Berkshire women are making history and showing the next generation that they can do the same
They're planting seeds for the next generation. They're encouraging others to climb ladders and reach new heights while being a safe space. They're filling shoes that have never been worn before and inspiring others that they can do the same. This Women's History Month, we're looking not backward, but to the history makers of today.
John and Patti Campbell have put the Shaker Mill Inn in West Stockbridge on the market for $1,550,000, a modest increase over what they paid for the inn in 2018, $1,095,000, especially in a market that has skyrocketed in value, particularly for residential listings.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
Local, state and federal officials and stakeholders on Thursday celebrated the return of inpatient care at a newly opened North Adams Regional Hospital — 10 years to the day after it abruptly closed.
Sten Spinella
Reporter
Farmington River Regional Elementary is facing three existential threats: low enrollment, increasing costs and the language in its 32-year-old regional school district agreement, which places an undue burden on Sandisfield taxpayers.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
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Luis Rosado, who is accused of fatally stabbing his wife, Jillian Tatro, said Thursday he and his lawyer weren't seeing "eye to eye."
District Superintendent Jake McCandless broke down the reasons for the increase, including scheduled wage raises.
The Thornewood, which received its permit from the Select Board in a unanimous vote on Monday, will immediately have 14 rooms of varying sizes and prices available to those who live and work in town, according to the developer, Community Development Corp. of South Berkshire.
The Pittsfield City Council gave Superintendent Joseph Curtis the go-ahead to ask the state's School Building Authority to consider a construction project, which could mean a new school for students at Crosby Community School and Conte Elementary School.
Conrad Mainwaring admitted to committing crimes against minors in in the 1970s. But a specific statute used to convict him didn't exist at the time.
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Three Democratic candidates for the 3rd Berkshire District seat spoke with voters in Dalton on Tuesday night, as the town could be a pivotal force in the election as one of the most populated in the newly drawn boundaries.
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
The "Peace Coalition" offers an opportunity for healing and connection amid the losses in Gaza and Israel at an event on April 4.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
The crash broke a firefighter’s nose and mangled the front of the fire engine. It also flipped the SUV on its roof before it struck a guardrail.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
A West Springfield man recently cleared of allegations he fired a gun during a road rage incident in 2020 will automatically have his records sealed pertaining to that charge.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
The council voted unanimously to approve the special permit for the proposed Lipton Inc. car wash at 1035 South St. after tacking on a handful of conditions to the project.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
Unionized museum workers ratified a deal that locks in place wage increases for the next two years.
Sten Spinella
Reporter
Calyx, as it turns out, was the first to file a lawsuit over Community Impact Fees. The pot shop is demanding the return of $392,742.55 paid out since 2020.
Heather Bellow
Reporter
Two people were busted for alleged cocaine trafficking downtown on Friday night.
Amanda Burke
Cops and Courts Reporter
Sten Spinella
Reporter
The Pittsfield Licensing Board on Monday said Panchos Mexican Restaurant can stay open until 1 a.m. after three months of relative calm at the downtown bar.
Matt Martinez
News Reporter
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A decade ago to the day, a community hospital closed its doors. Its demise was painful for so many in Northern Berkshire County, and the wound of its absence lingered for too long. But today, the dream of healing back stronger is finally a reality in North Adams.
At what juncture in this clown circus that passes for corporate governance and national government do we draw the reins hard and say “Whoa, this stuff doesn’t fly anymore"? We expect more from our citizens, our corporations, our leaders.
Once a sign of renewal, spring has become a time for regret, humility and, increasingly, guilt. We’ve paved paradise, fouled our nest, and betrayed centuries of love-besotted poets and everything that inspired them.
Spring is here and it is time to welcome back the nation’s pastime. (No, not football.) Play ball!
The Great Barrington Fire District Water Department will conduct its spring fire hydrant flushing during the entire month of April.
The Lee Sons and Daughters of Italy will host an illustrated talk by Dr. Ed Iannuccilli, "What Ever Happened to Sunday Dinner," on Thursday, April 4, at St. Mary’s School.
Highway crews will begin the full-depth reclamation of the roadway along Main Street on Monday, April 1.
Veterans are invited to a meet and greet with American Legion National Commander Daniel J. Seehafer on Thursday, April 4, at Dalton American Legion Post 155.
Local History
It was after midnight on an icy cold February night when the first dynamite charge went off under the building where the Froio family lived above their Eagle Street grocery store.
