Williamstown's Chris Conroy got the call he had been hoping for. Conroy, 47, will be the home plate umpire for Game 1 of the 2021 World Series.
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
Narcan can reverse opioid overdoses and save lives. A local lawmaker is again pushing to require first responders to carry the drug, with a le…
Francesca Paris
Data and public records reporter
Big Lots is moving to a new location in Pittsfield, and hopes to have the new store operational by Christmas.
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
After three hours of interviewing two finalists, the Williamstown Select Board decided to hire neither candidate and keep looking for a long-t…
Greta Jochem
Reporter
The town's insurer has paid it around $167,000 allegedly stolen by an employee and is now suing the worker accused of the theft.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
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Find out how hard the delta variant hit your town in Berkshire County with this graph.
Two vandals, one wearing boxing gloves.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
PITTSFIELD — A city woman arrested after allegedly admitting to starting a fire in her apartment at 17 Adam St. on Thursday evening was ordered to undergo an evaluation to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
In many parts of the country, COVID-19 appears to be receding again.
Francesca Paris
Data and public records reporter
As home values soar, the town’s tax rate declines in an effort to keep bills stable.
South Street Veterinary Services has withdrawn its application to the Lenox zoning board for a special permit to purchase and move into the vacant restaurant building at Lenox Commons.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation visited the office of Great Barrington dermatologist Scott Goffin on Thursday. A spokesperson for the agency would not confirm whether the investigation was about Goffin.
Francesca Paris
Data and public records reporter
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
PITTSFIELD — One person was arrested and six were displaced following a fire at 17 Adam St. Thursday evening, authorities said.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Two Williams College students, Abby Matheny and Sabrine Brismeur, are studying uses, and locations, for a proposed forestry center required by state legislation. Still needed: Funding to build and staff it.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
On May 1, 1986, a nuclear fire raged into its fifth day in Chernobyl. But 60 miles to the south, in Kyiv, Ukraine’s largest city, communist au…
Questions continue to linger about the Pittsfield post office’s coronavirus situation as well as its leadership’s lack of cooperation with cit…
The Copake Iron Works in New York's Taconic State Park shares a border with Massachusetts and includes Bash Bish Falls, Massachusetts’s highest waterfall. It also incorporates the site of a major 19th century iron making operation.
The to and fro on Capitol Hill over social and climate policy. and infrastructure spending, bodes ill for a positive outcome.
BOSTON (AP) — Early voting is getting underway in Boston's historic mayoral election.
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The search for a young boy missing for a month in New Hampshire shifted to Massachusetts on Friday.
BOSTON (AP) — For several years, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools had toyed with replacing some of its 1,000 diesel buses with cleaner ele…
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — Wayne Chapman, a child rapist from Massachusetts who said he sexually assaulted as many as 100 victims, has died at a…
The city has announced its Street Improvement Project schedule and sidewalk construction sites for Oct. 25-29.
The Berkshire Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present free Spooktacular events on Saturday, Oct. 30, in Lenox and North Adams. Silent films will be screened with live organ accompaniment by Peter Krasinski, an internationally acclaimed silent film accompanist.
Bingo has returned to St. Mary’s School. The first of these quarterly events will be held Saturday, Oct. 23, in the school gym, 115 Orchard St. Doors open at 1 p.m. and games start at 2:30 p.m.
The Great Barrington Libraries announce "Fiction in the Kitchen," a family cooking class with Colin McCullough, from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, via Zoom.
On Fridays, from 4 to 6 p.m., and Sundays, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Berkshirites can hear the stylings of Martha Escobar and her daughter, Deisy Escobar, on 89.7 WTBR-FM or 97.7 WBCR-FM. The Spanish-language radio program, Mundo Latino: Recordando Tus Raíces, which translates to Latin World: Welcoming Listeners of All Nations, has been broadcasting for the last 14 years.
If you have kids, then you know that thinking about dinner on Halloween is not easy.
It's that time of year again, when gaggles of little ghosts, goblins and ghouls expect sweet treats.
Leonard Bernstein’s “Music for String Quartet” will receive its world premiere as the centerpiece of a Bernstein-themed concert to be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 6, in the Linde Center’s Studio E. The program is a benefit for Stockbridge Library.
Berkshires-based rapper, producer Jackson Whalan and his live band will be stopping by HiLo North Adams, 8 p.m., Oct. 30, to celebrate "Hiloween." We recently caught up with the lyricist to learn the inspiration behind "No," his latest single which is available on all streaming platforms and via music.jacksonwhalan.com/no.
If you’ve ever wanted to start investing in real estate but thought you didn’t have the money, you actually now have the chance.
Business
They say nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. It feels like one other certainty is that taxes are going to increase.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the second time in as many games, the University of Massachusetts scored first. That was the good news.
It was another workmanlike victory for the Williams College football team Saturday. Joel Nicholas ran for 66 yards and scored three touchdowns, one on a pass play, as the Ephs recorded a comfortable 38-21 win at Bates.
CHESHIRE — Securing the throne starts with taking a shot at the crown and that is exactly what the Wildcats did on Saturday.
Television ratings are good. Stadiums from Boston to Atlanta are standing room only. But not everybody is in love with the current iteration o…
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
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 65th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires presents the 2021 Berkshire Nonprofit Awards
The Berkshire Eagle's annual business feature puts a spotlight on downtown renaissances in Berkshire County.
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2020 - February 2021
The Eagle's guide to living with our furry and feathered friends
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