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2024 Year in Review: North Adams' Year of New Life to Old Institutions

North Adams Regional Hospital reopened 10 years to the day it closed in 2014.

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2024 Year in Review: Pittsfield Projects Unfold But Year Ends on Sour Note

The city started off 2024 with a new administration, had a visit from the vice president midway and ended the year with Pittsfield High School embroiled in scandal.

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iBerkshires' Top 10 Most-Viewed Stories for 2024

Thousands of articles have been posted on iBerkshires over the last year and some drew more eyeballs than others.

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2024 Year in Review: Adams' Greylock Glen Vision Coming to Fruition

This was the year when Adams may have finally captured its white whale.

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2024 Year in Review: Dalton's Year of Challenges

Dalton had several controversial situations this year including a demonstration of the dilapidated police station, the suspension of a fire chief and accusations of an unexplainable debt in the Fire District.

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2024 Year in Review: Lanesborough's Elmer Becomes King

King Elmer, an American elm at the corner of Route 7 and Summer Street, became a statewide celebrity in July.

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2024 Year in Review: Williamstown Under Construction

Perhaps no public project has generated as much discussion over the last decade as the proposed new fire station. In September, the long-planned project finally began to come to fruition.

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Lanesborough 2023 Year in Review: Public Safety Building, Yes or No?

The town continued to grapple with its public safety facility needs, held an election, and saw promise for the shuttered Berkshire Mall.

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Pittsfield 2023 Year In Review: Transformation

The year 2023 was one of transition for the city with a selection of new leaders and multiple transformative projects underway.

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North Adams Dealt With Big Projects, Big Challenges in 2023

The city is ending a year filled with major projects getting underway, some massive infrastructure challenges and the announced revival of a significant pillar of the community.

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Dalton Sees Project Completions, New Initiatives in 2023

The town saw a mixture of change, progress, initiatives, and project completions in 2023.

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Public Projects Prominent in Williamstown in 2023

Three high-profile publicly funded projects that took years to get underway reached or neared the finish line in 2023.