Summer Street Residents Make Case to Williamstown Planning Board

Neighbors of a proposed subdivision off Summer Street last week asked the Planning Board to take a critical look at the project, which the residents say is out of scale to the neighborhood.

Stockbridge Grange Community Dinner

The menu features a stuffed breast of chicken with potatoes and vegetables, with dessert choices including chocolate cream or lemon meringue pie.

Be careful when naming beneficiaries

You might not have thought much about beneficiary designations — but they can play a big role in your estate planning.

Remains of Woman Missing Since March Found in NYS

The Williamstown Police Department posted the news shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday on the department's Facebook page.

Construct to Host Designer Showcase

Slated for the entire month of June 2024, the Designer Showcase will highlight the work of more than a dozen local and regional designers, as well as landscape architects and visual artists.

GreenNA Earth Day Pick-Up

The event will commence at Noel Field in North Adams.

Local Runners Compete at Boston Marathon

Laura Stephen of Great Barrington finished 26th in the women's 60-64 age group at Monday's Boston Marathon, the top Berkshire County finisher in their division at the 128th running of the event.

SVMC Wellness Connection: April 12

Clark Art Lecture Examining Race and Idealized Image of the Wilderness

A reception at 5 pm in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.

Images Cinema's Inaugural Earth Week Film Festival

An expansion upon the long-standing Fresh Fest: A Food and Farming Film Festival, which usually ran one weekend, the Earth Week Film Festival will run a full week and engage in a variety of topics that range from regenerative agriculture, the plastic pollution, and metal extraction from the ocean floor.

Pittsfield Firefighters Rescue Woman From Burning Home

Two search teams had to work through a hoarding situation inside the single-family home at 1 Marlboro after the blaze was called in at about 6:45 p.m.

Chapter 70 Fix Adds $2.4M to Pittsfield School Budget

Tips for Managing Spring Allergies

It's happening—delicate snowdrops nodding in the breeze, maple buckets being hung (and re-hung), and the first pussy willows bursting forth from their winter cocoons.

Edgerton Taking Part-Time Role at Mount Greylock

The Mount Greylock Regional School District is formalizing a partnership with an area leader in the field of cultural proficiency.

Lenox Library Association to Host Charity Poker Night

This fundraising event will be hosted by Max Scherff, a Trustee of the Lenox Library Association, to offer community members and card players an opportunity to play poker while supporting a meaningful cause – the Lenox Library.

MassWildlife: Black bears are active and searching for food

If you have bird feeders or if you keep chickens, bee hives, or livestock, act now to keep bears wild and out of neighborhoods.

Mass Cultural Council Festivals, Projects Grants Available

Grants of $2,500 for organizations to fund activities that provide public benefit using the arts, humanities, or sciences

Ventfort Hall Names First Director of Programming and Events

Gaia was appointed in January.

Ghost Tour at Ventfort Hall

The tour will take place at 8 pm on Saturday April 20.

North Adams to Begin Study of Veterans Memorial Bridge Alternatives

Backed by a $750,000 federal grant for a planning study, North Adams and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art are looking to undo some of that damage.

Dalton Board of Health Approves Green Burial Verbiage

The trustees started exploring this initiative in April when they were thinking about updating fees. Bartels brought the option before the board after noticing that Great Barrington approved green burials in August 2020.

Veteran Spotlight: Army Sgt. Al DiMuzio

"It wasn't 100 percent consistent but I was afforded the opportunity to get to know other people with different religion, beliefs, backgrounds and culture and to be able to embrace that."

No Drought Conditions in Berkshire County

All regions of the state remain in Level 0-Normal Conditions.

Pittsfield ConCom OKs Zebra Mussel Treatment

On Thursday, the panel approved a notice of intent application for the use of EarthTec QZ within a specified treatment area of the lake.

Ventfort Hall's 2024 Season: Reviving the Spirit of Festival House

The 2024 season at Ventfort Hall takes inspiration from the work of Bruno and Claire Aron and their daughters Madeline and Judy during the 1950s.