Follow along as Berkshire Eagle reporter Greta Jochem hikes the Appalachian Trail through Massachusetts, giving readers an inside look, in this third dispatch since her trip began Aug. 1, at what the experience is like.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
Located in a 19th century building, The Berkshire Eagle's 20th century newsroom receives a makeover suitable to the modern age.
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
Hope Aguilera has been painting a mural depicting local residents. She hopes it can provide a positive goal to strive for while still raising …
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez
News Reporter
The Pittsfield police officer who shot and killed a distraught man in March will not face criminal charges. The Berkshire District Attorney’s …
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
Survey responses from most union members at the school allege it is a hostile workplace that includes gossip, lack of confidentiality, intimid…
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Today's Top Headlines
Northern Berkshires
In a few months, property owners in the Adams Fire District will be receiving a check for their share of a $600,000 reimbursement for illegally billed service fees, once the judge has approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit.
Scott Stafford
News Reporter
Morgan the goat, the smallest of his family, got a whole lot of attention from dozens of people Tuesday afternoon at the celebration of National Night Out at The Spruces.
Scott Stafford
News Reporter
Take a tour of Mark Stewart's barn in North Adams, where the founding member of Bang on a Can All-Stars makes music with one-of-a-kind instruments made with unusual objects.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
By Tuesday's due date, no prospective buyers submitted proposals to redevelop the long-empty theater. Not even an earlier developer who showed interest.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
Central Berkshires
A day after the release of the District Attorney's investigation, those who knew Miguel Estrella struggle to place their feelings.
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez
News Reporter
Pittsfield announced Friday that it was implementing mandatory water restrictions beginning Monday, Aug. 8, that will last from 7 a.m. to 7 p.…
A power loss cut business activity short late Wednesday afternoon and affected residences along North Street.
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez
News Reporter
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
The Pittsfield Historical Commission issued a year-long demolition delay for a Holmes Road property owned by Miss Hall's School that dates back to the 1840s. Commissioners said they'd work with the school to lay out potential funding and uses for the building over the next year.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Southern Berkshires
The price tag for fixing this and other problems in the aging system? At least $4 million, if regulators approve. This will roughly double monthly water bills. A customer with a $44.73 bill will be paying another $45 on top of it, for instance.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
The man was in a Bridge Street crosswalk when he was hit. He suffered "non-life-threatening injuries to his lower leg" and was taken by ambulance to Fairview Hospital.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Many of the Spectrum customers surveyed in Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Sheffield and Stockbridge voiced complaints about pricing, lack of less expensive customized channel selection options and the absence of a Boston TV channel for state news coverage.
When she said she wanted to buy a hot dog cart, her husband knew there was no stopping her. Now she's making some extra money and having fun running the town's first food cart in recent memory.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: Some Berkshire public schools saw a dramatic rise in chronic absenteeism in the 2020-21 year. Educators blame the pandemic. But chronic absenteeism has been a fact of school life longer than that.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: Three years after Theory Wellness opened as the first retail cannabis outlet in Berkshire County, 24 licensed recreational-use companies in the Berkshires pull in roughly $200 million in yearly sales. One company accounts for more than a quarter of that, according to estimates The Eagle derived through public records requests.
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: Shootings have jolted Pittsfield neighborhoods. Residents say that in the weeks and months since, they’ve tried to go back to life as normal, but can’t get images and sounds out of their heads.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: The court battle over Very Good Properties LLC has involved allegations of fraudulent billing, threats, defamation, side deals and stolen business opportunities.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
There aren’t many things in this world that you’ve wanted longer or with more conviction than a classic Corvette. As a kid, you had a die-cast model of a ‘55 convertible in the place of honor on top of your dresser. As a teen, you memorized specs and pored over maintenance manuals in prepara…
