Central Berkshires

The new School Committee has its work cut out for it with a school safety study, staffing and sub shortages, the coronavirus and a new budget season. 

Lenox Superintendent Marc J. Gosselin has appealed to parents to overcome COVID concerns and send their kids to school since cases have been few and mostly occurred during the holiday break.

Health Director Andy Cambi's coronavirus report, delivered at the first City Council meeting of the year, showed that since October vaccinated residents have been hospitalized at about half the rate of unvaccinated residents.

In the end, a “massive” plan to transform a family-owned summer camp into a national RV destination was deemed to be too much for a small town. The Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Tuesday night to reject a special permit application filed by Northgate Resort Ventures LLC.

Lanesborough will hold a special town meeting Jan. 22 on 15 articles, highlighted by three, six-figure public works projects and a potential date change for the annual town meeting.  

Meet Jacob Klein, 14, founder and CEO of berkshireweather.com. A self-described "weather warlock," he’s the new voice of climate conditions on WTBR (89.7-FM).

Roots Rising has been awarded a $7,500 grant to support its new urban youth farm in Pittsfield. 

The state’s land court delays ruling on a lawsuit by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council against the Richmond Zoning Board and a neighborhood group on whether the council must seek a special permit for recreation on its Hollow Fields reserve.

PCB dump opponents in Lee have forced the town to delay working on a new master plan, concerned about the agency Lee was to hire is too closely involved with the proposed toxic landfill. 

Continuing its review of a proposed Lenox Brewpub, the Lenox Zoning Board of Appeals focused on the safety questions around the restaurant's location on a high-speed stretch of state highway. 

Fearing future court action by an unhappy applicant, a member of the Hinsdale ZBA asked the town a not-so-hypothetical question: Is he covered, legally?

The Pittsfield schools superintendent told families that a closure at this point would likely be caused by increasing cases among staff members that could "interfere with our ability to safely supervise students."

HINSDALE — A joint venture involving Silver Therapeutics, a cannabis business with operations in Williamstown and Orange, is close to filing an application to grow in a Hinsdale neighborhood.

The new Lanesborough town administrator Josh Lang and Finance Committee have begun the fiscal 2023 budget process by vowing to come up with a budget the town needs and can afford.

At look at the 100 words that Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer used most often in her State of the City Address on Monday.