Students arrive at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield for the 2026 McCann Tech High School Prom on Saturday, May 16. www.berkshireeagle.com/multimedia/p...

MCLA celebrated 159 undergraduates and 20 graduates on Saturday, May 16 in the Amsler Campus Center, in North Adams. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/m...

Students arrive at the Country Club of Pittsfield for the 2026 Mount Everett High School Prom on Friday, May 15. www.berkshireeagle.com/multimedia/p...

A developer is proposing to demolish the long-vacant Lenox Inn on Pittsfield Road and replace it with a gas station, convenience store and drive-thru Dunkin' cafe, with a Lenox ZBA hearing tentatively set for June 3. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Pittsfield families of Morningside Community School students will learn their children's new school assignments by the end of the month, as the district moves forward with redistricting plans ahead of the school's closure this June. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

A judge has dismissed charges against a Pittsfield educator connected to a 12-year-old's 2024 drowning at Beartown State Forest, ruling that her failure to follow swim safety protocols did not rise to the level of recklessness required for conviction. www.berkshireeagle.com/crime/linda-...

Students and parents packed Wednesday's Pittsfield School Committee meeting to speak out about a Herberg Middle School teacher's use of a racial slurs, and the debate over the release of misconduct report involving Pittsfield High School. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Downtown Lenox is launching a two-year pilot program Tuesday that converts portions of Church and Franklin streets to one-way traffic, adding 26 new parking spaces ahead of the summer tourist season. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Sculptor Andrew DeVries has opened his half-mile Middlefield sculpture trail to the public for the season, with 45 bronze works winding through 15 acres of property open Fridays through Sundays through October. www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_cul...

Alec Baldwin will return to Tanglewood this summer to narrate Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on July 5, part of a four-day celebration of America's 250th anniversary. www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_cul...

Alford voters approved a $1.5 million operating budget at Tuesday's town meeting, with the biggest debate centering on a 51.7% increase in the town's share of Southern Berkshire Ambulance costs. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

A federal lawsuit against Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti, former Pittsfield Cooperative Bank CEO Jay Anderson and former CFO Chip Moore has been dismissed with prejudice after a confidential settlement. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Great Barrington voters overwhelmingly rejected a $2 million Proposition 2½ override Tuesday, forcing the town to rely more heavily on free cash reserves and leaving several discretionary programs and capital projects without funding. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

Pittsfield is on track to finish spending its $40.6 million in federal ARPA funds by the end of June, more than six months ahead of the federal deadline. City officials say the money helped fund housing, school repairs and fire station renovations. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

The Norman Rockwell Museum has named Graham Boettcher, director and CEO of the Birmingham Museum of Art, as its next leader, succeeding Laurie Norton Moffatt after her more than 40 years at the helm. www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_cul...

Dalton has suspended routine mutual aid to Hinsdale, with the police chief citing concerns about accountability after she said Hinsdale's chief made statements that "attributed responsibility" for the fatal police shooting of Biagio Kauvil to a Dalton officer. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

A North Adams man is facing a murder charge after telling police Monday that he had killed a family member at his Walnut Street home. www.berkshireeagle.com/breaking/wal...

Dalton is installing Hometown Hero banners on utility poles around town Saturday to honor current and former residents who have served in the military or as local first responders. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

The Dulye Leadership Experience, a free Berkshires-based professional development program that served young people for 18 years, has closed, with founder Linda Dulye citing declining participation and the rise of AI. www.berkshireeagle.com/business/lin...

A new development in Pittsfield is offering manufactured homes starting at $189,900, giving buyers an ownership option well below the county's average home sale price of more than $350,000. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Pittsfield Public Schools says student names, email addresses, ID numbers and messages may have been accessed in a cybersecurity breach of Canvas, the widely used learning platform. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/p...

Cricket Creek Farm's dairy herd made their joyful return to open pasture Sunday in Williamstown, drawing more than 50 spectators to watch the cows leap and bound into the fields for the first time since winter. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...

After more than 60 years on North Street, the Pittsfield Health Food Centre is closing this summer as owners Eric and Betty Baumert head into retirement. www.berkshireeagle.com/business/pit...

