As costs rise, Elm Court hotel project buys a little time

LENOX — The Zoning Board of Appeals has given developers of the historic Elm Court property breathing room to begin construction of their 112-room hotel, restaurant and spa. The board voted 5-0 …

South County child rape case goes to jury Monday PITTSFIELD — From the witness stand Friday, 48-year-old Albert Dumont repeatedly denied each of the accusations against him that he, on multiple occasions, sexually assaulted a preteen …

Ready to rock: Young musicians shake off performance blues PITTSFIELD — When Valerie Campsie first walked into RockOn, a two-week summer program for young musicians, she was nervous."My first year here, I would stand around all shy," Campsie said, …

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Podcast | TheBeat: Local government in the Berkshires This week, we hear from Eagle correspondent Clarence Fanto on Stockbridge's local government troubles and Eagle reporter Amanda Drane on the Facebook spat between the Pittsfield mayor and a …

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DEA data: Berkshire County 3rd highest in state for per-person opioid prescriptions Drug companies supplied Berkshire County pharmacies and health care practitioners with more than 32 million pain pills from 2006 to 2012, according to recently released Drug Enforcement …

Alan Chartock | I, Publius: Fairview Hospital needs more full-time specialists

Moviemaker Douglas Trumbull recalls role in CBS' moon-landing coverage

Victim reports sex offender's coaching role with Housatonic youth league

Police investigating shots fired near Greylock Apartments in North Adams

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Northern Berkshire Bottle and Can Redemption Center

Third Thursday July 2019

Broadlawn Farm on the way back from September fire

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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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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

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

LOCAL SPORTS

Sheffield Post 340 records mercy-rule win over Belchertown in American Legion Western Mass. playoffs

LENOX — The American Legion season is brief, and can require a short-term memory.There's no time to get down, so Sheffield Post 340 didn't. After a drag of an opening half-frame, the local …

Roundup: Pittsfield 14s, 13s Babe Ruth teams win regional openers

Wildgoose walks it off as Pittsfield American tops Agawam in 10-12 Little League Section 1 tournament

Pittsfield Post 68 perseveres, rallies past Monson in American Legion Western Mass. tournament opener

Roundup: Pittsfield American 12s win Section 1 opener

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Letter: We can add Tubman to $20 bill To the editor:I am not one who breaks the rules. Having said that, I just purchased online a stamp to add Harriet Tubman's face to the $20 bill. Her image was all set to be printed on the bill in …

Letter: Treatment of Irsfelds embarrassed Dalton

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: 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. …

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

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

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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?

John Dickson: UK ambassador had Trump pegged

Carole Owens: Our changing local democracies

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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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