Larry Parnass

Leaders of local municipal broadband projects gathered Thursday to thank Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito for their leadership on closing the digital divide in Massachusetts. But access gaps remain — and this is what the state plans to do about it.

It is not clear why the aircraft turned over, but a pilot who flies out of the airport noted that recent wind gusts may have loosened or unhooked its tie-down straps.

“Once in a lifetime.” That’s how the man leading an effort to fix an historic venue in Pittsfield views his team’s mission. And now, it’s a mission with a hefty sum at its disposal.

The county’s first baby was born at 9:21 a.m. Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center to parents Marissa and Conor Meehan of Richmond.

For years now, artists with the Fireside project have been telling young writers in Pittsfield about the literary lions of yesteryear – people like Longfellow and Thoreau. They share tales of those far-off writing lives, here in the Berkshires. They read old works aloud with elementary students. They puzzle out what the poems mean to people today. And they wait to see what happens. This is what happens.

A look at the rhyme and reason of Fireside, which since 2017 has helped elementary students in Pittsfield blossom as writers.

One day last week, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Berkshire County hit an unusual high. That tally has eased, but questions remain: How severely will a new strain of the virus, known as XBB1.5, affect public health in the region?

In August 2020, state police raided a Savoy home, after its heavy use of electricity drew suspicion. More than two years later, its owner, Bin Huang, pleaded guilty to a

Here’s a look back at the first babies born every year in Berkshire County. Happy Birthday, New Year’s Day babies!

A brush fire ignited through spontaneous combustion at 24 Baptist Road and burned for some time before being reported. Eight call firefighters, who were at the station for the Ashfield