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As a crowd gathered around the front steps of the Post Office to hear different acapella groups from Williams College perform, a long line of families waited patiently for free hot chocolate. Meanwhile, hundreds of others waited cheerfully on the sidewalks, greeting neighbors and strangers as they all waited for the big event. At the same time, dozens of dogs in holiday haberdashery were gathering with their human pals on a lawn nearby, preparing to make their way down Spring Street for the annual Reindog Parade.
The Eagle’s new printing press is now in full operation, following an installation this fall that Fred Rutberg has described as akin to “a complicated military maneuver.”
Felix Carroll
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Dr. Scott Goffin of Great Barrington, whose office was visited by the FBI in October, performed procedures on Medicare patients at rates significantly higher than other Massachusetts dermatologists. In 2019, he took in more than $1.6 million in Medicare payments.
Francesca Paris
Data and public records reporter
The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit is investigating the discovery of a dead body in Pittsfield State Forest, according to a release from the Berkshire District Attorney's Office.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Saturday that a case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the state.
The Toys For Tots campaign in Berkshire County is in the homestretch, with hundreds of people donating new, unwrapped toys at drop boxes stationed at 150 locations throughout the county. Berkshire coordinator Christopher Keegan says the need has tripled in the seven years he has overseen the holiday charity. The toy drive lasts through Christmas Eve.
After a staff exodus from Town Hall, a batch of new employees arrives in Sandisfield and new practices are installed.
A hazardous spill from a truck transporting aluminum sulfate that started in North Adams and ended in Pownal, Vt. shut down part of Route 7 near the Stewart's Shops convenience store just north of the Williamstown border early Saturday morning.
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Pipe dreams aside, today I’d like to take a look at ananyms and anadromes. Ananyms are backward names; anadromes are backward words.
Holiday season scams will be closely followed by winter scams, followed by Valentine’s Day scams. Entering December brings a renewed effort by scammers.
Russia’s coat of arms features a double-headed eagle — a fierce bird of prey that simultaneously looks West and East. Ukrainians lampoon this …
Recently, while driving from Great Barrington to Stockbridge, another car went to pass me. I was in the narrow stretch heading north after pas…
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is upset that her beloved Mariah Carey Christmas album has gone missing, but she nee…
Phil Saviano was a clergy sex abuse survivor whose courage to go public and resolve to hold abusers and their enablers accountable inspired an…
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Mass…
A passenger rail link between Boston and Western Massachusetts is "one of the most essential infrastructure investments we anticipate making" now that a federal infrastructure package has been signed into law, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said Thursday.
Dalton United Methodist Church, 755 Main St., will sell Christmas cookie platters this holiday season as a church fundraiser. Order deadline is Dec. 11.
Stockbridge Festival Chorus will resume offering live indoor concerts with its Christmas concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at First Congregational Church, 4 Main St.
The Pittsfield High School Orchestra will perform its holiday concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at St. Mark Church, 400 West St.
The Great Barrington Historical Commission is hosting a book launch and book signing party for “Great Barrington Here & Gone” by local historian Bernard A. Drew at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Saint James Place.
Arts and Culture
The Berkshire Museum's newest exhibit, "Museum of the Moon" is on display through Jan. 9, 2022.
More than 18 months after closing, Gramercy Bistro is back. Chef/owner Alexander "Sandy" Smith reopened the restaurant on Oct. 21 in a new Williamstown location — at the corner of Water and Main streets, a space once occupied by the former Hops & Vines restaurant.
Mahaiwe audiences are in for a treat when comediennes Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery bring their cabaret-style show “A Swingin’ Little Christmas” to town on Friday, Dec. 10, for an evening of tight harmonies and high jinks.
Berkshire Theatre Group's production of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical" at the Colonial Theatre begins with previews Dec. 2-3 and runs through Dec. 23.
Viewer's Discretion columnist John Seven recommends two French series this time around, "Mythomaniac" on Netflix and "He Even Has Your Eyes" on Topic.
Pittsfield, Mass. — As the pandemic winds down and the world reopens, BBE President Dan Proskin is focused on creating options that fulfill sp…
Business
Sandisfield native Ryan Salame, a cryptocurrency CEO based in the Bahamas, has invested about $5 million into the Lenox dining scene under the umbrella of Lenox Eats.
PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Music School has added two faculty members, hired an operations manager, appointed new officers to its board of trustees and formed an advisory board.
Catheryn Chacon and Lilliana Atanacio are the co-presidents of Latinas413, an organization that was formed last year to assist Latinas in the Berkshire with economic and social capital.
Sandisfield native Ryan Salame, a cryptocurrency CEO based in the Bahamas, has invested about $5 million into the Lenox dining scene under the umbrella of Lenox Eats.
Head coach Matt McCall's 100th career victory on the sidelines came as UMass turned a 17-point deficit into a 10-point win over Harvard on Saturday in Amherst.
After Don Brown's introductory press conference this week at UMass, columnist Howard Herman looks deeper at the new, old coach's first impressions and gets the take from a local high school coach familiar with Brown's style.
The spirit of legendary Williams College ski coach Ralph Townsend lives on during columnist Lauren R. Stevens' hike through the old Berlin Mountain Ski Area.
In Episode 5 of the podcast "Sully," Dominic Dastoli speaks with golf pros, Wyantenuck members and friends of Tom Sullivan, who detail the unrelenting generosity and kindness of Sully. Whether you were an opponent, student or friend of a friend, Sully had the time to help you get right on and off the golf course.
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
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers.
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 65th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
News, information and resources geared towards senior citizens and their caregivers, in the Berkshires and beyond
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.
