Emergency personnel from 33 local and regional units held a mass casualty simulation drill Saturday morning at Garnet Peak in Peru.
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
A massive explosion at a fuel depot in Vietnam. A young sergeant lay bleeding, one leg gone. A young MP from the town of Stockbridge arrives. …
DAY 5: On the fifth day of the trial of Luis Delvalle-Rodriguez and Christopher Frazier, two witnesses granted immunity testified before the jury.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
The automaker didn’t survive, but a legendary car line still rolls, with as many as 50 owners headed to a Lenox show Saturday.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
DAY 4: Luis Delvalle-Rodriguez stated on audio taken from his cellphone that he shot someone the night Nick Carnevale was shot during a party …
Tony Dobrowolski
Business writer
Today's Top Headlines
Northern Berkshires
The future of the theater is still unclear, but the marquee will be getting a boost.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
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
When not waking up at 4 a.m. to bake for her diner, Renee Tessier may be found refurbishing furniture in her garage. She's now bringing that hobby to a new storefront inside the Berkshire Emporium on Main Street.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
A North Adams man is in intensive care at Berkshire Medical Center following a single-vehicle crash in which he lost control of a motorcycle and hit a guard rail.
Central Berkshires
It’s been a long time since there was a sandy swimming area at Pontoosuc Lake Park. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, in a few years a new swimming beach will be a popular feature at the lake once again.
At the annual town meeting, Richmond residents approved a Planning Board zoning bylaw amendment protecting public access to open space and conservation land such as Berkshire National Resource Council’s Hollow Fields and Olivia’s Overlook.
The popular Italian eatery has been operated for 28 years by the Arace family. It’s for sale with a $798,000 asking price.
The 186-13 ballot, far above the necessary two-thirds majority, allows groundbreaking for the new town hall, library and community center building in about six weeks. Completion is projected by the end of next year.
Southern Berkshires
He says people who will crack open a beer in the car, could also do that after buying it from a supermarket or package store. This is just one reason he says he's suing the Select Board for denying him a permit.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will close the Route 20 eastbound on-ramp to I-90 in Lee beginning Tuesday, May 24, for approximately two months for bridge deck, joint and facia repairs.
Jeannie Maschino
Community News Editor / Librarian
The battle over operation of the small field continues, this time in state Land Court, where airport neighbors are fighting a recent zoning decision.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Yet another grant comes in for a a cultural and heritage center devoted to W.E.B. Du Bois and the Berkshires' African American history.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: As the opioid crisis turns as deadly as it has ever been, people touched by substance use disorder in the Berkshires have thrown themselves into the fight, working on keeping themselves and others alive. Helping people move toward “recovery,” however they define it.
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: As the pandemic recedes, another public health crisis lingers in its wake, one that has caused immense grief and suffering for years and will continue to plague the Berkshires. That crisis is addiction.
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: Mayor Jennifer Macksey said addressing blight is a priority. We checked in to see what the city is doing about the problem properties and what obstacles stand in the way of finding a solution for these neighborhood eyesores.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
By analyzing 284 death certificates, The Eagle's Francesca Paris shaped a demographic picture of people lost to COVID-19 from Berkshire County. More than 400 people have died in two years.
Out of Hand was meant to be a summer project: a place for two young artists and Great Barrington natives, Katherine Shanahan and Robert Wincuinas, to sell their work. Katherine, freshly graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts with a BFA in weaving and textile desig…
