Tanglewood unveils Serge Koussevitzky sculpture commissioned by John Williams

LENOX — The main gate at Tanglewood has a dramatic new look this season, thanks to the installation of a sculpture honoring the music festival's founding father, Serge Koussevitzky. The work by …

Lee man critical after NY crash COPAKE, N.Y. — A Berkshire County man is in critical condition after being thrown from his vehicle Saturday following a one-car crash in Columbia County.Ian Caden, 26, of Lee, was driving north …

Look Ahead, Pittsfield: Salty overages, metered parking debate and a pickleball showdown The City Council will consider $1.4 million in deficit spending for snow and ice on Tuesday, about which several councilors have already voiced displeasure. They say the budgetary overages, stemming …

Mall Stall: A special web series examining the Berkshire Mall owner’s troubled empire

As Kohan buys more malls, tenants live in limbo

Wayne Riniker knew his employer was in trouble — and had been since paying too much for this mall on a rise west of the Mississippi River.

Berkshire Business Insider

Homecoming: Big Elm Brewing is putting the focus back on local clients after expansion plans falter SHEFFIELD — Three years ago, Big Elm Brewing of Sheffield added a new distributor and set its sights on expansion beyond Berkshire County. It did not go so well.

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LOCAL NEWS

Pittsfield Fire Department christens new engine PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield firefighters ushered in a new fire engine on Monday with some good, old-fashioned manpower. Literally.About a dozen blaze battlers gathered around the new 2019 Seagrave …

Dalton seeks to lower debt ahead of Wahconah project

Norman Rockwell's granddaughter talks about researching 'the man behind the hype'

Lee hires second consultant to assess solar array plan

Safety concerns in North Adams after budget cuts eliminate city-paid lifeguards at Windsor Lake

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Sculpture of Serge Koussevitzky unveiled

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Pittsfield: Yudkin to lecture on Haydn

Pittsfield: BCC celebrates 50 years of nursing program

Great Barrington: Illustrator leads art, music event

Birth Announcement

Pittsfield: Fourth of July parade gains $4K

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Sports

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Finish of spring sports brings abrupt end for athletes

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: UMass hoops coach not worried about youthful roster

Howard Herman | Designated Hitter: Summer baseball has arrived

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: A final farewell to 'Gige'

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Bateman Jimmy Fund Fishing Derby draws big crowd

LOCAL SPORTS

Mertes-Wilson get hot at right time to claim Pewter Cup title

PITTSFIELD — The third time was the charm for Wyckoff Country Club do Michael Mertes and Joe Wilson. In their third year attending the Pewter Cup at Berkshire Hills Country Club, the team from …

2018-19 The Berkshire Eagle All Stars: Softball

Berkshire County Sports Notes: Co-Op unbeaten to softball title; Julieano wins international free throw competition

Local Roundup: Brockton Rox homer past Pittsfield Suns in 10 innings

Photos: Pittsfield Suns play Brockton Rox

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Opinion

Letters

Letter: Parking meters aren't friendly to elderly To the editor:As an elderly person, I am not open to learning how to use digital parking meters and entering my license plate number into the meter. This is especially true on a blustery day when it …

Letter: Suffer the little children, thanks to Trump

Podcast | Don Morrison: Advice for the war-lorn

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Dead men tell no tales

Podcast | Don Morrison commentary: Smooted and Hawleyed

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Our Opinion

Our Opinion: Judicial push-back against ICE overreach

President Trump has politicized the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, employing it to further an anti-immigration agenda that appeals to his political base. But on Thursday in …

Columnists

Carole Owens: Seeing Nature's wonders with a worldly group

Jamie Gass: Make room for Pushkin, literary greats in schools

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Columnists

Lauren R. Stevens: Living with our friend the beaver

Andrew L. Pincus: Noise is power - but so is silence

David Pill: New school buildings should be last option

Bernard A. Drew | Our Berkshires: Two million miles without a single ticket

Dalton Delan | The Unspin Room: Put down phone, pick up crossword

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Berkshire Landscapes

Barrington Stage Company journeys 'Into the Woods' and comes out a winner PITTSFIELD — Joe Calarco has done it again. The director who gave us two of Barrington Stage Company's more memorable productions in recent years — "Ragtime" in 2017 and "Breaking the …

Contemporary, feisty flamenco BECKET — Irene Rodriguez performs her own melding of flamenco, Afro-Cuban rhythm and contemporary movement, with live musicians on saxophone, percussion, bass and guitar.An internationally …

Bascom Lodge: Dinner with a spectacular view

Bascom Lodge atop Mount Greylock offers "food with altitude."Like its patrons, staff and supplies must travel up the long and winding road to the 3,491 foot summit to Massachusetts' highest peak, …

New musical charts rise of rock 'n' roll, Alan Freed

Music review: Three operas as one, or, a Baroque mashup at the Mahaiwe

Thom Smith | NatureWatch: How does a monarch get from Mexico to Great Barrington?

Straight Up with Peggy Ciepiela: 'It's the greatest job I've ever had'

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ENTERTAINMENT

'Toy Story 4' opens big, but below expectations

NEW YORK — "Toy Story 4" brought the box office to life with a $118 million opening weekend after a three-week slump of underperforming sequels, but the Pixar film's below-expectations debut …