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Companion Corner: Umo at No Paws Left Behind

iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.

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North Adams Sees Races for Mayor, School Committee & City Council

Tuesday was the deadline to submit nomination papers with signatures of at minimum 50 registered voters. Candidates do have until Aug. 14 to withdraw before the ballot is set.

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Clark Art Free Discusion on Ground/Work

Through guided conversation and reflection, participants consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment.

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MOSAIC Presents Community Arts and Culture Day

The event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 10am to 1pm at MOSAIC EventSpace, 49 Main St.

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The North Adams Note Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The talk will be held in 3rd floor community room on Aug. 6 at 6 pm. Books will be available for signing and purchase.

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Pittsfield's Affordable Housing Trust Notice of Funding Availability for Housing Projects

The AHT has $365,000 in funding that it is seeking to award to affordable housing projects in Pittsfield that are eligible to receive Community Preservation Funds.

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MassDOT Plans $19M Fix for Bridge North Adams Hopes to Tear Down

The disconnect had attendees who filled City Council Chambers on Tuesday for a public hearing confused as to why the state was going to spend nearly $19 million to preserve the 62-year-old span.

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Lanesborough Chair Requests Committee Member's Removal

A resident's seat on town boards and commissions will be deliberated after he verbally attacked a Select Board member at Monday's meeting.

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Stang Leads SteepleCats in Sweep

Robert Stang went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs Tuesday to lead the 'Cats to an 11-0 win that completed a double-header sweep of the North Shore Navigators.

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National Grid Pole Plan Sparks Discussion at Williamstown Select Board

A Torrey Woods Road family is asking National Grid to rework its plan to place five utility poles, one of which is slated for the town right-of-way in front of their 18th-century home.

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Clark Art Presents Lecture on Women Artists Painting the Nude

This free lecture is given in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 and takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium at 2 pm.

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Amended Camping Ordinance Sent to Pittsfield City Council

The controversial public camping ordinance has been referred back to the City Council with several "compromises."

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BCC to Celebrate 65 Years

The celebration will take place on BCC's main campus.

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Adams Theater Presents Ruckus with Violinist Kier GoGwilt and Fiona Gillespie

Tickets are $22.99-$35 including fees.

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MGRS Records To Be Destroyed on Aug. 22

State regulations require that student records be destroyed seven years after the student graduates.

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Clarksburg Dealing With Dog Scofflaws

The Select Board last week gave Animal Control Officer Diana Worth the go ahead to get tough with people failing to follow the town's dog laws.

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Alleged Underage Serving Sends Pittsfield Bar to Licensing Board

Bei Tempi was brought before the Licensing Board after a mother alleged that her underage son was served at the West Side bar.

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SteepleCats Fall to Keene at Home

Marshall Lipsey went 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs Monday to lead the Keene, N.H., Swamp Bats to an 11-4 win over the SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

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Family Bingo at the Adams Free Library

Thursday, July 31, from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

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Williamstown Con Comm OKs Pedestrian Ramps for Bridge

The Conservation Commission on Thursday OK'd a state plan to build two accessible curb ramps on a sidewalk where Cold Spring Road (Routes 2 and 7) crosses Hemlock Brook.

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Pittsfield Police Make Firearm Arrest

Responding officers searched that area and discovered a man, later identified as 25-year-old Pittsfield resident Zyir Rasheed, involved in an argument at Cumberland Farms on First Street.

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BRTA Releases RFP for Intermodal Transportation Center HVAC Replacement

This project needs to be completed and accepted by BRTA by June 20, 2026.

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2 Adults, No Child Involved in Friday Incident in North Adams

An incident on Friday night involving two adults sent one to the hospital and left the other facing charges.

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MassDOT Sets Hearing on Veterans Memorial Bridge Plans

The state Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing on potential plans for the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

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