PITTSFIELD — Seven of the eight remaining candidates vying for six seats on the city’s School Committee participated in a community forum on Monday, nearly two weeks before voters head to the polls.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
State Rep. Paul Mark, a Peru Democrat first elected in 2010, is running to represent the Berkshires in the state Senate. He has the backing of…
Danny Jin
Statehouse reporter
Attention climbers: Have at it. After two years of preparation, Hanging Mountain is open to the public.
Felix Carroll
Reporter
Get ready Berkshires: it could be a cold, long, wintery season ahead.
Jess Gamari
Digital content creator
Brian P. McCreary of North Adams, who was photographed at the front of mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has pleaded guilty to a mi…
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
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Find out how hard the delta variant hit your town in Berkshire County with this graph.
The Berkshire Eagle's daily recap on key COVID-19 data for Berkshire County and the state.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
Lenox resident Betsy Dovydenas details her ordeal at the hands of a local pastor.
PITTSFIELD — Enrollment is up slightly this fall at Berkshire Community College as the learning institution continues to deal with challenges presented by the pandemic.
Unusually pleasant weather for the first half of October has transitioned to a normal chill with November only two weeks away.
The threat of wide-spread severe weather — including a tornado — all but fizzled Saturday evening as a line of thunderstorms swept through the Berkshires with some high winds and heavy downpours.
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y. issued a tornado warning for the northern part of the county around 6 p.m. However, no tornado touchdown and authorities in North Berkshire reported on Sunday no significant damage from the storms.
Dick Lindsay
General reporter
CHESHIRE — Several police and first responder agencies continued their search on Sunday for an Adams woman missing since Friday in Cheshire.
Dick Lindsay
General reporter
A 69-year-old woman avoided injury after she was chased down by a New York man driving a stolen Nissan on Dawes Avenue Wednesday morning, police said in a report. The defendant, 25-year-old Ame J. Dennis, is being held without bail and was ordered to undergo a mental health competency examination.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
For the most part, the booster club has been relatively exclusive – limited largely to people who got two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during the original rollout, and only specific subsets of those recipients.
Francesca Paris
Data and public records reporter
The Food and Drug Administration last week issued new guidelines for daily salt consumption based on what was termed an epidemic of dietary illnesses. Few Americans will like thinking about the sodium content of what they eat because Americans love salt. But how much is too much?
What’s happening to inflation? We know, of course, what the current numbers say: Inflation is high right now, although not 1970s high. But is …
A nation is a community of people that, at best, is held together by a common story. When I was a kid, I was told a certain triumphalist story…
Accountability is critical to the success of any organization, particularly the key role your leaders need to play by holding themselves and others accountable. But, it’s not so easy to do in part, I think, because of the fear of confrontation that is part of American culture.
BOSTON (AP) — A street musician who performed a rendition of John Legend's hit “All of Me" in Boston over the weekend had one particularly app…
BOSTON (AP) — A civil rights group filed a federal complaint Monday on behalf of a Haitian American group in Boston over the treatment of near…
A House employee who was last in the State House on Friday tested positive for COVID-19.
State Rep. Paul Mark plans to announce his campaign for state Senate on Monday.
The annual Veterans Day Parade will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will be held at Veterans Memorial Park on South Street.
The Lenox Library's Distinguished Lecture Series continues on Sunday, Oct. 24, via Zoom with Peter Lazes and Dr. Marie Rudden, authors of "From the Ground Up: How Frontline Staff Can Save America’s Healthcare."
ADAMS — The Adams Memorial High School Class of 1970 held a celebration of 51 years post-graduation from high school on Friday and Saturday, S…
The city has announced its Street Improvement Project schedule for the week of Oct. 18-22.
In her new single, Pittsfield-native R&B singer Raiche dives into handling insincere apologies from your significant other, knowing your self-worth and finding the strength to move on. Raiche is a force to be reckoned with, in more ways than one.
Turn on your Halloween playlist, find your favorite local spirits, and get ready to mix some delectable drinks from the safety of your own kit…
The 22nd FilmColumbia Festival at the Crandell Theatre will offer its trademark collection of movies that have made a splash at festivals around the nation and world this year, some of which will be heard from again when awards season arrives in a couple of months. The festival will screen just under 40 films from Oct. 22 to 31.
The division between the worlds of craft, decorative and fine arts has been slowly dissolving for the past decade. A new exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art aims to shatter what's left of those barriers.
"Ceramics in the Expanded Field," opening Saturday, Oct. 16, brings together eight artists who integrate ceramics with other artistic practices, including photography, video, painting and performance.
Columnist John Seven's latest streaming service recommendations include "The Last Word" on Netflix and Peacock's "We Are Lady Parts."
Every transformation has good people behind it, and the incredibly skilled members of Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners Inc. are certainly …
Ken and Michelle Geitz own a small, quirky store, "Where'd You Get That!?" in Williamstown that features unusual toys, gifts and games. Transplanted New Yorkers, the Gietz have kept their business running for 30 years.
Alexandra Dest is the founder and CEO of Willow Investments of Pittsfield, a company that reflects her core beliefs that include what she refers to as "loving change."
Bjorn Somlo, who owns two restaurants in the Berkshires and has received acclaim for his work as a chef, expresses his opinions on food, the restaurant business, and how current building codes can hamper development in Gateway Cities like Pittsfield in this week's executive spotlight.
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NORTH ADAMS — Elli Miles scored four goals as the Drury girls kept their season humming right along with a 6-0 drubbing on Pioneer Valley.
Wahconah's Pat McLaughlin wins the Western Mass. Division II individual championship by one shot over three golfers, including Taconic's Nate Murphy. McLaughlin and Murphy will play in the state championship next week in Wayland.
WILLIAMSTOWN — For Senior Day at Waubeeka Golf Links, Mount Greylock loaded up with Cayden Conry, Alex Axt and Cameron Turner leading the Moun…
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield High rolled by neighboring Taconic on Saturday morning at Kirvin Park as part of a city rivalry doubleheader with the girls.
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
