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The most dramatic reduction will come on Route 14, the Pittsfield Southeast Loop, which is being scaled back to night service only.
The bird appears to have overshot its destination due to a storm and a tailwind.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey updated plans and timeline for a city-run recreation center during a tour of the building Monday, during which she pointed out the flaws in the building that need addressing.
Sten Spinella
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The college averted a possible crisis with its June 2 graduation ceremony, as students were encamped right where the commencement is set to take place.
Sten Spinella
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Select Board chairman Chuck Cardillo is on the ballot along with Lisa Sauer, while Town Moderator Gary Johnston, with 46 years in the post, is being challenged by newsletter publisher and author Carole Owens.
Town meeting will consider adding a bylaw that would regulate both tent camping and glamping.
The court filing names the town of Great Barrington, police Chief Paul Storti and Officer Joseph O'Brien, the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and its superintendent, Peter Dillon.
Challenger Wayne Cooper came in second, with 213 votes, while Selectman Andrew Krouss gained support from 275 residents at Monday’s annual town election.
Stockbridge voters on Monday will consider 20 articles on spending and other matters at the annual town meeting in the Town Hall gymnasium on Main Street.
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Voters on Monday approved the debt exclusion 267-148, according to unofficial results provided by Town Clerk Rachael Armstrong.
Greg Sukiennik
News Editor
A survey gives residents and visitors alike to weigh in on their favorite open spaces and types of outdoor recreation, among other subjects. The results will inform an effort to qualify for state grant money.
Sten Spinella
Reporter
Mayor Peter Marchetti stood before the City Council on Monday night and said that the proposed $216.2 million budget before the body represented a “responsible budget.”
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
The relationship between an accused killer and his defense lawyer has soured so much that a judge agreed to an attorney swap, setting the trial back.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
At the recent annual town meeting, residents approved all spending measures, as well as a provision that would allow voters to remove an elected official from office. But a plan to create a special Lake Garfield taxing district failed.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Robert Bishop secured his fourth term on the Dalton Select Board Monday, according to unofficial results from the town's annual election, soundly defeating challenger Robert Collins for the only contested seat.
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
“Nobody was bashful about getting their opinions off their chest,” was how Town Moderator Brian Fairbanks characterized the debate.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
Town voters elected Kevin West for a one-year seat as the town's tree warden.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Town meeting was asked to approved 13 updates to its bylaw, most of them housekeeping or codifying current practice. Among them was a proposal to change every “he” to “he/she.”
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
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Salame, a Sandisfield native, faces sentencing on criminal fraud and campaign finance charges on May 28. Under his guilty plea agreement, he was forced to shed $11 million of assets in restitution and fines to the U,S. government.
For its celebratory concert, 3 p.m. May 19 at Trinity Church, choir members selected works from more than 100 past concerts, including Brahms’ “O Heiland Reiss” and Morten Lauridsen's “Three Madrigali.”
Sharon Smullen
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“‘Giuseppe Grandini’ and the Search for the World’s Greatest Opera Character” is a free, hourlong jaunt intended for audiences aged 8-14 and their families. The concert, 11 a.m. May 18, is part of ArtWeek Berkshires.
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Craneville Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at 265 Main St. is hosting a free CEU Dash & Dine for nurses and social workers at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 16.
Berkshire Lyric will present its annual Young Singer’s Concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at First Congregational Church, Stockbridge.
On Pointe Barre & Fitness will host a "Spring into Movement" fitness fundraiser featuring the Nia Technique on Friday, May 17, to benefit It Takes a Village, a Western Massachusetts nonprofit family organization.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is hosting an open studio event for 29 PRESS on Friday, May 17, in Bowman Hall during ArtWeek Berkshires.
Local History
Incarceration rates for women rose with the creation of the first formal police forces in Massachusetts in the 1850s. Women were jailed for crimes including prostitution, drunkenness, and even "being a stubborn child."
Eagle Archives, May 15, 1978: It was given the name tongue-in-cheek, but the Great Upper Housatonic Canoe Race earned it in size and in spirit.
Eagle Archives, May 14, 1969: In 1769, a small group of men gathered, two years after the founding of Lenox, to form the Lenox Congregational Society. In 1806 the Church-on-the-Hill was built and has been in use ever since.
