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Justin Adkins, Ray Garnett and Gabby Squailia share their experiences in business as trans people in the Berkshires, and the work they've done to feel safe and comfortable in their lives and careers.
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Amy Loveless, the Dream Away’s longtime chef, will head the kitchen. Bartender Kristin Parker is returning as general manager. And Daniel Osman, who owned the venue from 1996 until 2022, will be maestro of special events.
Jane Kaufman
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The Hinsdale Pizza House opened its doors for the first time last Wednesday, but owner Jason Reed found he had underestimated the business's demand. After a brief reprieve, new hires and added equipment, he hopes to reopen on April 23.
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The parents of Samya Stumo will join other victims' families in a meeting with Dept. of Justice officials next week about the agency's pending case against Boeing.
After four months as the interim leader of the Berkshire Family YMCA, Christian Bianchi has been selected by the organization's board to serve as the Y's permanent chief executive officer.
A young bear seeking a free meal satisfied its hunger around lunchtime Friday near the town library. Police used a bean bag to send it on its way.
It would be the first totally rain or snow-free weekend in the Berkshires since late February, but next week will be chillier than usual for late April.
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to gather information from the public for its feasibility study of the city's aging flood management system, residents at Eclipse Mill have chimed in with their concerns.
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The Lenox Chamber of Commerce is holding its second annual job fair next Wednesday at Town Hall, open for free to anyone seeking seasonal or year-round employment, full- or part-time. At least 20 employers are set to attend.
General Electric and EPA officials presented an overview of the proposed PCB landfill to about 50 people Thursday night at the Lee Middle and High School auditorium. They answered some questions and promised follow-up answers to others.
Greg Sukiennik
News Editor
A CHP Mobile Health unit may be coming to a Berkshire County location near you. The vans now provide urgent, same-day, non-emergency care.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
The man was released on personal recognizance provided he stay away from the store and has no further legal issues, according to Chief Paul Storti.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
The Greylock Center, the building welcoming visitors to the eastern foot of Mount Greylock, is about eight months behind schedule and anticipated to open in August, the firm overseeing construction told the Adams Select Board on Wednesday night.
Greg Sukiennik
News Editor
Bruce Trudeau took a car on a test drive, then turned it into a high-stakes joy ride. Now, Trudeau is being held without bail pending a hearing Friday on a long list of charges related to his exploits this week.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
The pastor plans to shut the bell down at night from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Those are also quiet hours in the town's noise ordinance.
Heather Bellow
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Prosecutors say Fred Lewis Senter Jr. entered into contracts with customers to build detached steel garages and carports — taking 50 percent deposits — without plans to actually complete the work. His attorney said he's just a bad record keeper.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti said police have filed and received a warrant for the arrest of a man in the incident, which took place April 10 at the Family Dollar store.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
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Set primarily in Newark, N.J., “Sanctuary City,” which runs through April 25 at Theaterworks Hartford, is a memory that traces two close friends, B (Grant Kennedy Lewis) and G (Sara Gutierrez) over six years, from their late teens in 2001 to their early 20s in 2006.
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Have you ever wanted to shop Vicki Bonnington's closet? You can do just that and more at BerkChique!
BerkChique is back. Here's a sneak peak at what will be up for grabs during the three-day fashionable fundraiser....
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
At Race Brook Lodge, starting at 6:30 p.m., April 23, Rabbi Zach Fredman will offer a progressive take on the ancient Seder traditions, including music from diverse cultures as he explores the meaning behind the timeless tale of freedom from oppression.
Sharon Smullen
Eagle Correspondent
The Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College is hosting a day-long Oral History Symposium at the Red Lion Inn on May 9.
"Show Your Teen Spirit," the annual fundraiser for the ROOTS Teen Center, will be held Saturday, April 27, at the Norad Mill.
Guitar virtuoso and composer Gladius will perform his unique flamenco fusion style music in a solo concert on Thursday, April 25, at the Adams Free Library.
A dueling piano show benefitting UCP of Western Massachusetts will be presented by Howl at the Moon on Friday, April 26, at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.
Local History
For nearly 85 years Besse-Clarke had been a popular North Street business from when it opened in 1910. The store closed in 1994 and was the very last of the 42 stores in the Besse System to close.
The construction of the new Union Station in 1914 brought two other changes to the area around it that also remained until the terminal was razed: a steel footbridge over the tracks and a park.
