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The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2009 Francis H. Hayden Memorial Award.

Election Obituaries James R. Northrup, 89 More obituaries Bazaars Nov. 7: annual Fall Craft Fair from 10 to 4. Free admission, huge variety of arts and crafts, raffles, food and more.

This year's race for mayor will go down in the history books as the most expensive on record: The candidates have spent more than $94,000. According to finance reports filed with the city clerk's office this week, challenger Richard J. Alcombright has raised $54,587.26 and spent $44,701.78. Mayor John Barrett III, who began the campaign season with ...

With only a week left until the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the city clerk's office is busily preparing for the day, which will bring a new polling site for voters in Ward 1. "With the election coming up, we just want to remind voters of the changes that will be happening this year," City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau said Monday.

Every place has its tales of supernatural specters, haunted houses and ghostly apparitions -- and the hills of Berkshire County are no exception.

Senior citizens living at the Millhouses had an opportunity to be spooked on Saturday at a Halloween party held exclusively for them.

After years of paying higher cable rates then other seniors, Village East residents are demanding that someone tell them why they pay full price.

In seeking federal stimulus funds for improved broadband Internet access in the state, Gov.

Two weeks ago, Patriot Renewables LLC told the Savoy Selectmen that it intended to put an eight-turbine wind farm in the mountain town, and on Tuesday they set their sights on Adams as well.

Patients receiving treatment for chronic wounds -- sores from damaged veins or complications caused by diabetes -- no longer need to travel to Pittsfield to receive care.

Developed by Ethereal Darkness Interactive , STATIC: Investigator Training is a game where you assume the role of Lindsey, a Berkshire Paranormal anchor-investigator, as she reluctantly roams the room of Mary Houghton in the Houghton Mansion of North Adams Massachusetts.

The newly established state Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Advisory Council, headed by Lt.

As the holidays approach, the Adams Ambulance Service is looking to help people in a different way -- not with stretchers and tourniquets but by helping to fill a local food pantry.

North Adams Open Studios returns for its fifth year, featuring over 183 artists over a two-day period -- this Saturday and Sunday -- as a wind-down to the arts season in the Northern Berkshires.

Police have made two arrests in the string of car break-ins that rippled through the town this summer.

A $2.2 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration includes $800,000 for repairs to Bascom Lodge and the Veterans War Memorial Tower at the summit of Mount Greylock in Adams and $198,000 for improvements to Route 116 in Savoy.

Yes, I was one of the thousands of ramblers Monday to ascend and descend the foliage-lined, muddy and stone-packed trails leading to the summit of the highest peak in Massachusetts.

A feasibility study that will determine the future configuration of the North Adams Public Schools was temporarily put on hold by the state School Building Authority because of an oversight in a recent appropriation by the City Council.

Area fire departments, businesses, organizations, politicians and high school bands gathered at 1 p.m. on Sunday to support a local tradition -- the 54th annual Fall Foliage Parade.

When Marcia Wakeling came to the city in search of her great-great-great-great-grandfather's final resting place, her goal was to ensure that his Revolutionary War service was honored with a flag.

The Bascom Lodge Talk & Dine series will continue on Wednesday at 6 p.m., with Eugene Michalenko of the Adams Historical Society, who will talk about "Adams and the Valley in the 1940 and 50s," a time perhaps quite different from now.

Most people wouldn't expect to receive a math lesson when looking at a quilt, but local artist Beth Davis does just that as she blends her love of mathematics and quilting in her unique designs.

Free and Open to the public! Prix Fixe dinner served after the talk. Call for dinner reservations: 413-743-1591.

The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Wednesday: Story Body: NORTH ADAMS -- The following cases were heard in Northern Berkshire District Court on Wednesday: * Wayne A. Pulver, 20, of Prospect Street in North Adams, pleaded not guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property over $250. The court scheduled a ...