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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.
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.
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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.
It would take two months from the day Molly de St Andre wired the money for a shipment of fabric for everyone to realize that someone had hacked into the sales representative's company computer and impersonated email communications with her for six months.
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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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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“Nobody was bashful about getting their opinions off their chest,” was how Town Moderator Brian Fairbanks characterized the debate.
Jane Kaufman
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Town voters elected Kevin West for a one-year seat as the town's tree warden.
Heather Bellow
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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
Kasey Rogers has turned her own traumatic experience with domestic financial abuse into a way to get critical information into the hands of victims.
Sten Spinella
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An argument that started inside Methuselah Bar and Lounge on Friday allegedly ended in a late night stabbing in a nearby parking lot.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Readers share their photos of the sky on Friday night. If you missed the northern lights, not to worry: Space Weather Prediction Center says, weather permitting, you may be able to catch a glimpse Saturday and possibly Sunday evening starting around 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. For the best view, go…
Town Hall leaders will reveal reaction by technical consultants this week to plans for a PCB landfill in Lee. An open house will be held on the matter Thursday.
145 undergraduate and 8 graduate students graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Saturday, May 11. Purchase photos here.
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The Richmond annual town meeting, with 28 articles on the warrant, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Richmond Consolidated School.
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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.”
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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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Berkshire Community College and partners are holding a Second Chances Job and Resource Fair on May 22 at the Berkshire Innovation Center. Area employers are invited to register by May 15.
A major road construction project will close a portion of heavily traveled lower Housatonic Street between the East Street intersection and Pine Knoll Road near the Lenox Dale line from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for at least three weeks starting Wednesday, May 15.
The Friends of the New Lebanon Library's annual book sale will be held Friday through Sunday, May 17 to 19, at Church of Our Saviour.
The Springside Greenhouse Group's annual plant sale will be held Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18, at Springside Park.
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 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.
Eagle Archives, May 8, 1970: When Mrs. Charles R. Carlo held her first Blue Bird meeting at her home, five of the nine girls attending included her 7-year-old triplets and 8-year-old twins.
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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.”
“‘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.
In the program “Zarabanda Variations," at the Clark Art Institute, 4 p.m. May 19 , early music scholar, violinist and composer Keir GoGwilt explores how this music found its way from colonial New Spain to the Baroque courts of Europe.
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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.
Jacinta Felix, Ashlyn Lesure combine for 12 goals as Hoosac Valley rolled to a win over Granby.
Connor Hinkell struck out 13 batters as the Blue Devils beat Lenox. Mount Everett, Mount Greylock, Taconic and Wahconah were also in action to start the week.
McCann Tech, Wahconah, Lee and Monument Mountain softball all won on Monday.
For the second consecutive year, the Williams College softball team won the NESCAC tournament championship and the automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
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.
First marsh marigold, first pollen-inspired sneeze, first tick — the heralds of spring come in many forms, not all of them welcome. But the one that really screams spring is the annual chorus of peepers.
The only true thing ever said in Washington is “If you want a friend, get a dog.” Yes, other dogs adopted us after Lady, each miraculous in their own way. Each missed as you miss sunshine in days of rain.
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.