Pittsfield News

Barrington Stage Company presents the American premiere of Bashir Lazhar , beginning May 22 prior to an official opening May 26 in Pittsfield, MA.

As Pittsfield High School senior James "Frank" Christenson watched an accident simulation on Tuesday about the dangers of drinking and driving, his mind flashed to his father, who was killed because of a drunk driver.

Together in the same court room for the first time since their indictments 18 months ago, three men accused in a triple murder case learned Wednesday they could be going to trial in January.

A 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a laundry list of charges related to a series of break-ins in Southern and Central Berkshire County and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail.

Pittsfield officials are battling a construction boom inside Springside Park. Private structures are being erected in the 231-acre natural area, apparently by nocturnal revelers.

Portions of Pontoosuc Lake will be chemically treated with aquatic herbicides on Tuesday, May 28, to control invasive Eurasian watermilfoil and other nuisance aquatic vegetation.

The Here at Home Benefit Concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, at First United Methodist Church, Fenn Street.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Friday, May 10. Christopher White , 25, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to five counts of breaking and entering in the daytime, five counts of larceny from a building, and single counts of breaking and entering in the daytime placing a person in fear, illegal possession of a firearm, larceny of a firearm, ... (more)

The body of a 24-year-old Dalton soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on May 14 will be arriving in Pittsfield on Wednesday ahead of a wake and funeral later this week at St.

Springside Park is now a little more literary. Mayor Daniel Bianchi cut the ribbon Monday on the new Born Learning Trail, which is a series of 10 signs around the playground outlining activities for children to do.

What are you doing next Tuesday? Do you have time to do something for your country? Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, needs your support in his bid to become our next U.S. senator.

In the height of Powerball fever, a local Mobil station recently sold a $1 million winning Powerball ticket, meaning it hit on 5 out of the 6 numbers.

Berkshire Community College will honor the 2013 graduates of the college's physical therapist assistant program earning an associate degree at a pinning ceremony on Wednesday, May 22.

By a vote of 138 to 14, Miller defeated John Howard for a three-year term on the board during Monday's annual town election.

A 30-year-old city man police say robbed a Tyler Street tobacco shop on Sunday is being held on $10,000 cash bail, while a second suspect remains at large.

Republican Gabriel Gomez is to make his second campaign swing to Berkshire County on Tuesday to rally support for his U.S. Senate campaign.

Weather permitting, work will begin today to remove the top layers of pavement on a northerly section of South Street, as part of the $6 million reconstruction of the city's busiest road.

Who is the advocate for public safety in Pittsfield? Despite numerous letters to the editor decrying the suicidal traffic conditions at the former Dr.

Third-grader Madison Moser participates in class at Savoy Elementary School, which had the highest 'churn' rate in Berkshire County -- 32 percent -- for the 2011-12 school year.

City police late Sunday night were searching for two men who allegedly held up a store on Tyler Street at knifepoint earlier in the evening.