Eagle Archives, April 19, 1962: Once or twice a year, usually in the winter, you can bet that some motorist sliding down the Tyler Street hill is going to come crashing through the Laflin Memorial Fence at Pittsfield General Hospital.
Eagle Archives, April 18, 1972: The old Glendale chapel, once the scene of bustling activity, may be revived as a center for community events if a group of concerned residents has anything to say about it.
Eagle Archives, April 17, 1942: Robert Burns Dickie, 29, of Pittsfield, was kept from enlisting in the U.S. Army and Navy because of his height of 6 feet, 7½ inches.
By the mid-1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was holding nighttime “konklaves” with anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 local men, inducting hundreds of new members in a single cross-burning ceremony.
Eagle Archives, April 16, 1932: Many stamp collectors specialize in collecting stamps with early Berkshire railroad cancellations.
Arts and Culture
Set primarily in Newark, N.J., “Sanctuary City,” which runs through April 25 at Theaterworks Hartford, is a memory that traces two close friends, B (Grant Kennedy Lewis) and G (Sara Gutierrez) over six years, from their late teens in 2001 to their early 20s in 2006.
Have you ever wanted to shop Vicki Bonnington's closet? You can do just that and more at BerkChique!
BerkChique is back. Here's a sneak peak at what will be up for grabs during the three-day fashionable fundraiser....
At Race Brook Lodge, starting at 6:30 p.m., April 23, Rabbi Zach Fredman will offer a progressive take on the ancient Seder traditions, including music from diverse cultures as he explores the meaning behind the timeless tale of freedom from oppression.
Based on Robert James Waller’s hugely successful 1992 novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman and composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown's stage musical treatment of “The Bridges of Madison County” premiered in the summer of 2013 in a masterly, smoothly choreographed Broadway-bound production at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Columnist Bill Schmick says this week's stock market sell-off was long overdue and though it was bad news for investors, he believes it is a healthy, if painful, development that could last a few weeks.
Justin Adkins, Ray Garnett and Gabby Squailia share their experiences in business as trans people in the Berkshires, and the work they've done to feel safe and comfortable in their lives and careers.
Amy Loveless, the Dream Away’s longtime chef, will head the kitchen. Bartender Kristin Parker is returning as general manager. And Daniel Osman, who owned the venue from 1996 until 2022, will be maestro of special events.
Columnist Bill Schmick writes that the wizardry behind today's high-tech kitchen appliances dazzles and would impress the likes of George Jetson. But, he warns, too many of them don't last and require parts and expert repairs that simply aren't available.
The Pittsfield and West Springfield baseball game was suspended with a tied score after seven innings due to darkness.
Monument Mountain bounced back from a big loss by shutting out Lenox on Friday.
Pittsfield softball got three home runs, including two grand slams in a shutout win over Mount Greylock.
Runner's High gets all the credit. We're here to talk about quad pain.
Everyone wants you to fill out a survey these days, so it came as a big disappointment when I was offered no opportunity to offer praise and award high scores to a government agency and one of its employees that saved me a major headache.
Growing up in the East Bronx in the 1940s and early ‘50s meant rarely leaving the neighborhood, except for Catskill summers and family visits.
America has long been at the forefront of apocalyptic thinking, thanks in no small part to the scholarship of a Pittsfield native.
While negotiators remain at odds over how much they want to draw from state savings and exactly what kind of time limits to place on shelter stays — plus whether restaurants should resume takeout drink sales — funding could run out in less than two weeks, a Healey administration official confirmed Thursday.
Money for the state's emergency family shelter system could run out sometime between Monday and the end of April, according to a top senator, who is part of a six-person group of lawmakers trying to come up with funding solutions.
The steady stream of rain and snowstorms has state and county environmental advocacy groups keeping a wary eye on potential flooding threats. More stormwater infiltration is a major step in the right direction as a step to prevent flooding.
The House Ways and Means Committee version of the budget, which was unveiled on Wednesday, protects the parts of the Personal Care Attendant program that Gov. Maura Healey aimed to cut.
Things to do this week in Berkshire County
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2023 - February 2024
Guidance and resources to help you take big steps and manage big changes, across every stage of life
An annual look at the state of education in Berkshire County
A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2023
Helping people understand the basics of disposal and sustainable options.
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers
The annual guide to preparing your home for the coming New England winter.
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 67th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.