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A bone-chilling outbreak of Arctic air straight from northern Canada will blast into the Berkshires after dark on Thursday, prompting government forecasters to issue a wind chill alert for the region from late Thursday night through Saturday afternoon.
Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons will conduct at 11 performances by the orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center players during the orchestra's 85th summer season at Tanglewood. The 2023 summer season includes the Tanglewood debut of legendary rocker Robert Plant, as well as performances by Alison Kraus, James Taylor, the Steve Miller Band, Train, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, John Williams and more.
Already accused of acting as an accomplice in a shooting last year outside Key West Lounge in North Adams, a 26-year-old man is accused of lobbing a threat at a prosecutor.
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The much anticipated Hot Plate Brewery opens Thursday afternoon. The Berkshire Eagle paid the brewery a visit for a preview of customers can expect from Pittsfield's newest downtown addition.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
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The big game is coming up fast and we're already planning our snacks and appetizers selection. No matter what happens on the field, there can only be one winner at the party: Who has the best wings in Berkshire County?
After responding to a serious incident on West Street in which a 30-year-old woman and her 3-year-old daughter were hit by a car, Pittsfield first responders were called to another two accidents in which juvenile pedestrians were hit Monday night.
Town leaders are considering bylaws to increase affordable housing and give current residents new options for rental income.
In a recent email, Superintendent Jake McCandless had good news for the Mount Greylock Regional School District. “Absences from school and the prevalence of COVID-19 within our school community have declined this week, which is wonderful!”
The board allocated $535,000 toward other town projects.
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Thank goodness Speaker Kevin McCarthy has created a House subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government!
Who was that fellow running down this lonesome stretch of road? Haven’t I seen him before, in Windsor, perhaps, during a snowstorm? Or was it in Savoy, when he emerged through a wintry fog?
The death of the pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, was succeeded by a small literary outpouring, a rush of publications that were interpreted as salvos in the Catholic Church’s civil war.
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) _ Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.58 billion.
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In some of his first public remarks since Gov. Maura Healey made him state education secretary, Patrick Tutwiler said his plan for tackling challenges in Massachusetts' education system is to "stabilize, heal, transform" — then "rethink" what school is and what it could be.
The Great Barrington Rotary Club's 2023 scholarship applications are available. Scholarships are due electronically by April 15.
CNN political analyst and author Julian E. Zelizer will discuss his latest book, "Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past," at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Stockbridge Library.
The Clark Art Institute's Fun on First Sundays program on Feb. 5 will focus on the weather. Also on Sunday, Bill Nace and Matt Krefting will perform a concert on the heels of their new LP release, "The Academy." Concert tickets are required.
Pittsfield High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2022-2023 school year.
The big game is coming up fast and we're already planning our snacks and appetizers selection. No matter what happens on the field, there can only be one winner at the party: Who has the best wings in Berkshire County?
Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons will conduct at 11 performances by the orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center players during the orchestra's 85th summer season at Tanglewood. The 2023 summer season includes the Tanglewood debut of legendary rocker Robert Plant, as well as performances by Alison Kraus, James Taylor, the Steve Miller Band, Train, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, John Williams and more.
This week, columnist Thom Smith dispels the myth that all bears hibernate in winter and helps readers identify birds visiting their backyards.
Grandma would tell me there was a right way, a technique, a method that could be carried from one recipe to the next. My child self wanted fast, easy, make‘em, bake‘em and eat‘em.
Barrington Stage's 2023 season includes a host of familiar faces and productions of "Cabaret," "Blues for an Alabama Sky," "A New Brain," "The Happiest Man on Earth," "tiny father" and "Faith Healer."
Attorneys John J. Martin, Jr., Andrew M. Hochberg, and David R. Cianflone are pleased to announce the formation of a new law firm in Pittsfiel…
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The much anticipated Hot Plate Brewery opens Thursday afternoon. The Berkshire Eagle paid the brewery a visit for a preview of customers can expect from Pittsfield's newest downtown addition.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation has reconfigured Western Massachusetts for the state’s Home Modification Loan program into four sub-regions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin to conduct the cash rents and leases survey Feb. 6.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and its department of business administration are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to offer free tax preparation services to local residents in need through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program beginning Feb. 6.
Pittsfield's Grace Ungewitter and Monument Mountain's Kitson Stover swept two races at Bousquet Monday night. The Spartans girls picked up two more team wins as well.
Olivia Gamberoni had 24 points as the Warriors doubled up Holyoke. Seamus Barnes had a big fourth quarter for the Mounties, and the McCann Tech girls hung with Pope Francis on Tuesday.
Hoosac Valley fell behind early and wasn't able to make up the deficit to beat Springfield International.
The North Adams SteepleCats will open the 2023 NECBL season on Wednesday, June 7, at Joe Wolfe Field against the Valley Blue Sox.
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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A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2022
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 66th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
The annual guide to preparing your home for the coming New England winter.
Berkshire Community College presents an annual roundup of forty young leaders making a difference in Berkshire County.
Embrace warmer weather with the Berkshire Eagle's guide to backyard improvement.
