Adams News

Across Berkshire County, efforts to curb underage drinking and substance abuse are gearing to become more visible in the community.

Union officials at North Adams Regional Hospital charged Friday that hospital management has presented employees with a list of 18 demands that, among other things, threaten retirement benefits, overtime pay and seniority status for the number of years worked at the hospital.

North County parents who receive state-subsidized child care will have to make the 45-minute drive to Pittsfield from now on to renew their vouchers -- instead of stopping by the Resources for Child Care satellite office on Main Street.

Crane & Co. plans to consolidate its stationery paper division to a new state-of-the-art facility near its Dalton headquarters, CEO Charles Kittredge said on Thursday.

The Berkshire Eagle : ADAMS, Mass. -- Veteran Adams Police Officer Alan C. Vigiard, 45, was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography .

The Adams-Cheshire Regional School District took a big step Monday toward finalizing a plan to deal with the mothballed Adams Memorial Middle School.

Two of the most hotly contested mayoral races in recent memory highlight a busy election day in North Adams and Pittsfield.

Veteran Adams Police Officer Alan C. Vigiard, 45, was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography.

Berkshire County's largest law firm will be opening an office in Pittsfield for the first time in its 97-year history.

The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2009 Francis H. Hayden Memorial Award.

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This year's race for mayor will go down in the history books as the most expensive on record: The candidates have spent more than $94,000. According to finance reports filed with the city clerk's office this week, challenger Richard J. Alcombright has raised $54,587.26 and spent $44,701.78. Mayor John Barrett III, who began the campaign season with ...

With only a week left until the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the city clerk's office is busily preparing for the day, which will bring a new polling site for voters in Ward 1. "With the election coming up, we just want to remind voters of the changes that will be happening this year," City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau said Monday.

Every place has its tales of supernatural specters, haunted houses and ghostly apparitions -- and the hills of Berkshire County are no exception.

Senior citizens living at the Millhouses had an opportunity to be spooked on Saturday at a Halloween party held exclusively for them.

After years of paying higher cable rates then other seniors, Village East residents are demanding that someone tell them why they pay full price.

In seeking federal stimulus funds for improved broadband Internet access in the state, Gov.

Two weeks ago, Patriot Renewables LLC told the Savoy Selectmen that it intended to put an eight-turbine wind farm in the mountain town, and on Tuesday they set their sights on Adams as well.

Patients receiving treatment for chronic wounds -- sores from damaged veins or complications caused by diabetes -- no longer need to travel to Pittsfield to receive care.

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