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A cantankerous, brilliant filmmaker. A legendary songwriter who gave her blessing. And emotionally struggling young people from sea to shining sea. They all stepped up to help a Stockbridge woman with "a crazy idea" create a musical public service announcement that urges young people in distress to find help from friends.
Captain Ahab, a 40-pound wooden lawn ornament, has gone on many adventures with his caretaker, Geeg Wiles, of North Adams. The latest? A trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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“It’s awful, just terrible,” said Thomas Moore, owner of Williamstown tree service The Tree Guy. “We’re losing trees like crazy. It’s like a perfect storm.”
Dick Dassatti is a local celebrity. He can’t walk through downtown without stopping to chat with friends three or four times. It’s like he is the mayor, but he’s not. He’s something better: He’s been a mail carrier on the same route for 36 years, until his retirement last week.
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A new omicron subvariant is spreading rapidly, with risks especially high for non-boosted or single-boosted people.
In the year since the first of the federal coronavirus relief money was delivered to Pittsfield's bank accounts, officials have allocated or earmarked close to $23 million worth of projects — slightly more than half what's headed to the city.
After a three-year pandemic hiatus, the BSO remodels its legacy Days in the Arts (DARTS) program to fit a shifting "normal."
Voters will decide whether to re-elect Andrea Harrington, who has dedicated herself to reforming how prosecutors pursue justice, or to give local defense attorney Timothy Shugrue a chance to — in his words in March —“reinvigorate the office.”
The two Democrats running for Berkshire County sheriff participated Wednesday in a forum ahead of the first contested election in over a decade.
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The Berkshire Eagle’s classical music critics over the last century is a short list of long stints. Jay Rosenfeld, who started the job in 1919…
A new omicron subvariant is spreading rapidly, with risks especially high for non-boosted or single-boosted people.
“Remarkably normal” might sound like an oxymoron. Amid the fanfare of Pittsfield’s Fourth of July Parade, though, that description from one pa…
Supporters of an initiative aimed at improving access to dental care pitched the measure in Boston Common on Wednesday before dropping off the signatures required to get the question on the ballot.
Law enforcement agencies did not have intelligence ahead of time about a white supremacist organization's plans to march through downtown Boston over the holiday weekend, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday as local, state and federal officials urged residents to remain vigilant about radicalization in their communities.
During its first session of the final month of serious legislating, the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday released and passed a bill further extending some pandemic-era policies.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a fisherman believed to have fallen overboard from a fishing trawler near Marth's Vineyard. Crewmates of the man contacted the Coast Guard early Friday morning after he disappeared from the Susan Rose, a 77-foot-long fishing vessel based in Point Judith, R.I. Coast Guard cutters and aircraft searched for the man on Friday and Saturday morning in the waters between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard. On Saturday afternoon the Coast Guard announced it had suspended the search. The missing 54-year-old fisherman has not been identified.
The 19th Summer Noontime Concert Series opens Monday, July 11, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 35 Park St., with Tenor Irwin Reese, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for 23 years, performing "Spiritual Journey."
The Bookstore will host Gerald Elias, author and musician, to celebrate his new book, “Cloudy With a Chance of Murder,” on Monday, July 11, at DARE Bottleshop, 11 Housatonic St., Suite 4.
Berkshire Lyric invites children ages 6 to 13 to sing with the Lyric Children’s Chorus at their 2022 Summer Choral Music Camp from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 1 to 5 at the Unitarian Universalist Church.
Images Cinema will present Family Flicks Under the Stars, its annual free outdoor film series, on three consecutive Sundays, July 10 to 17, on Morgan Lawn, at the top of Spring Street.
This week, NatureWatch columnist Thom Smith answers questions about American goldfinches and cowbirds.
"Concerts in the Dell,” a live music series on six consecutive Thursday nights from 6 to 8 p.m., kicks off at The Mount on July 14.
STOCKBRIDGE — Dreams die hard in playwright Tara L. Wilson Noth’s “B.R.O.K.E.N. code B.I.R.D. switching.” Figuratively speaking, the shards of…
Captain Ahab, a 40-pound wooden lawn ornament, has gone on many adventures with his caretaker, Geeg Wiles, of North Adams. The latest? A trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanglewood's first official concert of the season opens 8 p.m., Friday, July 8, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its superb music director, Andris Nelsons, and featuring two soloists.
You know the joke: there are no guarantees in life except death and taxes. But while there’s no getting out of your annual obligations to the …
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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Shakespeare & Company will host a one-week professional development workshop for teachers from July 11 through July 16 at the company’s Lenox campus.
ExtraSpecialTeas, a teahouse that employs adults with special needs, is planning to open an outdoor event and dining space at its new location in Housatonic.
Pittsfield National opens the District I Don Gleason 10-12 Little League tournament with a win over Dalton-Hinsdale
ADAMS — The scoreboard got quite the workout during the first game of a Little League doubleheader on Wednesday night.
Tim Cianciolo struck out 12 Worcester batters on Wednesday, setting a Pittsfield team record and the Suns beat Worcester for their second straight victory.
Pittsfield American opened District I Little League Tournament play with a run-rule victory over host Adams-Cheshire.
The Associated Press tracks down some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals that were shared widely on social media.
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