Pittsfield

Pittsfield readies a Melville-themed read-a-thon as the Berkshire community calendar fills for late July. The Berkshire County Historical Society is organizing a community read-a-thon at Arrowhead, Herman Melville's former Pittsfield home, marking 175 years since the publication of "Mob…

Berkshire Historical Society preps Moby-Dick read-a-thon at Arrowhead to mark novel's 175th anniversary. The Berkshire County Historical Society, which runs the Arrowhead museum where Herman Melville wrote the whaling classic, is organizing the event, according to a report from WAMC. Me…

Berkshire Historical Society preps Moby-Dick read-a-thon at Arrowhead to mark novel's 175th anniversary. The Berkshire County Historical Society, which runs the Arrowhead museum where Herman Melville wrote the whaling classic, is organizing the event, according to a report from WAMC. Me…

Berkshire County Historical Society plans a Moby-Dick read-a-thon at Arrowhead marking the novel's 175th anniversary. The society, which operates Herman Melville's former Pittsfield home as a museum, is organizing the event to mark the milestone for the novel Melville wrote there, thoug…

Berkshire County Historical Society plans a Moby-Dick read-a-thon at Arrowhead to mark 175 years since the novel's publication. The event centers on the Holmes Road farmhouse where Herman Melville wrote his whaling epic in the 1850s, reportedly drawing inspiration from the view of Mount…

The Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded 17 instruments tied to Pittsfield during the period ending July 11, 2026, but only two carried disclosed sale prices -- a range of $115,000 to $396,000, with a midpoint of $255,500 between the two data points. The period's standout transac…

Pittsfield swimmers face an unguarded Onota Lake this summer after the city failed to fill lifeguard positions. The City of Pittsfield issued a formal swim warning for Burbank Park, confirming no lifeguards will be on duty at the popular lake beach, according to a Western Mass News repo…

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…

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…

Downtown Pittsfield's Saturday Artswalk drew residents for art exhibits and artist receptions even as forecasters warned of a flash flood threat approaching the region. MassLive reported storms and flooding risk moving into Western Massachusetts from late Sunday night through Tuesday, w…