Housatonic News

Hollywood on the Housatonic; lights, camera, action! For more than 30 years, Berkshire County has been a favored location for an impressive list of big-screen movies.

The town of Housatonic faces a $20 million demand from a local man who was beaten by other men with whom he'd drunk alcohol and smoked marijuana in public, the Berkshire Eagle reports.

The victim of a brutal beating in Housatonic has sent the town a letter of demand for $20 million as compensation for his physical and psychological injuries in the wake of the incident.

21 Where: 1753 House, Field Park, in between the Williams Inn and the Milne Public Library, Route 2 and Route 7, Williamstown.

This letter is not being written to explore the merits or demerits of approving Interstate Biofuels' proposal to establish a plant in Lenox Dale.

Parents and the principal of Monument Mountain Regional High School gave a collective "thumbs down" to the concept of a charter school in their school district, noting that the potential financial drain and duplication of services from such a school would not be worth what it might have to offer.

We have several bluebirds in our yard in West Stockbridge. We love to see them, but one has become a problem! It started last spring when he would flutter around the rear view mirrors of our cars parked in the driveway.

Zebra mussels have been detected in the Housatonic River as far as Stockbridge, and 10 water bodies in the region are at a high risk for infestation, according to a report issued this week by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Montana's Quake Lake. To engage a green-minded public, several organizations are soliciting help in their ecological research efforts.

The Selectmen hosted a public forum on the design work of the $1.3-million second phase of the village improvement plan, but much of the comments from business owners centered on consternation over the first phase's impediments to visitors.

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 ...

My five-year old GeekSon has become interested in books about naval warships. So I thought I would take him to see some real warships.

The town has nearly completed the initial phase of a $500,000 improvement project that is slated for several streets in the village of Housatonic.

The woman who was thrown from a motorcycle Tuesday afternoon has died from the injuries she suffered in the accident.

At Housatonic Railroad Sitea ' By Andrew Gorosko The US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking information from the Housatonic Railroad Company on whether the railroad's earthen filling at its 30 Hawleyville Road rail terminal has violated federal regulations on wetlands protection.

The Police Department is inviting the public to learn more about the force, how law enforcement works, and to start a dialogue about crime and safety.

The Selectmen have authorized the building inspector to be more aggressive when dealing with deteriorating properties.

Jacks Grill, a popular Housatonic eatery, will close its doors for good at the end of October.

Simple fare proves to be smart, savory and satisfying at Nudel, a new "American noodle bar" which has opened in the downtown Lenox village.

Q: For a few weeks now, including today I have seen only female hummingbirds coming to our feeders.