of hot days reaches Berkshires Oppressive. Dangerous. Those warnings, rarely voiced by government forecasters in our region, sum up the tropical steam bath Berkshire residents and visitors will endure this weekend. The core of the …

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LOCAL NEWS

Co-responder: A career in crisis work PITTSFIELD — Richard Collins has worked with the Brien Center's Crisis Team for two decades. Before that, he worked as an emergency room technician in Fort Wayne, Ind. That "wild job" prepared …

Co-responders: By the numbers

Co-responders: Section 12 in practice

Berkshires swelter for second day in a row; don't throw in the towel just yet

DEA data: Berkshire County 3rd highest in state for per-person opioid prescriptions

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PHOTO GALLERIES

Westside Community Day

Hot weather

News Photos for the Week of July 15, 2019.

Northern Berkshire Bottle and Can Redemption Center

Third Thursday July 2019

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COMMUNITY NEWS

College Graduates

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Pittsfield: Mosquito spraying scheduled Monday

Senior Bulletin Board, July 22-28

Peru: Beans on tap at yearly townwide picnic Saturday

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During truly hot days, what do you do to stay cool?

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Sports

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Jim Bouton tied to Pittsfield's baseball history

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Looking back on top moments of 2018-19 athletic school year

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Where does UMass fit in sudden conference realignment?

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Western Mass. filled with campsites to fish out of

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Just what is the Berkshire County League of Sportsmen?

LOCAL SPORTS

Pittsfield American beats Holden, will play for Section 1 Little League title at home

PITTSFIELD — It was a bumpy road, but when all was said and done Saturday afternoon, Jack Reed steered the Pittsfield 10-12s to a winner-take all Section 1 championship game at Deming Park on …

Roundup: North Adams SteepleCats rack up 18 hits in home win

Babe Ruth Baseball Roundup: Pittsfield 13s, 14s move to 2-0 at New England regional

Berkshire County Sports Notes, July 21: Basketball skills camp in Pittsfield; 5K to honor late coach Chris Unsworth

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Sean McDonough lends voice to Red Sox broadcasts on WEEI radio

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PUZZLES AND GAMES

Opinion

Letters

Letter: Help veterans first To the editor:Why doesn't the federal government use foreign aid money to building housing for homeless American veterans?Bruce Peck,Pittsfield

Letter: Money wasted in Adams

Podcast | Don Morrison: Go back where you came from

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Don't be cruel

Podcast | Don Morrison: Advice for the war-lorn

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Our Opinion

Our Opinion: Blocking WRHS would hurt district

It doesn't necessarily take the filing and winning of a lawsuit to delay or even end a public project. The threat of a lawsuit can be enough to cause the financial pillars of such a project to shake. …

Columnists

Karen Christensen: Time is right for Berkshire Line

Lauren R. Stevens: Moral leadership is needed on climate change

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Columnists

Bernard A. Drew | Our Berkshires: The progressive women of Windsor

Leonard Quart | Letter From New York: Photographers who were about the work

Dalton Delan | The Unspin Room: Still holding on to the material world

Letter: Pillow director does institution proud

Clellie Lynch: What's in a bird's crest?

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Berkshire Landscapes

'A sublime experience' It started by the sea, tethered to Martha's Vineyard, its presence drawing prominent artists, musicians and more. From there, it was taken north, set to visit historical sites circling Boston. And in …

From furniture to harps: A natural progression for woodworker WEST STOCKBRIDGE — It isn't too difficult to find somebody who builds guitars in Berkshire County, but where do you go if you're in need of a harp?For the past five years, Michael Costerisan …

The Spot still the spot to be

PITTSFIELD — "We've introduced people of all ages to a lot of new products and foods and everyone has generally been really grateful for it," Jonathan Vella said. "That's definitely the most …

Twenty-five years later, 'The Lion King' roars again; this time with Beyonce

LOS ANGELES — It was just a few months ago that director Jon Favreau was sitting in a scoring session with composer Hans Zimmer for "The Lion King," his ambitious and technology-driven …

With 'Gertrude & Claudius,' Barrington Stage Company delivers a love story unlike any other PITTSFIELD — Based on a novel by John Updike, Mark St. Germain's "Gertrude and Claudius" was commissioned by Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in 2016. It took three years and a grant from the Edgerton Foundation for the play to have its world premiere earlier this year in Orlando, Fla., in a production that ran from late February to late March.

American workers come into their own in musical, 'Working,' at Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn Theatre

The beat goes on in slim musical about the father of rock and roll, Alan Freed, at BTG's Colonial Theatre

Welcome to the sublimely antic world of David Ives at Barrington Stage Company

At Shakespeare & Company, 'Twelfth Night' loses its magic in a dance hall in New Jersey

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