Central Berkshires

Lanesborough's town administrator search consultant, Community Paradigm Associates says the town has challenging times ahead finding a replacement for Kelli Robbins who suddenly resigned at the end of June.Founder and managing principal of the Plymouth firm, Bernard Lynch told the Select Boa…

DALTON — A tropical storm last month welcomed the Ziegler family to Dalton. But, this is a clan accustomed to searching the heavens.

William Porter Jr. of Pittsfield, has won a $1 million Massachusetts State Lottery prize. 

PITTSFIELD — The COVID-19 outbreak at the Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction has slowed, with just three additional positive tests in almost a week.

RICHMOND — Residents attending Tuesday’s special town meeting unanimously approved an article correcting an error in the funding language for the town center project on land adjoining the Richmond Consolidated School.

Several town boards and committees have endorsed the proposed mixed-income development for 65 affordable and workforce rental apartments on 13 acres across from Lenox Commons, near the Courtyard by Marriott.

The Lee Select Board is ready to name the ad hoc group that will help it find a new town administrator

A city council vote Tuesday nixed a proposal for a public forum on a mountain bike course proposed for Springside Park. But, a group of residents said they will remain steadfast in fighting the project.

The state has offered to construct a new roundabout in Dalton at the intersection at South and Main streets. Town officials asked residents whether or not they want to go along with that plan.

Project architect Brian Humes on Tuesday night informed the Lanesborough Select Board that a cost estimator pegged the bottom line at $4.3 million. Several town officials in attendance said figures of $2 million to $3 million had been tossed about as the building's design was being drawn up.

PITTSFIELD — Interim Director of Public Health Andy Cambi told the Pittsfield City Council Tuesday that the city was not “where we want to be” after another coronavirus death was reported in the city over the weekend.

An analysis of coverage gaps and a telecommunications master plan are needed before the 25-year-old town regulations can be updated, the Planning Board determined.

Members of a Dalton Fire Department team providing post-Ida relief to a Louisiana crew helped save a house during an early-morning call Tuesday. 

The city of Pittsfield’s Building Maintenance Department has begun the annual process of winterization at several parks.

Officials in Dalton go to lengths to explain why one event permit approval can't be compared to a neighboring property's recent permit denial.