image description — Children race across The Common to hunt eggs in Pittsfield. See more photos here.

North County, Pittsfield Hold Egg Scrambles

iBerkshires Staff02:34PM / Saturday, April 19, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Above, ready, set, go in Williamstown; below a mad scramble for eggs in Clarksburg. See more photos here.

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — A number of egg scrambles were held in the Berkshires on Saturday ahead of Easter.

The light spring ran didn't stop hundreds of children from darting across lawns and fields to search for treasure in the form of plastic eggs.

Peter A. Cook VFW Post 9144 held its annual event at the town field named in memory of Cook, Clarskburg's only Vietnam War casualty. Children in four age categories ran, or toddled, across the field to grab brightly colored eggs.

The returned to the pavilion for juice and cookies and, if they were lucky, a large basket for the holders of tickets hidden in four eggs.

Remedy Hall and Milne Library in Williamstown scattered eggs across the library lawn — and in bushes, up in trees, on benches and tucked among the blooming daffodils. The rain started just at the signal was given but the eggs were scooped up in a matter of minutes.

Children who found an egg with a blue ticket could pick a toy or game from an assortment set up under a tent.

The annual Pittsfield Eggstravaganza brought hundreds to The Common to chase eggs, search for a golden one and get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny.

Two thousand eggs were scattered across the park and six of the golden eggs were found: Brantley Jones, age 10; Ryder Ireland, 8; Emily Spear, 5, Koda Mackey-Todd, 4; Carson Underhill, 4; and Myles Cook, 3.

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North Adams Planners OK New Event Space for Tourists Resort

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:34AM / Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Tourists' owners say they've been in need of a gathering space for years, based on the number of requests they get.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tourists Welcome resort was approved on Monday for construction of a building to serve gatherings and the Airport Rooms.

"This is our first opportunity to like fix the biggest thing we screwed up in building Tourists, which was not making a big room," said representative Eric Kerns. "The first year we opened, we got 1,200 event requests the first year, and we've continued to have almost 1,000 event requests every year."

The 140-seat event building will be constructed adjacent to the Airport Rooms on the east end of the State Road property, which operates at Blackinton Operating LLC. The 91-foot-long structure will include a kitchen to serve both the event space and the Airport Room, which will be connected via an enclosed corridor. Overflow parking will be at the Blackinton Mill, also owned by the partnership, with shuttle service for events.

The new building will be set on piers to minimize excavation and will include a deck that will extend behind the Airport Rooms. The building also will utilize an all-electric mechanical system with high-efficiency heat pumps and energy recovery ventilation.

Kerns noted the resort has been erecting tents on that space for events — this will just make the use of the space permanent. He described the trailer being used as a "kitchen" for the Airport Rooms "a very clever two-year solution that has lasted seven years."

"It's just been a a real struggle to find a building that we can build that makes the math make sense given current, you know, construction costs we have come across," he said. "We've come upon a design that works for us, and it's really a continuation of the business that we've been doing. This site is where you've probably seen us put up a tent before, so we already have events of this size on the site."

Tourists was built as a minimalist resort, with the rooms facing the Hoosac River; the new structure will continue that aesthetic with a blank wall facing the road and large windows looking out on the river.

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