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A Berkshire Superior Court jury has determined that a 24-year-old Pittsfield man played a significant supporting role in a two-year-old shooting, finding him guilty of assault and other felony charges but acquitting him of attempted murder.

MA OFFICER CHILD PORN ADAMS, Mass. - A veteran Adams police officer accused of viewing child pornography on a computer in the evidence room at the police station has resigned.

A judge heard more testimony Thursday in the Berkshire Superior Court trial of a former police officer accused of assaulting a man while he was in police custody.

Just three weeks after Berkshire Community Action Council opened its fuel assistance program, the organization already has qualified 3,000 households for federal funds to purchase heating oil, natural gas and wood this winter.

There were no common themes in the booty except this one -- he snatched whatever he could and ran.

Two local men involved in a two-car crash at the intersection of Main Street and Cole Avenue on Saturday evening are both being charged with drunk driving.

Ben Downing is a great guy doing a difficult job. So how is such a good fellow going so wrong on the issue of wind power, and why is he not taking a stronger stance against something which is so obviously damaging to the Berkshires? He has seen the information regarding how minuscule the difference will make for our energy use.

Northern Berkshire Healthcare is seeking to partner with a health care organization in Massachusetts as it faces a huge loss this fiscal year, with a deficit projected at $8.1 million and no improvement in the economy foreseen.

In what he referred to as a "terribly hard decision", Thomas Speckert has decided to leave "the best job I ever had" and resign as executive director of Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires after 21 years.

Models and mayhem, gestures and grids, monoprints, tense oil paintings, whimsical storytelling, textured multimedia, line drawings of an alternate universe - all these things are "Drawn Together," an exhibit of work from a sevenmember Berkshire art group opening on Friday at the Lichtenstein Center at 28 Renne Ave., with a reception at 5 p.m. These ...

Police didn't need to look very far for a recent smash-and-grab suspect: He showed up at the Lenox police station for another matter and was charged accordingly.

Pittsfield Police are seeking information on a full-size, blue pickup truck with wide silver stripe down the side and metal contractor's rack.

LENOX, Mass. - A radio show host and a hunters' club have offered rewards for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever used a bow to kill two llamas in Berkshire County.

Tricks of the Trade is a professional development seminar series for artists, artisans and creatives.

Across Berkshire County, efforts to curb underage drinking and substance abuse are gearing to become more visible in the community.

City police officers responding to a noise complaint inside Pepe's bar on Sunday had to call for reinforcements after a violent mle erupted outside the Wahconah Street watering hole.

The Berkshire Eagle : ADAMS, Mass. -- Veteran Adams Police Officer Alan C. Vigiard, 45, was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography .

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 ...

Pittsfield's Berkshire Bank has been named the "#1 Lender to Women in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" by the Small Business Association of Massachusetts, the bank announced.

Veteran Adams Police Officer Alan C. Vigiard, 45, was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography.