Hinsdale News

Judge Michael J. Ripps heard the following cases in Northern Berkshire District Court on Monday: * Daniel E. Smith, 26, of Barlow Avenue in North Adams, pleaded not guilty to a charge of malicious destruction of property over $250. He has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for July 7. * Steve F. Smith, 21, of Barlow Avenue North Adams, pleaded not ...

Voters at Wednesday night's annual town meeting approved 32 of 33 articles, including a measure that would allow the town to remove snow and make necessary temporary repairs to South Shore Road, a privately owned, one-mile gravel roadway along Plunkett Lake.

Voters will consider 33 articles at Wednesday's annual town meeting including a proposal to amend the transportation agreement for the seven member towns of the Central Berkshire Regional School District.

A former Lanesborough man whose itinerant criminal lifestyle eventually caught up with him will spend the next five years behind bars.

Nearly 50 years after it was conceived, the last available building lot in the Downing Industrial Park should be occupied later this summer.

Five years ago, Hinsdale native Rick Derby first learned of Sally and Donald Goodrich's efforts to build a school for girls in Loghar, Afghanistan, and was immediately compelled to make a documentary about their project.

After years of rescuing horses from all over and offering private lessons to neighbors, Fran and Kris Megaro are opening up Pine Grove Farm to public horse riding lessons.

Victorious in 13 consecutive contests this past season against teams representing schools from Clarksburg, Florida, Cummington, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Becket and Worthington, the undefeated Cheshire School boys' basketball team is regarded at Berkshire County's best for 1959.

Q: When is the horseshoe crab mating season on the Massachusetts shore? I'd like to see them again.

A controlled brush fire got out of hand Friday afternoon and sparked a forest fire in a swath of woods north of Center Pond, forcing more than 100 firefighters from 10 towns to battle the blaze for 10 hours.

An early morning fire roared through a four-unit apartment house at 80 Daly Ave.

Our photos too hard to identify? Someone must know these girls! Scam Alert Hundreds of homes around the area were hit by automated calls from scammers claiming their credit/debit card has been suspended.

Central Berkshire Regional School District is relying on a combination of cost savings, spending cuts, and federal stimulus money to help balance its budget for fiscal year 2010, which begins July 1. The ...

Town Clerk Paul Hutchinson has announced that several incumbent Town Meeting members are not seeking re-election. The election will be held May 4. Every year at the annual Town Election each precinct elects 10 ...

A student, a graduate, a teacher, and an administrator for the Central Berkshire Regional School District, Deborah "Debbie" Bevan will assume a new title at the end of this school year: retiree.

An early-morning fire gutted a sugar house on Rida Road, near the town's border with Cummington.

An official for the Housatonic Valley Association said he hopes ground will be broken within a few months for the first of five new canoe/kayak access sites along the Housatonic River.

The Hoosac Valley High School baseball booster club will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, at the Adams American Legion to discuss the upcoming season and fund raising options.

The 30-year-old Pittsfield man who shot a Hinsdale resident outside a Pittsfield bar last year will spend up to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder charges.

Some early morning icy conditions caused a Pittsfield man's Jeep to overturn. According to responding Officer Nancy Daniels, the one-vehicle accident occurred today on Pittsfield Road around 5:30 a.m. Brian ...