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Violinist Tamara Smimova, Associate Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster of the Boston Pops, will perform works by Handel-Halvorsen, Mozart and Martinu with violoist Michael ...

The poets of the Florence Poets Society return to the Wm Cullen Bryant Homestead for a special afternoon reading of original poetry.

Ernest Alvin ''Smitty'' Smith, 93, of North Street died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, after a short illness early Tuesday morning .

Annetta B. King, 87, formerly of Cummington, passed away on May 27, 2008 at Linda Manor Nursing Home in Leeds, where she had resided in declining health for four years.

The quick actions of an off-duty city firefighter, which prevented serious paralysis to an accident victim, were lauded by officials during Tuesday's City Council meeting as Juan Bolte was awarded the ...

Adolphus E. Sherman, age 87, recently of Harborside-Applewood Healthcare Center died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at the center.

The 34th annual Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair is scheduled to take place at the Cummington Fairgrounds tomorrow and Sunday.

Voters will consider a $4.2 million fiscal 2009 operating budget at Wednesday's annual town meeting, and 35 articles that include a measure which could determine whether the Central Berkshire Regional School ... via Berkshire Eagle

“The Selectmen are all in favor of the school budget as we usually are”

Officials here are preparing for the possibility of losing $250,000 from their operating budget. via Berkshire Eagle

The Central Berkshire Regional School District operating budget remains in limbo after Dalton voters rejected a Proposition 2 1/2 override to support the budget. via Berkshire Eagle

“The executive board has already approved the proposed contract. I'm just waiting to hear whether or not the membership has moved to accept it.”

As the North Adams Public Schools joins the pack of school districts from around the state vying for extend-day funds, the Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School is hoping to cut about 45 minutes ... via North Adams Transcript

“It's really moving when you read some of the things that people wrote”

Hundreds of nameless voices cling to small white sheets of paper inside Ferrin Art Gallery on North Street. via Berkshire Eagle

“There are some issues that all of us want to resolve, and we'll keep pushing on.”

When Town Meeting convenes May 1, voters will face a proposal to pay for a sewer extension to the Meadowbrook Drive area through tax money instead of fees to the neighbors who hook up to it. via Daily Hampshire Gazette

Town officials have found buyers for 10 old municipal vehicles through a new online auction site similar to eBay. via Daily Hampshire Gazette

We learn from The New York Times that former Mount president and CEO Stephanie Copeland believes that the board of trustees, by not coming up with the funding to fulfill the vision they signed onto, failed to ... via Berkshire Eagle

Blustery winter or hot summer, you step back in time at Remington Lodge, just north of Route 9 here in West Cummington. via Berkshire Eagle

Berkshire Trail Elementary School in Cummington is working with a $7,000 Department of Education grant to explore the idea of an extended school day, or year. via Daily Hampshire Gazette

“At this point, I don't know that we would go for an override”

It's decision time in the Central Berkshire Regional School District's seven member towns. via Berkshire Eagle

As new library director of the Arms Library, Laurie Wheeler of Shelburne Falls would like to automate the library's lending system, upgrade the computers used by library patrons and create innovative programs ... via The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts

The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee has approved a $24.5 million fiscal 2009 budget for the district's seven towns, chairwoman Susan Carroll-Lombardi said yesterday. via Berkshire Eagle