Hancock Sets Homecoming Day for 250th Anniversary

Hancock is organizing a Homecoming Day celebration, complete with a parade, to mark the town's 250th anniversary, according to a report from The Berkshire Eagle picked up in local news alerts this week. The semiquincentennial event is expected to draw residents and former townspeople to…

Hancock Sets Homecoming Day for 250th Anniversary

Hancock is organizing a Homecoming Day celebration, complete with a parade, to mark the town's 250th anniversary, according to a report from The Berkshire Eagle picked up in local news alerts this week. The semiquincentennial event is expected to draw residents and former townspeople to…

Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax set to headline Berkshires benefit concert

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax will headline a Berkshires benefit concert, per a Berkshire Eagle report circulating Wednesday into Thursday. The city's arts calendar is filling out further with a Berkshire Eagle-covered book signing spotlighting suffragist Victoria Woodhull and a new Berkshire…

Adams Historical Society launches free Sunday tours of Quaker Meeting House

Adams Historical Society opens Quaker Meeting House for free Sunday tours, spotlighting the town's ties to Susan B. Anthony. The tours, announced this week, give residents ongoing access to one of Adams' most historically significant sites without dates specified for a start. Separately…

Lee zoning board continues two matters, weighs paid administrator

Lee Zoning Board of Appeals debates a paid administrator post, delays two matters to August 26. The board unanimously approved its June 16 minutes after confirming an applicant met permit conditions, including new engineering certification from Steve Matt of Foresight.

Lenox ZBA Continues Housatonic Street Hearing and Zoning Administrator Talks to August

Lenox Zoning Board continues 165 Housatonic Street special permit hearing to August 26 and defers zoning administrator decision.

Stockbridge Green Committee votes to send electric small-engine purchasing policy to Select Board

Stockbridge Green Committee votes to recommend electric small-engine purchasing policy to Select Board.

Dalton Finance Committee Endorses $1 Million MassDOT Grant for Grange Hall Road Culvert

Dalton Finance Committee approves $1 million MassDOT culvert grant and clears FY2026 books.

Council on Aging Rolls Out Free Bus Fare, Fall Prevention Class

Free bus fare and new senior programming led a quiet news day in Williamstown. The Council on Aging announced free bus fare, a Fall Prevention Class, author talks, and an updated exercise schedule in its latest July notes, while the Milne Public Library kicked off Summer Reading registr…

Downtown Artswalk brings art exhibits to Pittsfield streets

Downtown Pittsfield's Saturday Artswalk drew visitors to art exhibits and artist receptions around the city center, a story covered by The Berkshire Eagle. Separately, Greylock Federal Credit Union marked a business milestone, graduating its first class from a new Wealth Ambassador prog…