Wahconah Regional High School senior Haze Brown has earned the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Certificate of Academic Excellence, recognizing both their scholarly achievement and impact on the school community.

Town Manager Eric Anderson is pushing for improved communication with residents through a new town website, a town Facebook page, and push not…

The free devices can measure particles from wildfire smoke and also monitor overall air quality.

The Berkshire County NAACP has opened its physical headquarters at 33 Dunham Mall in downtown Pittsfield, creating a space for education, advo…

While many families spend the day ripping open gifts and munching on Christmas cookies, a small but mighty fleet of cashiers, medical technici…

For more than four decades, Pittsfield bar owner Rick Cimini has transformed Cim’s Tavern into a winter wonderland, a tradition rooted in family and community.

“It’s about letting them know that someone cares,” said Karen Ryan, food director and services coordinator. “They have a huge smile on their face when someone opens the door.”

Town Clerk Kerry Sullivan, lauded as “the spine of the town,” welcomes the chance to slow down after working since she was a teenager.

More than a year after a V-22 Osprey crash killed Pittsfield native Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob “Jake” Galliher, a new defense spending bill will compel the Pentagon to release internal safety findings that have never been made public.

Dicken Crane plans to file a lawsuit against the town after it approved the sale of the final Bardin property parcel to a lower bidder, despite his offer being more than $20,000 higher. Crane and several residents argue the decision violates state law and ignores taxpayer interests, while th…

Sealing evictions are now possible, but what does that process look like? And how long are the different waiting periods for the different types of evictions?

Police Chief Thomas Dawley will retire next month, ending a roughly 2 1/2-year run as the department's leader that began with his appointment as interim chief.

In about 40 minutes, the student body packed 10,000 meals and 1,000 personal hygiene kits for their neighbors.

Following the deadly antisemitic attack at a Chabad gathering on Bondi Beach in Australia, the third annual Lenox event will honor the victims, offer prayers for those injured and bereaved, and affirm a message of resilience, faith, and hope, said Rabbi Levi Volovik.

After years of anticipation The First had its grand opening Dec. 18. The event allowed the public to tour the housing resource center and daytime shelter and the 37 permanent supportive units that are part of the developments.

The Dalton Planning Board unanimously granted Berkshire Concrete Corp. a continuance on its special permit application, citing the Massachusetts 2024 Permit Extension Act. The decision delays a final decision until Jan. 21 while residents and advocacy groups continue to press for stronger ov…

More than four years after it was condemned, the Holiday Inn parking garage in Pittsfield is being demolished.

A proposed glamping resort on the 160-acre site of the Donnybrook Country Club can’t move forward with construction just yet.

A naming contest for the 400-pound sculpture is underway at the Greylock Glen Outdoor Center with entries accepted through the month of December.

As she prepares to turn 100 on Tuesday, after spending time in other Berkshire towns, Alice still treasures memories of her mother’s roast chi…

Adams Police Chief K. Scott Kelley had been placed on paid leave Sept. 8 after a Select Board executive session to discuss unspecified concern…

Tired of seeing nip bottles litter the street? A new North County program has already taken in thousands.

The Hintons, who purchased the building in late 2022, have turned the building into 13 market-rate apartments. Here's what they look like inside ...

Two Lenox committees seek common ground on how to support ownership housing in a white-hot market.

This year’s fourth grade class at Capeless did its part, turning $140 in seed money — $5 per student, out of their teachers' pockets, for 28 students — into $5,619.31 for worthy nonprofits.

The proposed campus enhancement plan has been discussed by the School Committee and described as privately funded, but no final decision has been made as the Select Board seeks details.

The Pittsfield Conservation Commission's approval marks the first phase of a scaled-back but ongoing effort to rebuild the historic ballpark.

Dicken Crane is challenging the Dalton Select Board’s approval of a sale agreement for the final Bardin property parcel to the Balardinis, despite his significantly higher bid. Town officials say the sale was made in the town’s best interest, emphasizing their discretion in bid acceptance an…

After four years of fundraising and construction, the new housing resource center and 38 affordable housing units will be toured. The $16 million project is aimed to help Pittsfield's most vulnerable, with the resource center providing spaces to shower, use the bathroom and cook.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority has approved Pittsfield to begin a feasibility study for a new West Side elementary school that would replace Crosby Elementary School and Conte Community School and serve roughly 700 students.

Pittsfield officials are urging state support to convert the county’s last fossil-fuel-fired peaker plant, Pittsfield Generating, the gas-fired power plant at 235 Merrill Road, into a battery energy storage facility, citing health concerns, environmental impacts, and long-term economic benefits.

Berkshire Concrete Corp. has requested a continuance of its Dec. 17 Planning Board hearing. Local residents are urging the town to deny the delay.

“This is a risk for us. We're taking a risk as well to put something on the table better for our students, many students who don't have advocates for their circumstances,” Interim Superintendent Latifah Phillips said.

Reid Middle School students took to the courtroom to participate in the annual mock trial program.

On Tuesday, Kacie Murphy and her husband were on their way from Pittsfield to Adams when their truck ran out of gas on the Mall Connector Road in Lanesborough. Their 18-month-old son, Koda, was in the back seat. What unfolded next drew more than 20 emergency personnel, shut down the road dur…

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