At All Stars Gala, athletes reveal what they tell themselves when the going gets rough

PITTSFIELD — They bounded up steps in their Wednesday best, striding forward for handshakes and photos.On this night, the determination that earns athletic distinction was in the rearview for …

Stockbridge administrator has lone interview for Richmond post RICHMOND — Much to the surprise of the Richmond Select Board, Stockbridge Town Administrator Danielle Fillio was the only one of the three finalists for the open administrator position to …

Mass RMV chief resigns over NH bike tragedy CONCORD, N.H. — The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of …

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.

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Pittsfield plant included in Tokyo company's deal to buy Interprint PITTSFIELD — A Japan-based global printing company has announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase Interprint from its Germany-based parent firm.Toppan Printing of Tokyo has agreed …

Pittsfield Police confiscate truckload of illegal fireworks

Police arrest 2 on drug charges after one tries to pay with counterfeit bill at Pittsfield Dunkin'

Woman who crashed car into Lanesborough eatery acquitted of OUI

Phyllis McGuire: Praise overdue for a library's friendly face

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Berkshire Eagle 2019 All Stars

Working Cities Pittsfield Picnic

Michelle Lopez

In the Pit for In the Woods

Ellen Merritt's retirement party

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Lenox: Summer reading program opens

Dalton: K of C awards scholarships

Pittsfield: Professor to speak on suffrage victory

Birth announcement

West Stockbridge: Library plans kids' summer activities

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Howard Herman | Designated Hitter

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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

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LOCAL SPORTS

Berkshire County's best shine bright at The Berkshire Eagle All Stars Gala

PITTSFIELD — Jack Racette had to think a minute when he was asked about being named the boys' basketball coach of the year at the second annual The Berkshire Eagle All Stars Gala. After all, …

2018-19 The Berkshire Eagle All Stars: Boys Lacrosse

Roundup: SteepleCats win rain-shortened game

Pittsfield Little League city championship game is set

Roundup: SteepleCats halt losing skid; All-Berkshire boys lacrosse teams announced

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Letters

Letter: Provide lifeguards on Windsor Lake To the editor:As a longtime citizen of North Adams who cares a great deal about our kids, I was chagrined to learn in The Eagle (June 24) that the North Adams city government has cut funding for …

Letter: Mall could make an excellent concert venue

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: For future's sake, Church must confront past

The acknowledgment by the Springfield Diocese that former Catholic Bishop Christopher J. Weldon has been credibly accused of sexually abusing an altar boy is welcome, yet overdue. As is too often the …

Columnists

Lee Harrison: Is Pelosi channeling FDR?

Edward Lane: GND and Modern Monetary Policy

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

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

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

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Berkshire Landscapes

Belltower Records: Where music is sold and played North Adams — Visitors of Belltower Records may find themselves in the middle of a band's tuning session the next time they pick up vinyls.Since acquiring the entire music collection of the now …

5 things to do if you're on a budget this week Take a lookDownstreet Art's season begins tonight, 5 to 8 p.m., with gallery openings at Berkshire Art Museum, MCLA Gallery 51 and Installation Space, music by Kids 4 Harmony, a beer garden on Eagle …

At Barrington Stage, playwright weaves a biting, cautionary tale about the white-black divide in America

PITTSFIELD — Sarcasm, anger, pain, drip like sap in Stacey Rose's generally clever, biting, cautionary satire, "America v. 2.1.: The Sad Demise and Eventual Extinction of the American Negro," …

Film clips / June 28 - July 4

ALADDIN (PG)Guy Ritchie — that lover of gritty gangsters and violent action — was always an odd choice to helm a big Disney romantic musical and proves utterly the wrong guy here. …