This week two important issues will compete for public attention: domestic violence and the Berkshire housing market. Two events surrounding the respective topics, the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes … more

RICHMOND — When you take a short course to get a civilian's CPR certificate — that's cardiopulmonary resuscitation — one of the first things you learn is to survey the scene where … more

PITTSFIELD — Last spring, I was inundated with requests from curious and concerned parents and schools about vaping. Vaping among youth had skyrocketed. Particularly I heard questions about the … more

WASHINGTON — Once again, Robert Mueller's "witch hunt" has caught itself a witch. And this is a big one. President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort entered a guilty plea Friday to … more

WASHINGTON — Last December, a week before the holiday break, I received a call from the government of Puerto Rico seeking a meeting to discuss Hurricane Maria and its aftermath. In the cab on … more

WILLIAMSTOWN — Once upon a time, North Adams, and a few households that happened to be along the pipeline in Williamstown, got water from a dammed Broad Brook in Pownal, Vt. Now the city gets … more

If you follow this column you may have noticed a tendency toward nostalgia and song lyrics from the 1960s to punctuate my alerts.Please tolerate this drift into 1970 with John Fogerty and Creedence … more

NORTH ADAMS — Many things are more fun to do when you have company doing them. For the 8th Annual Walk a Mile In Her Shoes, the Elizabeth Freeman Center Board of Directors reminds you that it's … more

PITTSFIELD — Not so long ago, in our very own galaxy, when a football player was slow to rise from the turf after a tackle and stumbled to the sideline muttering incomprehensibly we in the … more

PITTSFIELD — There are three facts about college which appear to be quite clear. College is ferociously expensive. A college education is necessary to hold down a good job. College graduates … more