West Stockbridge Chamber Players Harvest Concert

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Featuring the West Stockbridge Chamber Players' artistic director and clarinetist Catherine Hudgins, violinist Sheila Fiekowsky, violinist Akiko Tarumoto, violist Daniel Getz, and cellist Christine Lee, the program will include Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade (1887), Samuel Barber's String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 (1935-36), and Paul Ben-Haim's Clarinet Quintet, Op.31a (1941 rev. 1965). 

The concert will be held on Oct. 26 at Old Town Hall at 3 pm.

These concerts, which benefit the West Stockbridge Historical Society, routinely sell out. Tickets ($35 for members, $40 for non-members) can be reserved at www.weststockbridgehistory.org. Limited seating — first come, first served. 

Supported by the West Stockbridge Cultural Council

Register in advance on the West Stockbridge Historical Website -https://www.weststockbridgehistory.org/

Great Barrington Fire, Police Respond to Chimney Fire

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
02:48PM / Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Fire Chief Scott Turner called for mutual aid as soon as he saw flames. 

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Firefighters made quick work of a chimney fire on Tuesday afternoon and two police officers aided the occupant in escaping the building. 

 

Fire Chief Scott Turner said the blaze at 205 North St. was reported about 12:38 p.m.

 

"When I arrived on scene, we had a small amount of flames coming out of the eaves of the roof over by the chimney for the wood stove, and then we had light smoke conditions on the second floor," he said. 

 

Police Officers Andres Huertas and Elias Casey were first on the scene and immediately entered the single-family home to find the occupant was on the second floor. 

 

They helped her out of the building, Turner said, "they did a great job."

 

The chimney is a metal chimney and burn marks could been seen where it meets the eaves on the side of the building. 

 

North Street is a narrow residential way and firetrucks from Alford, Egremont, Monterey, Richmond, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge were parked along nearby streets.