Lenox News

The Boston Pops recently wrapped up its season with the exception of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 3. However, travel to the Berkshires and the music is just beginning! This Tanglewood season delves into a wide variety of musicians to satisfy every musical taste.

The Lenox School Committee is wise to begin considering a potential collaboration with Lee schools As it takes two to tango, we urge Lenox's counterpart in Lee to do the same.

Michelle Chamuel demonstrated once again she is a force to be reckoned with on Monday's penultimate episode of season 4 of "The Voice."

Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc. added two Michele A. Butler and Scott M. Pignatelli to its Board of Directors, and Paul R. Clark was appointed chairman after serving as a director for six years.

Regional planners and a Connecticut-based railway want county residents' help in identifying possible sites for one or more train depots should north-south passenger rail service return to the Berkshires.

Not to be missed, this home has been remodeled and is move-in ready! Country feel with modern conveniences.

Quiet neighborhood. Wonderfully maintained and ready to move in. Harwood floors, granite kitchen, formal dining and living rooms and first floor laundry/mud room.

After receiving farewell wishes from municipal employees, board and committee members, and local residents, Town Manager Gregory Federspiel left his office on Friday for the last time in his official capacity.

Cases heard before Judge Mary Lou Rup on Monday, June 10. Ann Haughey, 21, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on her behalf on single counts of misuse of a credit card and fraudulent use of a credit card in connection with an incident that occurred in Pittsfield on February 16, 2013.

I was listening to NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" show a couple weeks ago when they mentioned a story about women going to some outfit in Hawaii where they could give birth among dolphins.

Barrington Stage Company and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau offer 1/2 TIX again in 2013, a program administered through a partnership between the two organizations.

Fifteen months after delivering a stinging rebuke to town leaders by citing "significant deficiencies" in internal bookkeeping, a review by municipal auditor Thomas J. Scanlon gives high marks for fixing the situation.

Herman Melville's historic house, where he wrote "Moby-Dick" and other works. Opening My 25, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours of the house on the hour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibits will include "Pittsfield, 1863" images and stories of Pittsfield citizens in that iconic year; a straw sculpture by Michael Melle on the grounds.

Tanglewood isn't just a stage for the "greatest artists of our time" but also a major driver of the cultural and educational business in the Berkshires.

"Insect Safari," sponsored by Berkshire Sanctuaries, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 21, at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, 472 West Mountain Road.

The town is throwing an evening-long block party on Friday called the Lenox Motorcar Classic, an event that features classic cars and the modern country-rock sounds of Berkshire County's own high-energy band, Whiskey City.

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When Mohammed Al-Henaidi came to work at the testing lab at Sabic Innovative Plastics in Pittsfield in 2011, he brought his family and their traditions, especially their food traditions.

As Town Hall prepares to bid Town Manager Gregory Federspiel farewell with a pair of gatherings Friday, the search for his successor is moving ahead full-throttle.

So when Lenox Memorial High School co-Valedictorian Elizabeth Prescott was looking for a motivational message for her classmates at their graduation Sunday afternoon, she found some powerful words.