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Missing person in Pittsfield
UPDATE: Per Pittsfield Police, Jeff Dean has been located. Police in Pittsfield need your help finding a missing man. Police say Jeff Dean left his home on North Street riding an ATV Saturday morning and did not come back. Dean was last seen heading toward Balance Rock State Park, which...
Greenfield murder victim Chris Hairston remembered for his musicianship
Pittsfield native Christopher Hairston — who police say was killed by 42-year-old Taaniel Herberger-Brown in Greenfield late last month — is being remembered for his musicianship. “His contribution and connection to the drum community reached far and wide. He will be deeply missed by so many,” his obituary...
Off the Beaten Path: Bottomless Bricks in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NEWS10) – NEWS10 kicked off “NEWS10 in Your Town” on Friday! The first stop of the month-long tour was Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Ryan Peterson’s hometown!). NEWS10’s Cassie Hudson was in Berkshire County to put the pieces together in this week’s Off the Beaten Path. “When I was in Adams people were enthusiastic about what […]
Jalisco Cantina Mexican restaurant opens in former Prado’s Café site on Lee’s Main Street
Lee — Residents are now able to enjoy their mornings with authentic Mexican food just a short stroll down Main Street. Patricia de la Paz opened Jalisco Cantina on May 1 at 85 Main Street, in the space formerly occupied by Prado’s Café. She also operates two other restaurants in New York: Glenville’s Tequila Jalisco and Ballston Spa’s Taqueria Guadalajara, with those customers having told de la Paz “there’s not much Mexican food in Lee.” The patrons’ comments sparked her interest in the town’s Main Street and, after hearing the Prado’s space was available, she put her plans in motion. De la Paz said she liked the area so much she decided to make her home locally about a month ago, moving from New York. “We’re happy to be in Lee,” she told the Berkshire Edge during a phone interview. “It’s a really nice town. Everybody’s welcoming.”
Remembering the days before homelessness in Berkshire County
At the turn of the century, I returned to Berkshire County, where I had grown up. I had been gone a score of years, starting just after high school. It is hard to impress how halcyon Pittsfield was in the 1960s through 1980. Crime was virtually unheard of. I remember a big “news story” in The Berkshire Eagle about teenagers drinking beer in the woods by fires. During the ’90s, when Pittsfield was in the very beginning of its economic downturn brought on by General Electric downsizing, there was little crime in Pittsfield. Historians generally agree that the 1990s represented a national high-water mark from crime, but the Berkshires by and large ducked it.
Pittsfield Hydrant Flushing Schedule: Phase 2
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Monday, May 6 marks the start of phase two for the spring flushing schedule of the City of Pittsfield's water system. Water mains throughout the city will be flushed through hydrants over the next several weeks to remove accumulations of pipeline corrosion products. Mains will be...
It’s town meeting season in Berkshire County, with a handful set for Monday evening
Great Barrington residents will gather to debate a more than $16 million general fund and $21 million school budget at Monument Mountain Regional High School at 6. Dalton voters will congregate at Wahconah Regional High School at 7 to address a 22-item warrant including the annual town budget and a citizen’s petition revising sidewalk ordinances. Sheffielders will meet at Mount Everett Regional High School at 6 to tackle issues ranging from an almost $8 million share of the Southern Berkshire Regional School District Operating and Transportation budget to zoning bylaw amendments. West Stockbridge voters will meet in the town hall gym to discuss their 47-item warrant at 6.
Pittsfield Street Improvement for Fiscal Year 2025
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The following roads are scheduled to be paved starting this summer as part of the FY25 Street Improvement Program:. • Barker Road (from Richmond town line to South Mountain Road) • Benedict Road (Dalton Avenue to Broadview Terrace) • Crane Ave (Oakhill West 2000 feet) •...
BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on The Home Historian—turning a passion into a profession
Joe Durwin of Pittsfield operates a service in which he unearths and conveys the stories of properties in Berkshire County and surrounding areas. Durwin launched The Home Historian in late 2020, serving clients throughout Berkshire County and in adjacent regions. He estimates that he has conducted at least 400 investigations into the history of houses and other properties since then. “I describe what I do as a combination of research and private detective work,” Durwin says.
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