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Motorcycle crash closes lane in Falls Village
FALLS VILLAGE, CT (WFSB) – A motorcycle crash closed a lane on Under Mountain Road in the Falls Village section of Canaan on Tuesday. State police told Eyewitness News that a motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash. Life Star was called but did not respond because...
Berkshire schools lead the way in first day of Division VI outdoor track & field championships
The Berkshires led the way for Western Massachusetts at the Division VI outdoor track & field championships on Thursday with three first place finishers. Mount Greylock’s Maggie Nichols placed first in the 200 meters in 25.40, Monument Mountain’s Amelia Desilets placed first in the 2-mile in a time of 11:14.65 and Hoosac Valley’s Taylor Garabedian placed first in the discus with a distance of 108-01.
PREVIEW: Berkshire Lyric presents Bruckner’s Mass in F minor, Brahms’ Nänie, Arvo Pärt’s ‘Da pacem Domine’ Sunday, June 2, at Ozawa Hall
Lenox — The 100-voice Berkshire Lyric Chorus and Lyric Orchestra will perform Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor, Brahms’ “Nänie,” and Arvo Pärt’s “Da pacem Domine” at Tanglewood’s Seiji Ozawa Hall on Sunday, June 2, at 3 p.m., in the ensemble’s annual masterworks concert. Jack Brown will conduct.
Fake missing kids scam seeks to get people’s money
A new hoax has been popping up across social media and it has made its way to the Berkshires, according to Pittsfield Police. The scam uses pictures of random children claiming that they have been found and asks users to share the post. After enough people share the post, these...
Pine Plains Central School District Voters Approve 2024–25 Budget
Residents of the Pine Plains Central School District passed the Board of Education’s $37.6-million 2024–25 budget on May 21 by a vote of 285 to 106. Of the estimated 6,713 eligible voters, 6% turned out, approving all propositions, including the purchase of three school buses for a total of $461,970 – and the three BOE candidates, who ran unopposed. Results are below.
Sunshine Returns, Drier Afternoon With More Comfortable Air Mass Moving In
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) -Showers and downpours have moved out, but it is a muggy damp start with left over low clouds and patchy fog. However, your Tuesday will end up much drier with a more refreshing air mass moving in this afternoon. Dew points slowly decrease throughout the day, starting...
Tanglewood’s Packed 2024 Lineup
Tanglewood, the esteemed Western Massachusetts venue, has announced its lineup of performers for the 2024 Popular Artists Series part of the season, running from June 20 to August 31. The lineup includes big names like Trey Anastasio, Beck, Dispatch, and pop and R&B acts like Boyz II Men, Brandi Carlile and Jason Mraz.
Easthampton Softball Advances Past Monument Mountain
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – McKenzie McCarthy went 3-for-4 with a triple and a pair of RBIs Tuesday to lead the Easthampton softball team to a 9-5 win over Monument Mountain in the Western Massachusetts Class B Quarter-Finals. Fifth-seeded Easthampton advances to travel to top-seeded PIttsfield in the regional semi-finals...
Taconic Hills baseball hoists first sectional championship plaque in 30 years
The Titans battled through the first two rounds of the bracket, knocked off Mechanicville, and Wednesday afternoon, completed their sectional journey with a 9-0 victory over Schuylerville at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium to claim the program's first section title since 1994.
Massachusetts construction company owner sent to prison for fraud across Northeast
A Pittsfield man was sentenced to prison for more than two dozen charges of larceny in connection to operating a construction business across the Northeast and never finishing projects after being partially paid.
Stockbridge Select Board member Patrick White provides insight into potential release of Rest of River Committee records
Stockbridge and Lee — On the heels of the Lee Select Board’s unanimous vote on May 21 to pursue a response from all five towns involved in the Rest of River Municipal Committee regarding a requested release of executive session records, Stockbridge Select Board member Patrick White provided an email trail to The Berkshire Edge dating back to December in which he asked to make those documents public. What he received was a statement of the process under which that request could be possible, a high bar for the production of those documents. See the email thread here.
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