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LENOX — A local couple and a Pittsfield city official were honored by the Berkshire United Way on Tuesday night for their annual contributions…
Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a Hiroshima Day vigil from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, on the sidewalk around Park Square.
Two area cancer survivors are riding in this weekend’s annual Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon to raise funds as a give-back the Dana-Farber Can…
NORTH ADAMS — Five companies, all from the Berkshires, have been selected as the finalists for the Berkshire Intrapreneur Challenge, sponsored…
BURLINGTON — The Massachusetts High Technology Council will hold its next COVID-19 Response Virtual Roundtable with a discussion on the delta …
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It was the silver Prius caught on surveillance cameras that quickly closed the case for police. Now Harry Sano, of Great Barrington, is facing trial for arson and insurance fraud.
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PITTSFIELD — A hearing on a potential class action lawsuit against the Adams Fire District alleging illegal collection of fees ended without a…
Thursday is the deadline to register to vote, if not already registered, in the Cheshire special election on Aug. 24. The town clerk on Thursday will hold special registration hours at the town hall from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Voters on Aug. 24 will vote on two debt exclusions; one for $235,000 toward buying a new dump truck with a winged snow plow. The other ballot question asks voters to borrow $500,000 to help fund the Route 8 water main replacement project.
A consultant report commissioned by the Adams Fire District included 63 recommendations to improve operations at the Fire Department, including a change in the way volunteer firefighters are compensated for their work and changing the chief's position from part time to full time.
North Adams mayoral candidate Jennifer Macksey sent out hundreds of letters asking campaign contributions describing them as "tax-deductible," which they are not. That is a typo, she said.
Central Berkshires
Ready Set Learn Preschool is working with Mill Town Capital to renovate the former American Legion post on Wendell Avenue as a second childcare location. The new location will have room for 80 students across two three-year-old classrooms, a pre-K class and a kindergarten class.
City officials released the names of the 25 streets set to be repaved this year. This lists spans all seven wards, almost 4 miles of roads and is expected to cost between $100,000 and $200,000.
For the first time in well over a decade, the Pittsfield Police Department is participating in the nationwide community policing initiative, National Night Out this Tuesday.
A state Land Court Judge will decide whether to dismiss the LakeHouse Inn appeal to overturn a special permit for a retail recreational marijuana store next door along Route 20 at the Lee/Lenox town line. Lee officials and the developer claim that the plaintiff, technically, was late in filing the appeal.
Southern Berkshires
It was the silver Prius caught on surveillance cameras that quickly closed the case for police. Now Harry Sano, of Great Barrington, is facing trial for arson and insurance fraud.
Ongoing problems with the village’s water supply proved the main concern, as did traffic and the upkeep of town-owned property.
The chair of the Sandisfield Select Board has offered to serve as interim town administrator while the town searches for a permanent successor to Joanne Grybosh, who resigned last month.
Locals have worked to rehabilitate a historic Black church in Great Barrington that W. E. B. Du Bois attended as a child. While it may still take years to complete the project, which seeks to repurpose the space as a heritage site and visitor center, a grant of nearly $500,000 will help cover the cost of building stabilization.
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“The minute I moved out of my parents’ house I got a dog, and I’ve had one ever since,” explains Dodds, a Lanesborough native who returned to the Berkshires to launch Love Us and Leave Us, a doggy daycare and boarding facility that has become the premiere choice of dogs throughout the County. What began in Pittsfield more than 15 years ago has recently expanded to include a second location in Lee, both of which are based on a basic premise: pet owners deserve to know their canine companions are having a fun, safe time while they are at work or play. Period.
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The Pittsfield Cultural Council awards grants to three local organizations offering programs…
The GE Pensioners and Quarter Century Club picnic will be held Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Dal…
BKO Chamber Music will perform two concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 and 15, i…
The Becket Arts Center will present astronomer Michael Hamburg’s lecture, “Across the Univer…
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