Internists join Williamstown Medical Associates and NARH

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Linda Hill, D.O.

Steven D. Cherry, D.O., and Linda Hill, D.O., have joined Williamstown Medical Associates and the Medical Staff of North Adams Regional Hospital. Dr. Cherry earned his medical degree from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa, and served his internship and residency at Brown University Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI, with an additional residency at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. Dr. Cherry can be reached at 413-664-5900. Dr. Hill also earned her medical degree from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, and served a rotating internship at Brighton Medical Center in Portland, Maine. She is a board-certified Family Practice physician. Dr. Hill comes to North Berkshire from the Veterans Administration Primary Care Clinic in Glens Falls, New York, and has also served in communities in Maine, Wisconsin, and Iowa. She can be reached at 413-664-5959. â€œWe are delighted to welcome Dr. Linda Hill and Dr. Steven Cherry to our community,â€ said Robert Jandl, M.D., president of WMA. â€œWe are fortunate to have recruited such excellent clinicians, especially given the severe shortage of primary care physicians nationally. This speaks well for the future of Williamstown Medical Associates, North Adams Regional Hospital, and the enduring appeal of the northern Berkshires.â€ North Adams Regional Hospital is a full-service community hospital serving a population of more than 40,000 residents of northern Berkshire County, southern Vermont, and eastern New York. NARH recently completed a modernization and expansion of patient care areas, including a new outpatient surgery center and new operating rooms, new critical care unit, birthing center, and emergency department. WMA is one of the largest physician-owned multispecialty practices in New England and has been providing comprehensive healthcare to the community since 1958. WMA has offices on Adams Road in Williamstown and in the Ambulatory Care Center at North Adams Regional Hospital.

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Mass Voters Retain Recreational Cannabis, Tighten Gun Laws in Midterms

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11:30AM / Wednesday, November 04, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Massachusetts resoundingly voted to keep recreational cannabis and tighten gun laws during the midterm election on Tuesday.

The Democratic Berkshire delegation was re-elected without contest, and unofficial results show Democratic incumbent Maura Healey taking more than 62 percent of the vote for Massachusetts governor over Republican challenger Michael Minogue.

This coincides with the blue tsunami seen nationally during the midterms, with Democrats flipping seats across the United States and taking control of the House and Senate.

Pittsfield has roughly 10 cannabis dispensaries, alongside several other retail operations and cultivation facilities in Berkshire County. At least three-quarters of the state voted against repealing the legalization that was passed 10 years ago.

According to unofficial results, 46.89 percent of registered Pittsfield voters went to the polls. Pittsfield's 33,934 registered voters cast 15,913 votes, according to these results.

As of Wednesday morning, with more than 85 percent of ballots counted, almost 76 percent of voters opposed Question 8, that would repeal the laws that legalize, regulate, and tax the retail sale of adult recreational use marijuana in Massachusetts. It was proposed by an initiative petition.

Similarly, as of 10 a.m., 67 percent of Massachusetts voters have said "yes" on Question 9, which sustains several changes to Massachusetts laws governing firearms: adding school administrators and licensed healthcare providers as parties permitted to ask a court to issue an Extreme Risk Protection Order if an individual is a present danger to self or others, imposing penalties for possessing, creating, and transferring untraceable "ghost gun" firearms, and more.

"At a time when the federal government is focused on the priorities of the gun lobby and rolling back national protections, the people of Massachusetts have reaffirmed our commitment to keeping our residents safe through proven, common-sense regulations," American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts President Jessica Tang said in a statement released late on Tuesday evening.

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