Central Berkshires

To entice Berkshire residents, the Main Gate box office began three days of in-person ticket sales on Thursday. Nearly 100 people turned out for the 10 a.m. start, many seeking tickets to the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss show on July 2. 

Select Board Chairman Patrick White’s plan, as revised, would allow year-round and second-home owners to offer accessory dwelling units, especially for long-term renters.

A project to fix up the Springside House has been decades in the making. The award of a national grant seemed like a bright next chapter for the project. But a new shadow has been cast on the project's future as the city's finance committee remains split how the city should match the grant funds. 

Most educators at Pittsfield schools want to limit Chromebook usage to the classroom. Students and families want to keep the laptops. District administrators are working to find the happy medium as survey results come out.

Volunteers with the Pittsfield Education Foundation feel their efforts have been eclipsed by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. The foundation, which has funded various programs and training in the schools since 2016, will sunset this spring.

When someone used a flame torch to thaw a home's frozen pipe last winter, setting a slow-burning fire, a city officials told homeowners who find themselves in similar binds to call a professional. 

Under pressure from town leaders, the School Committee and district administrators are working on pruning the 2023-24 budget proposal to reduce the property-tax impact on residents.

The list of burned out and blighted properties in Pittsfield will grow a little shorter in the coming weeks as two turn of the century homes come down. City officials already know which properties will come down next — two homes on Vivian Avenue and a Von Nida Avenue home neighbors think of …

Alisa Costa, the former director for the Berkshire Bridges, announced that she’s throwing her hat into the upcoming race for City Council.

The Lenox window will be open this Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for in-person sales, including the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss show on July 2. 

Four years after the state deemed the Holmes Road bridge unsafe for two lanes of traffic, work on a permanent solution has begun. It's a fix neighbors have long waited for, but it's not without its own challenges.