Sheffield News

Dottie's Coffee Shop, Mission Bar & Tapas, new condominiums and apartments in newly renovated buildings.

Albany Berkshire Ballet As tiny tots fasten reindeer antlers atop their heads, and angels strap on wings and halos, it's clearly time for young Clara to dust off her slippers and embark on another visit to the Land of the Sweets.

In 1761 Berkshire was considered sufficiently settled and civilized to become a county, and to have a criminal court.

A Lenox gift shop is the latest business outside of Pittsfield wanting in on the action of the city's downtown revitalization.

More than half of Berkshire County's 32 cities and towns are still awaiting the state's certification of local property values and tax rates, a delay that continues to prevent local tax assessors from mailing tax bills and collecting the revenue.

A local concrete plant has been assessed a $25,500 penalty by the state for violating multiple environmental regulations.

T he city's downtown has played a major role in Steven Valenti's life. From spending time on North Street as a teenager in the late 1960s to owning a menswear store on Pittsfield's central thoroughfare for the past 27 years, Valenti has seen the once-bustling commercial hub of Berkshire County's largest community lose its relevance, then begin the ...

Proponents of a bike path extending through Berkshire County -- from Vermont to Connecticut -- are planning potential extensions in South County and are seeking the public's input about them.

Violin prodigy Sam Weiser likes Tootsie Pops and fantasy football. And at 15 he's already making a name for himself as a musician.

Two people were taken to Fairview Hospital Friday morning after a rollover accident involving several vehicles on Main Street.

Nine years after Phil 'n the Blanks played its first gig at the former Gringo's restaurant, the local favorite will call it quits on Saturday with a final show at 9 p.m. at the Bounti-Fare restaurant in Adams.

Instead of hitting the books, Great Barrington Waldorf High School freshman are forging iron.

If you had swung by the back field at Sheffield School in Turners Falls this past Wednesday, then you would have seen the usual flag football game that takes place twice a week.

Officials in charge of winter clothing programs for the needy say the amount of people looking for clothes has increased this year while the volume of clothes donated has decreased.

There's a new way of measuring MCAS scores, and some area school administrators believe it can give schools a boost in educating students.

Even firefighters need to be rescued sometimes. Seeking to raise money to complete the addition to their firehouse on Route 7, volunteer firemen from Hose Company No.

Wind gusts associated with a cold front that passed through the Berkshires on Wednesday afternoon knocked down trees and caused power outages in the southern and central sections of the county.

Look tomorrow for more photos and parade award results. More Fall Foliage events are set for Saturday.

In the wake of a fatal accident in Sheffield, the town has adopted a plan intended to provide better oversight of businesses that serve alcohol.

The owners of a well-established South County business are the latest local entrepreneurs being drawn to North Street, mainly due to the soon-to-be completed Beacon Cinema.