Eagle Archives, May 13, 1960:
Eagle Archives, May 11, 1981: The office of fence viewer is one of those apparent anomalies of country living which amuse and amaze the new arrival from the city. It turns out that not all natives fully understand the post either.
The granddaddy of all of the recreational steamboats to ply Pontoosuc Lake was the Lafayette, built by Peter Hodecker Jr. on the southwest shore near where The Proprietor’s Lodge now stands.
Eagle Archives, May 10, 1984: Fred T. Thompson is one of more than 4,500 runners to carry the traditional Olympic flame across one small stretch of this country en route to the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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In the afternoon, birders congregate at various houses where there are multiple feeder stations set up especially for the hummingbirds. Some birder-hosts have created ponds and pools for avian bathing and drinking.
I loved spreading this bloomy, vegetarian cheese on crackers and hard bread. Not a fan of cheese and crackers? Try this recipe for a wild rice risotto that's topped off with Linedeline.
Maggy Button shares a recipe for slow cooker taco lasagna, and writes, " I’ve made it with flour tortillas, substituted onions and red peppers for the carrots and used medium salsa. I also go very light on the cilantro, it still isn’t my favorite herb."
For its celebratory concert, 3 p.m. May 19 at Trinity Church, choir members selected works from more than 100 past concerts, including Brahms’ “O Heiland Reiss” and Morten Lauridsen's “Three Madrigali.”
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Salame, a Sandisfield native, faces sentencing on criminal fraud and campaign finance charges on May 28. Under his guilty plea agreement, he was forced to shed $11 million of assets in restitution and fines to the U,S. government.
Allen Harris writes that although the economy is robust by many metrics (gross domestic product, unemployment, corporate profits), cash levels for U.S. corporations reached $4 trillion in 2023. Although that is $136 billion below pandemic highs, it is $1.25 trillion (or 45 percent) above their long-term trendline. Harris adds that many business owners and managers are holding onto cash because they remain cautious regarding their industries or the aggregate economy.
On the verge of completing a year-long process to reassess eligibility for every member, the MassHealth public insurance program has now cut more than 350,000 people from its rolls since last April.
Eighty percent of registered nurses say the quality of care has worsened in the past two years, and 49 percent say it's "gotten much worse," according to the survey from the Massachusetts Nurses Association that coincides with National Nurses Week. Direct care community hospital nurses are feeling the staffing crunch most acutely, the survey says.
Chey Goddard's perfect outing highlighted a six-game Tuesday in Berkshire County softball.
Carson Rylander struck out 11 Spartans to help Drury to its 11th straight win. Meanwhile, PHS rolled Hopkins in 5 innings on Tuesday.
On Tuesday under the lights at Gene Dellea Field, four PHS seniors scored and Hannah Kickery held down the net for a home win.
Jacinta Felix, Ashlyn Lesure combine for 12 goals as Hoosac Valley rolled to a win over Granby.
Many landmarks of my youth have disappeared from the scene, so my frequent glances at the former library — long since repurposed as a private residence — are reassuring.
One of the many scary things about the widening world of scams in the information age is that they can target anyone at any time. Unfortunately, a couple of business-owners in Great Barrington learned that lesson the hard way recently when they lost tens of thousands of dollars to a sophisticated cyber-fraud scheme.
RICHMOND — Bees and bugs have rights, too. And the “No Mow May” movement, ridiculed by those who vainly hope for dandelion-free lawns in the B…
I was surprised to hear the president's voice when I tuned into a satellite radio show hosted by a known "shock jock." I found the interview gave insight into Biden's fitness, empathy and character.
The judicial front in the long-running battle over Uber and Lyft's treatment of Massachusetts workers has been a flurry of paperwork for nearly four years. That's about to change.
Campus police arrested 135 pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Tuesday night, hours after students established their second encampment this semester to demand the university divest from organizations connected to the defense industry and Israel.
Gov. Maura Healey voiced her support for how police were deployed to clear recent pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University and Emerson College.
The Massachusetts House voted 153-4 late Friday to pass a $58 billion fiscal 2025 budget that invests in K-12 education, child care and public transit, shifting debate on spending priorities to the Senate.
Things to do this week in Berkshire County
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2023 - February 2024
Guidance and resources to help you take big steps and manage big changes, across every stage of life
An annual look at the state of education in Berkshire County
A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2023
Helping people understand the basics of disposal and sustainable options.
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers
The annual guide to preparing your home for the coming New England winter.
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 67th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.