Adams News

Two residents were traveling to a local restaurant for lunch Sunday afternoon when they discovered a food festival in the middle of Main Street.

Northern Berkshire Family Net announces summer 2009 parent-child play and learn group schedule.

An alleged mid-level crack cocaine dealer from Manhattan, N.Y. who is believed to have direct ties to a Bronx-based drug ring distributing crack cocaine in the northern Berkshires, pleaded not guilty to numerous drug charges in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday.

Former Adams resident and radio host Sean Baker has been chronicling his adventures in unemployment on The Forecaster site in Maine.

The Berkshire County Drug Task Force and the Adams Police Department arrested three people last night and confiscated several marijuana plants at an Albert Street apartment.

Local historian Paul W. Marino will lead a walking tour of Hillside Cemetery on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., beginning at the top of the hill off Brown Street.

About a dozen members of Adams' Precinct 2 met in the basement of the library to discuss their concerns about the social ills they said were plaguing their neighborhoods.

At least one person is dead after an early morning truck crash at a quarry in Adams.

Adams Friends of Animals is in need of baked goods for its bake sale at the Adams Street Fair.

A North Adams man is scheduled to be arraigned in Northern Berkshire District Court this afternoon on assault, weapon and drug charges after he and a North Adams woman got into an aggravated roadside altercation on Thursday.

It took city emergency crews roughly six hours to find a hiker who had lost his way on the Appalachian Trail and injured his ankle.

For Ben Bethoney, an "American Idol" audition meant completing two consecutive six-hour round trip journeys, snatching about two hours sleep and waiting for about seven hours in a cold, wind-driven rainstorm.

Description: Nestled in the heart of the Berkshires at the base of Mount Greylock and walking distance of downtown Adams, this 1875 Colonial farmhouse is set on .82 acres in a quiet neighborhood.

C.T. Plunkett Elementary School reported a confirmed case of a student with swine flu on Monday, and Principal Kristen Gordon said the school is taking all necessary precautions to prevent further cases.

The Catholic churches in Adams may be shrinking in number, but the congregations are growing in deeds.

The Topia Theatre is launching its summer season with classics of the silver screen that all relate in some way to the Berkshires.

The state House and Senate approved a $27.4 billion budget on Friday afternoon that will see a cut of up to 15 percent in aid to some cities and towns.

Stephen A. Adams, 59, of 258 Northfield Road, died May 10 at UMass Medical Center, Worcester, following a brief illness.

The FDA is warning that frozen Nestle Toll House cookie-dough products - ice cream - could be contaminated with e. Coli .

REACH Community Health Foundation's "Get Fit" initiatives are helping locals get fed as well.