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Six months after J.C. Chadwell was acquitted of murder, his sister Yulanda Chadwell was acquitted of the accusation she lied to police.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
For the first time in a full month, temperatures will slide below normal, but only light snowfall, if any, is expected.
Ed Gazouleas, artistic director and provost of Philadelphia's esteemed Curtis Institute of Music, is a former Boston Symphony violist and a lo…
When snow comes down in Pittsfield, teams work in 12-hour shifts to keep their routes clear. The elements can be unpredictable, and there's ob…
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
The trial of Yulanda Chadwell, sister of man acquitted of murder in the 2017 shooting death of Paul Henry, began on Wednesday in Berkshire Sup…
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
A former Pittsfield man was responsible for the death of his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in her pickup truck in Vermont last July, pro…
Animals brought Kelly Hathaway comfort during times of grief. But at some point she found herself in over her head.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Nearly a year after two people were charged with abandoning 15 cats in the Berkshires, their criminal cases are winding to a close.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Gray to Green, a five-year environmental justice project that began in 2020, uses "Stride & Take Pride" audits to pinpoint improvements re…
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez
News Reporter
Ricardo Morales, the commissioner of public services and utilities, said he wants to make clear to residents that a recent car accident involv…
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Today's Top Headlines
Northern Berkshires
Williams College has pledged to pay $5 million toward the town's proposed $22.5 million fire station
Williams College trustees have voted to kick in $5 million toward the cost of a proposed new fire station. Voters will decide next month whether to support the $22.5 million project.
Sten Spinella
Reporter
Town employees are moving out of the too-small town hall and into the more spacious former Cheshire Elementary School building.
Sten Spinella
Reporter
Last year, museum planners said they had a location, but now they are looking at a list of options. City officials say planners were eyeing a shopping plaza last year.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
Officers have reported that drivers not licensed to drive a taxi in the city, including a 16-year-old ineligible for a taxi license, have been seen driving for OTT Taxi, Chief Jason Wood told the City Council. The business owner denied anyone without a license has driven a cab for a fare.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
According to project manager Keith Davis, the volunteer Habitat squad finished installing insulation, clearing the way for licensed plumbers and electricians to come in and do their part inside during the winter. After that, volunteers will return to begin the interior work.
Scott Stafford
News Reporter
Mayor Jennifer Macksey sits down with The Eagle to go over her to-do list for the city, including fixing aging city infrastructure and addressing the city's blight issues.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
Bailey's Bakery in North Adams is opening in its own space on Main Street. Meanwhile, a dinosaur-themed snack bar is opening in its former space at Berkshire Emporium and Antiques. Emporium owner Keith Bona described the space's theme as Jurassic steampunk.
Greta Jochem
Reporter
A Honda CRV allegedly side-swiped a Nissan Rogue on North Summer Street, then side-swiped a Hyundai while trying to pass it on East Road near the landfill, according to the Adams Police Department.
Central Berkshires
A close vote Tuesday had some city councilors thinking they'd passed a petition to allow voters to have their say on removing the North Street bike lanes come November. But city leaders say there's one more vote between that question and the ballot.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
When it's complete, the newest extension of the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail will take pedestrians and bike riders behind the Shops at Unkamet Brook, to a wetlands overlook and a new trailhead with parking spaces off Merrill Road.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Preliminary estimates indicate a budget hike of 6 percent, nearly $900,000 for the 2023-24 year. Select Board members voice concern over a spending squeeze on other town services.
While city crews put forth a concerted effort to clear snow from a quickly changing Dec. 23 storm, Mayor Linda Tyer said the results were “road conditions that did not meet our standards or community expectations.”
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
The source of the issue is a broken water main in the city's northeast corner, off of Dalton Avenue. The private water main, which feeds the Colonial Gardens apartment complex, burst Sunday morning.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
William E. Collins, 58, has confirmed he’ll accept the position, aiming for a long-term tenure and local area residency.
City leaders say the 13 trees in Park Square are part of the “iconic” welcome to Pittsfield. A plan calls for the replacement of several of those trees and the planting of a permanent Christmas tree.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Mark Siegars would have been the first professional to take the helm in the newly created position in Washington. Middlefield in Hampshire County has previously had a town administrator.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
Southern Berkshires
A group of Housatonic residents is demanding, through their lawyer, their water supplier provide “safe, fit, pure and reliable water immediately” — or else install filtration systems, as well as pay $3,000 per household. They set a 30-day deadline for a response.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
New Marlborough's Town Hall, which dates to the 1930s, is out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also has other problems that Select Board Chair Mark Carson said might cost a total of $3.5 million to address. Instead, the town is considering buying up the local winery.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
While it isn't clear how an affordable housing rental exemption might work in Great Barrington, Provincetown has been doing it since 2004. It provides an example of how to calculate the exemption based on how much square footage of a home or apartment is being rented.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Is it a scam? No. It's just the town trying to clean up a parking ticket mess from the last few years.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
The delivery truck caught fire Sunday afternoon on Wood Duck Road.
Laurie Flower is the longtime technology director acting as administrator on duty, handling day-to-day responsibilities of a principal while Robert Putnam remains principal of record and part-time superintendent.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
There's been progress in reducing chlorine byproducts since a spike in 2021. But levels are still above what regulators think is safe over time.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Will the airport be allowed to operate as it does now? A court case, as well as a decision by town officials, will determine its fate.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: At some point, everyone stopped paying to maintain "Stonegate Mansion." The trustees resigned. No one was left holding the bag – except the town of Great Barrington. And no one is sure what really happened with this timeshare. Not yet, anyway.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: The Berkshire Eagle obtained the final report of the Pittsfield Police Department’s force investigation team tasked with investigating the fatal shooting of Miguel Estrella on March 25. The release of the — highly redacted — final report comes more than three months after the release of the preliminary report.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: "Just plain ugly." That's how North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey describes parts of the concrete channels that carry the Hoosic River through her city. This distressed system of "flood chutes," which has protected North Adams since the 1950s, may get a fresh look. That's welcome news to people who want the river to be less an urban captive — and more a public gem.
Greta Jochem
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