The Big N opened the largest single-story department store in the Berkshires in a 68,000-square-foot building serving as an anchor in the Pittsfield Plaza shopping center on West Housatonic Street.
Eagle Archives, March 29, 1948: Eggs and young hearts, but no bones, were broken as 800 bundled youngsters crawled, pushed and ran into each other and all over Pittsfield's Clapp Park in the third annual city-wide Easter egg hunt.
On March 29, 1973: The last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
On March 28, 1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
Eagle Archives, March 28, 1936: Thomas Curtin, who divides his time between painting and mixing sodas, is becoming one of Berkshire's best known artists.
Arts and Culture
Designed to celebrate and invigorate the region’s cultural landscape, "Foreign Substances" promises to enrich the artistic heritage in the Berkshires with two simultaneous exhibitions: Rose’s "Shakespeare Tobacco Company" and Zane's "Something Else."
Part prequel and part sequel, “Wandering Stars,” opens with the Sand Creek Massacre. We are witnessing, through the memories of Jude Star, the very beginning of the trauma that will trickle down through the generations to his great-granddaughters, sisters Opal Bear Shield and Jacquie Red Feather, whom we first meet in “There, There.”
Is the grackle really common? Seen in direct sunlight, the male common grackle is simply iridescent.
Chefs Raymond Stalker and Sarita Orobio-Wolff decide themes based on wanting to cook food they know might not normally sell well, or ones they’ve always wanted to learn to cook.
Business
John and Patti Campbell have put the Shaker Mill Inn in West Stockbridge on the market for $1,550,000, a modest increase over what they paid for the inn in 2018, $1,095,000, especially in a market that has skyrocketed in value, particularly for residential listings.
Jane Kaufman
Community Voices Editor
With a redesigned menu and a focus on seafood, burgers and appetizers, James Maston is set to approach the Select Board April 9 to renew the restaurant’s liquor license. He's also seeking an entertainment license.
How will buyers and sellers be affected by the lawsuit settlement earlier this month involving commissions paid to brokers and agents? Agents throughout the Berkshires weigh in.
Visa and Mastercard have announced a major settlement with U.S. merchants, potentially ending nearly two decades of litigation between merchants and the major payment companies over credit card fees. The deal would lower and cap the fees charged by Visa and Mastercard and allow small businesses to collectively bargain for rates with the payment processors in a similar way that large merchants do on their own now. Industry groups for retailers both small and large say the settlement is a step in the right direction, but far more needs to be done to remedy the current swipe-fee situation.
Powder Report columnist Mike Walsh headed north last weekend for the (possibly only) snow storm of the year.
The Hurricanes and Generals kicked of the 2024 spring sports season Thursday afternoon on the Gene Dellea turf at BCC.
UMass fell in double overtime to Denver, losing a war of attrition to fall in the NCAA Tournament first round.
Eagle sports columnist Howard Herman will be front and center all weekend at the NCAA Division I women's basketball regionals in Albany.
The last coal-fired power plant in New England is set to close in a victory for environmentalists. Granite Shore Power said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to close the Merrimack Station in New Hampshire by June 2028. It had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests. As part of the deal, the company said the site will be turned into the state's first renewable energy park. The company also said it would shutter Schiller Station in Portsmouth next year. That facility, which is permitted to use oil, coal and biomass, has not operated for several years.
Families staying in overflow shelter sites in Massachusetts will soon have to document each month their efforts to find a path out of the overflow system, including looking for housing or a job. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that beginning May 1, families will have to be recertified monthly to remain eligible to stay in the state-run overflow sites. They will need to show steps they’ve taken toward independence, including applying for work authorization permits, submitting job applications or taking English classes. Massachusetts has been grappling with the growing influx of homeless migrant families seeking shelter in the state.
The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis. The bill approved late Thursday would limit maximum stays to nine months, with the possibility of 90 more days for veterans, pregnant women and people who are employed or enrolled in a job training program. The funding would cover fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Currently, there are no limits on the time a family can spend in emergency housing.
A federal appeals court has ordered the judge who oversaw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial to investigate the defense’s claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not throw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence on Thursday. Defense lawyers had pushed for that while claiming bias by two people who sat on the jury that convicted Tsarnaev for his role in the bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds near the marathon’s finish line in 2013. But the appeals court found that the trial judge did not adequately probe Tsarnaev’s claims of juror bias, and sent the case back to the judge for a new investigation. The U.S. attorneys office in Massachusetts declined to comment.