Cheshire News

United States presidents have long received gifts from admirers, both foreign and American.

The Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, Feb.

Five students of Mount Greylock Regional High School have been chosen among artists whose work has been cited and will be shown in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Exhibit.

Northshire Bookstore will host Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling, beloved "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, for a special signing on Thursday, Feb.

ADAMS, Mass. - There are a ton of ideas about what the town could do with the Adams Memorial Middle School once it takes the building over this fall and officials want to know them all.

Three members of the Drury High School foreign language department attended a state-sponsored workshop on modern foreign language in Pittsfield yesterday.

State police say a combination of speed and icy roads caused a North Adams man to crash into a tree on Fred Mason Road near Bassett Brook Reservoir on Thursday night - an accident that sent him to Berkshire Medical Center with minor injuries.

Selectmen reviewed a draft request for expressions of interest for the Adams Memorial Middle School building at their workshop meeting earlier this week -- marking the emergence of a timeline for the town's plans for the building.

Residents are asked to complete the form as per directions. The form cannot be used to register to vote or change party affiliation.

As part of an open house on Friday, classical pianist Ethan Stone will perform at EPOCH Assisted Living, 140 Melbourne Road.

On Friday, Feb. 3, the lobby of Equinox Village will become a festive marketplace from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents and members of the public will find hand-knitted items, custom jewelry, soaps and beeswax candles, one-of-a-kind accessories and the four local women artists who made them.

ADAMS, Mass. - Nomination papers for the town election will be available next on Monday.

A two-vehicle accident Sunday night on Columbia Street near Chee's Chinese Cuisine that sent one driver to the hospital did not result in charges for either driver.

Because of tight budgets, the schools are targeted by their districts, partly because of rapidly declining enrollments and, even more significantly, because the buildings seem like 19th-century relics in a 21st-century world.

A story in Monday's edition omitted the names of two students who participated in Saturday's Project 351 in Boston.

A strong and sudden snowstorm made driving conditions extremely dangerous in parts of Berkshire County on Friday, catching many people by surprise and causing scores of traffic problems in the afternoon and evening hours.