WILLIAMSTOWN — Town Manager Jason Hoch announced at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting that he would retain the services of Police Chief Kyle John…
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WILLIAMSTOWN — Town Manager Jason Hoch announced at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting that he would retain the services of Police Chief Kyle Johnson, amid calls for the termination of both men.
The poet T.S. Eliot got it wrong. April isn’t the cruelest month. That would be November, the bleak, gray moonscape between the fun and fall colors of Halloween and th…
Barrington Stage Company and the Berkshire Theatre Group have each received a gift of more than $1 million from the family of Mary Anne Gross.
SPRINGFIELD — William A. Davila was recently appointed executive director of The Children’s Study Home of Springfield, which provides services in Berkshire County.
MOUNT WASHINGTON — The Nature Conservancy was recently awarded $17,320 from the Baker-Polito Administration to fund initial tasks that are necessary for the removal of…
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U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal introduced legislation this week that would expand retirement savings options for workers.
How much snow, if any, will Berkshire County see by Friday morning as several storm systems converge just south of the region?
I t was Sonny Porter’s idea to open the restaurant.
The pickup truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire last year told authorities he had drug problem, regularly used heroin and cocaine but believed he was not impaired at the time of the crash.
PITTSFIELD — Colleagues and School Committee members bid emotional goodbyes Wednesday to their 7-year school chief, Jason “Jake” McCandless, then briefly turned their attention to the search for his successor.
PITTSFIELD — Lonnie Durfee, the Dalton man charged with setting fire to a stack of hay bales that bore an endorsement for the Democratic presidential ticket, has been released from custody.
With this daily feature, The Eagle runs down breaking local developments in the coronavirus crisis.
As the coronavirus pandemic, racial justice protests and a historic election drive record early voting turnout across the nation, Berkshire County voters are having their say in droves.
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