Pittsfield Metro News

The owner of Pittsfield Veterinary Hospital hopes to expand his practice into the city and open a more convenient location for his burgeoning North County clientele.

A head-on motor vehicle accident on Route 7 Friday afternoon left a North Attleborough man dead and a Pittsfield man in critical condition.

The State Ethics Commission is alleging Pittsfield's mayor violated a conflict of interest law when he agreed to buy at face value two World Series tickets from former Red Sox General Manager Dan Duquette.

The western part of Massachusetts is hosting the state's top two executives for the Fourth of July holiday.

A coordinated clean up effort by local, state and federal agencies is working to excavate lead contaminated soil around a fire-damaged vacant mill building at 50 East Mill Street in Pittsfield, Mass.

"Live on the Lake" each Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Burbank Park on Onota Lake in Pittsfield kicks off this week with Smart Acts.

A School Committee subcommittee has recommended lowering the number of academic credits that Pittsfield's high school students need to graduate, which is currently among the most stringent in the state.

In North Adams and Adams, the lives of many city officials, social workers and tenants revolve around trying to right the wrongs of property manager and landlord Daniel Borer.

Michael Armitage is seen in this 1999 file photo in his capacity as chief executive officer of Power Development Corp.

Formerly Mellow Manny Snaps at Jack McCormick Over Tickets Hot-heads Youk and Beckett Better Steer Clear of ManRam Tonight "I just want it to die.

View Slide Show LENOX - You could tell the class was getting antsy for their diplomas when air mattresses and pool sharks began bopping over their heads not halfway through graduation ceremonies for Pittsfield ...

Tens of thousands of bees invaded downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts. There is no word on any injuries.

PITTSFIELD, Mass.- The city of Pittsfield has been officially recognized by Congress for two baseball firsts: Home of the earliest known reference to the sport, and site of the first college baseball game.

Jae's Inn in Williamstown has closed its doors "for renovation work," but when - or if - the restaurant and inn reopen, restaurateur Jae Chung said he will not be associated with its reincarnation.

Sotheby's New York said it will sell three "rediscovered" Russian modernist masterpieces from the collection of an American museum that may net as much as $10.3 million in a November auction.

The City Council last night gave preliminary approval to the Police and Fire department spending plans and to a $1.5 million free cash order, during the fourth of its five public hearings on Mayor James M. ...

The City Council will have two economic incentive programs to consider at its next meeting.

The Senate passed a bill authorizing $1 billion in tax breaks and spending on life-sciences programs just in time for Governor Deval Patrick's trip to San Diego next week for a major international biotechnology ...

That's how the graduating class -- the very first graduating class -- of Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School finished high school Saturday.

A bill designed to make Massachusetts a world leader in life sciences won the backing of a key committee on Tuesday and could land on Gov.