West Stockbridge News

Tom and Loretta Tenuta have turned a downstairs space in the back of the town's post office off Route 41 into a catering/coffee/cafe spot that has already attracted a host of fans just a few months into the venture.

Long a favorite of family and friends the large, bright space reopened in May after being closed for more than 10 years.

Q: I watched a turtle looking like she was laying eggs in my tomato patch, but I had to leave for work.

Investigators have arrested a Great Barrington man for a late-night business break-in, one of six that occurred in the town Wednesday night.

A local couple is trying to give a whole new meaning to the expression "time is money." Husband and wife Michael Costerisan and Karen Andrews, of West Stockbridge, have started a local chapter of an online community network called Time Bank.

Some music shakes you by the shoulders and gives the heart a hefty wrench. When the music is delivered by an accordion-toting waif in chunky boots on stage at Shakespeare & Company, you can't help but take notice.

West Stockbridge are accepting bids tonight for solar panels proposed for the roofs of some municipal buildings, the Berkshire Eagle reports.

The Selectmen will be accepting bids tonight for the installation of a solar photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the town offices.

The First Congregational Church of Stockbridge has voted to become an Open and Affirming Church, a designation that enables the church to welcome gay congregants and perform gay marriages.

Summer camps and youth programs say they're working harder to attract and keep campers and improve the quality of their programs in the current economic climate.

For Rev. Dr. Hannah Anderson of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, holy water and a prayer isn't too unusual for a brisk Saturday morning.

We like to take weekend getaways with our Old English Bulldogge and this was the find of a lifetime.

Memorial Day weekend may traditionally herald the start of summer, but Berkshirites hoping to rent their houses to vacationers are looking at a cool season.

Selectman Richard Kirchner, citing increased job responsibilities out of town, has submitted his resignation.

Berkshire Country Day School has announced that two ninth-grade students, Roya Daemi of Great Barrington and Claire Meyer of West Stockbridge, have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from The Lenox School for Boys Alumni Association for embodying the school's motto, "To serve, not to be served." When BCD was founded in 1946, it was housed on the ...

Voters at Monday night's annual town meeting quickly approved an article transferring ownership of the former Town Hall to the West Stockbridge Historical Society.

Residents at Monday's annual town meeting will be asked whether to hand over the former Town Hall to the West Stockbridge Historical Society and to approve a slight increase in spending for the fiscal 2010 budget.

It's that time of year, time to open some windows and clean up your home. But a different kind of spring cleaning was going on Saturday, as locals spruced up trails and town streets across the Berkshires.

Lydon, 38, has been drawing caricatures of people for almost 20 years, although she just took her skill on the road last year to earn money.

There is one response people always seem to have when they enter the Great Exchange for the first time: "Whoa." That's according to Mary Ellen Devanny, owner of the Great Exchange, located at 18 Main St., in West Stockbridge.