LEE — A trail of clues and an investigative hunch led student-reporter David Carlino to one of his most recently published news stories. As one of eight members of Lee Elementary School’s newspaper club, Carlino writes and publishes articles for the publication, “The Wildcat Tales”. The newspaper club, made up of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders, […]
SHEFFIELD — With a score of vacancies on several of the town’s appointed municipal boards, there may be no better time than the present for residents to get involved in local government. The need for volunteer members on specific municipal boards has reached a point, Town Administrator Rhonda LaBombard says, where handling certain town business […]
STOCKBRIDGE — A court’s ruling to dismiss the Conservation Commission’s denial of herbicide treatment to Lake Mahkeenac is far from water under the bridge for the town. Berkshire County Superior Court Judge John Agostini handed down the decision last month, ruling that the Conservation Commission’s reasoning to deny the treatment project, submitted by the Stockbridge […]
SHEFFIELD — A three-month municipal investigation into the potential purchase of a property for the use of housing a new highway garage has ended with the town declining the opportunity, citing excessive cost concerns. Situated at the intersection of Home Road and County Road, the four-acre parcel is currently owned by Pexco LLC, an Atlanta-based […]
MILL RIVER — The Mill River General store will close its doors at the end of the month, ending a 180-year history of serving as a community hub for the town of New Marlborough and as the Berkshire’s longest-operating general store. The decision is a mutual one between the owner of the building, David Herrick, […]
GREAT BARRINGTON — A local nonprofit is giving the gift of warmth to those in need this winter. ExtraSpecialTeas, a teahouse located in downtown Great Barrington, is hosting their inaugural “Spread the Warmth” campaign, in hopes to raise donations and warm clothing for shelters and soup kitchens across Berkshire County. On Thursday, Jan. 16, the […]
LEE — Klas Bergman just wants to consume his local and statewide TV news. The self-proclaimed “journalist junkie” and Great Barrington resident balances a media diet of browsing online news, watching national broadcast news, reading newspapers and listening to National Public Radio. But for the former resident of Washington, D.C., and a former journalist, Bergman […]
GREAT BARRINGTON — A Great Barrington couple perished as the result of a Silver Street apartment fire. t approximately 7:40 p.m. on Monday, Great Barrington Fire responded to Beech Tree Apartments complex, located at 24 Silver St., for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. Chris Dolby, a Beech Tree Commons tenant, reported hearing a […]
GREAT BARRINGTON — It took about half an hour for the voters to put the horse racing issue out to pasture. Voters rallied in favor of a home-rule petition voicing the town’s request to be heard at the legislative level and their collective disapproval of the return of thoroughbred horse racing to the Fairgrounds. The […]
MIRAMAR, Fla. — Four people were fatally shot following a jewelry store heist that led police on a high-speed chase across multiple county lines ending in a shootout in rush-hour traffic. Among those slain was an innocent bystander with roots in the Berkshires. Last Thursday, two armed men robbed a South Florida jewelry store and […]