Dalton News

Air Force veteran Ed McHugh, born and raised in Pittsfield, has attended the city's Memorial Day parades for as long as he can remember.

Elder Services offers many resources and services for Berkshire seniors, including Meals on Wheels and senior group lunches, information & referral, case management, homemaker, personal care, grocery shopping, companionship, laundry service, money management, supportive housing, health insurance counseling , caregiver services , Long Term Care ... (more)

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Jodi Joseph, of Williamstown, the director of retail operations for Mass MoCA, will assume her new position with Berkshire Creative on Monday, June 4. Joseph, 36, a North Adams native raised primarily in Dalton, coordinated MoCA's participation in Berkshire Creative's creative challenge competition two years ago.

The rotary digester, about 15 feet across, uses steam and chemicals to cook away the contaminants in cotton and linen fibers.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - Dalton Weaner, a Northbridge Public High School senior, is among 15 high school seniors from throughout the Northeast to receive the 2012 Custom Computer Specialists Right Start Scholarship.

PITTSFIELD - Police here plan to beef up patrols at future 3rd Thursday events, a series of large, block-party-style gatherings held in downtown Pittsfield, after a mel&#233e erupted when officers intervened in a fight between two teenagers.

Kristie Kordana, daughter of Sherry Benedetti Zepka of Cheshire, has been named to the dean's list at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., for the fall 2011 semester.

According to a Pittsfield Police report, several teenagers involved in a melee Thursday night belong to a gang called YRD, which is responsible for "a large number of disturbances and assaults" in downtown Pittsfield over the past two years.

The contest was open to all writers 16 and older. They were encouraged to write a story that would cause the judges to squirm.

Dozens of police reinforcements, some from surrounding towns, streamed into downtown Pittsfield on Thursday night after a fistfight between two girls escalated into a melee involving well over 100 young people, according to police.

A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for June 25. * Nicholas E. Bushey, 20, of Crane Place in Dalton, was arraigned on a charge of destruction of property under $250. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for June 5. * Justin J. Mayotte, 25, of Brayton Hill in North Adams, on charges of speeding in violation of a special regulation and operating a ... (more)

A Lee Selectman won a rematch of a close race three years ago and a veteran town clerk in Dalton easily survived a challenge -- the first in her 26 years in office.

Thirteen seats for town offices are up for grabs in the annual town election but only one -- the position of town clerk -- is contested.

Dottie's Coffee Lounge presents an organic, local dinner fit with beer pairings by New England breweries.

Seventh-grader Najla Nassar won the Berkshire County Writing Contest at Nessacus Regional Middle School for her entry, "A Powerful Force." WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.

I enjoy talking, and over the years I've learned the lost art of listening. Regardless, one-way conversations stink, and when engaging someone verbally, it's important to remember that a meaningful conversation usually requires two interesting people.

Dalton voters on Monday were nearly unanimous in their approval of all 23 articles on the town's warrant, including a $14.8 million spending plan for fiscal 2013.

A total of 23 articles and a question are on the annual town meeting warrant, which includes an increase of 2.3 percent or $335,018 more than the previous year's spending.

During its annual May Fellowship Day observance, which will begin at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Dalton, the group will recognize five teenagers through its Outstanding Young Women of Faith program.