The manager of Dottie's Coffee Lounge in Pittsfield self-deported to Benin last month, citing fear of ICE detention after a coworker was detained and voluntarily deported, upending the owner's plan to sell him the business. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

The Baseball in the Berkshires Museum opened its new permanent home today at Lee Premium Outlets, debuting with more than 1,500 artifacts after five years as a traveling museum. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

Adams Select Board Chair John Duval has resigned after 14 years on the board and 30 years total in local government. He said the decision was personal and that he's ready to spend more time with his grandchildren. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...

Lee has launched a program to help prospective business owners navigate the permit and licensing process, with the town planner serving as a single point of contact. Officials say it's the first initiative of its kind in Berkshire County. www.berkshireeagle.com/business/fri...

Iztac Mexican Restaurant on North Street is permanently closed. The landlord terminated the lease after a health inspection found cockroach activity in the kitchen and said the owner failed to show adequate urgency in fixing the problem. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

More than 350 athletes gathered at Monument Mountain Regional High School on Wednesday for Berkshire County's 45th annual Special Olympics track and field games. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

Six Hoosac Valley seniors signed their national letters of intent Wednesday, with football, wrestling, lacrosse and softball players all set to compete at the college level next year. www.berkshireeagle.com/sports/local...

A Pittsfield School Committee member played a recording of her own January motion to argue the board had already voted to release a $155,000 report on alleged PHS faculty misconduct. Mayor Marchetti, who chairs the committee, disagrees. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

His many roles included working with young people at the Berkshire Theatre Group in Pittsfield and at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/r...

The high school is expected to open the program by the 2027- 2028 school year and comes amid a statewide effort to create thousands of new career technical education seats. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...

The Southern Berkshire Ambulance Squad will ask voters at annual town meeting to approve an additional $86,899 after the Select Board reduced its requested funding amid a tight budget year. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/e...

Massachusetts is launching a new program offering up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. Officials said it could help about 1,000 residents break into the housing market as prices keep rising. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/f...

Great Barrington voters will consider $90K for new permitting software this weekend, even as partner towns in the regional inspection system say they aren’t ready to switch platforms. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

Dalton begins daily fines against Berkshire Concrete Corp. over its disputed sand mine restoration plan, escalating a long-running enforcement battle. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Becket Quarry closed indefinitely after 2025 drowning; Trustees cite safety concerns and ask public to stay away. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...

A former Stowe, Vt., man pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting two people in 2023, including a Pittsfield man, and will face consecutive life sentences. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/t...

The temporary Division Street bridge in Great Barrington reopened Tuesday after crews filled and repaved a sinkhole that had closed the span for about a month. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

The East Housatonic Street bridge in Dalton will close starting Wednesday for at least six weeks for repairs to the deck and structural steel, with Main Street serving as the detour route. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

An early literacy program at the Adams Free Library is giving young children a chance to learn through play, and parents a rare opportunity for adult conversation. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...

Jarvis Rockwell, the oldest son of Norman Rockwell who forged his own artistic path with playful collections of pop culture figures, has died at 94 in North Adams. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/j...

A Pittsfield man was killed and six others injured Sunday night after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 87 in Saugerties, N.Y., state police said. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Lee broke ground Friday on a $36.7 million public safety complex that will house the town's police, fire, EMS and highway departments. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

A proposed state bill would allow housing development on land owned by churches, synagogues and mosques in Massachusetts, but experts say financial feasibility remains a major hurdle in the Berkshires. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/m...

Railroad Earth brings 25 years of jamgrass to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington on May 9. www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_cul...

Lenox voters will decide May 7 whether to authorize the Select Board to negotiate a lease with wireless carriers to add antennas to the public safety complex tower, reviving a long-running debate over cell coverage gaps in town. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central...

Cheshire is overhauling its pay-as-you-throw trash program starting July 1, replacing blue bags with stickers and making the transfer station self-supporting, after data showed residents were throwing out far more trash per household than neighboring towns. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...

Dartmouth researchers visited a Williamstown senior center to recruit participants for a study testing whether a smartphone app can detect early signs of dementia up to 10 years before symptoms appear. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/norther...