Lenox News

While Gov. Deval L. Patrick has avoided cutting local aid to balance the current state budget, Berkshire County is still bracing for the reductions.

LENOX, Mass. - A radio show host and a hunters' club have offered rewards for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever used a bow to kill two llamas in Berkshire County.

Firefighters from five communities were called out Monday to fight a large, spreading fire in the Interlaken part of town.

Police are investigating the deaths of two domesticated llamas who were shot by arrows over the weekend -- an act their owner called "brutal and senseless." The animals were found dead with arrows lodged behind their rib cages, and an arrow on the ground nearby, according to Kate Plourd, a Massachusetts environmental police spokeswoman.

A city family whose name is synonymous with Italian cuisine in Pittsfield has purchased the former Asters restaurant at 1015 South St.

After trying to manage the Monday grind, I was in the mood to do something mindless.

Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge want to be known for healthy living, as well as culture and beauty.

"Dark Paradise," by Carolyn LeComte of Peru has been released in trade paperback format by Cambridge Books, an imprint of Write Words, Inc.

With a getaway car , you can make out like a robber baron in the colorful hillocks two hours north of the city.

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

In Lenox, Massachusetts where Crystal Street meets Housatonic Street life is at a crossroads -- its where you'll find the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum.

Pittsfield is on the verge of hiking the local rooms tax to increase revenue for a cash-strapped city.

Nearly two dozen community leaders will meet Saturday to educate and promote dialogue on racial justice in the Berkshires.

Visitors per year: 2.5 million. Hospitality industry jobs: 11,000. Impact on Berkshire County's economy: $507 million annually.

The movement has been afoot for a few years to eliminate having purchases packed into paper or plastic bags.

Tina Packer's vision is grand - but so are some of the debts her theater company has amassed.

Amid shrinking revenues and declining state aid, town officials this week will ask voters to approve a local room-tax increase to help offset some of those losses.

Shakespeare & Company faces more than $10 million in debt and needs to raise $2.3 million by next March and millions more in long-term funds to avoid "dissolution or bankruptcy," according to an independent report released Tuesday.

A nonprofit consultants' report says a Shakespearean theater in Massachusetts needs to raise $2.3 million to continue operations until next year.