Berkshire County News

A Berkshire Superior Court jury has determined that a 24-year-old Pittsfield man played a significant supporting role in a two-year-old shooting, finding him guilty of assault and other felony charges but acquitting him of attempted murder.

There were no common themes in the booty except this one -- he snatched whatever he could and ran.

The likelihood of the four Democratic candidates vying for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat coming to Berkshire County to debate seems like a long shot as several candidates have recently hedged about their appearance.

The Lenox Police Department will be hosting a viewing Thursday of all of the evidence seized in the recent arrest of 28-year-old Stefan E. Veremko.

Report cards for senior high students at Mount Greylock Regional High School will not be distributed until, Tuesday, Nov.

As coffee table books go, or bathroom books, this one is a clever, attractive, also-ran of an idea.

Chocolate milk stirred up a great debate last week. Across the country, parents, milk processing plants, health experts and schools have been arguing about the benefits of the beverage after the dairy industry launched its "Raise Your Hand for Chocolate Milk" campaign.

In what he referred to as a "terribly hard decision", Thomas Speckert has decided to leave "the best job I ever had" and resign as executive director of Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires after 21 years.

For the first time, local leaders and residents are coming together to talk about a subject that is tough to talk about - suicide.

A jury today has found a second man guilty of setting an abandoned Erving paper mill on fire.

It's that time of year when it starts getting dark early. And it's that time of year when I'm most in need of that evening beverage to wake-me-up or pick-me-up -- and I'm not talking about beer.

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

Pittsfield Police are seeking information on a full-size, blue pickup truck with wide silver stripe down the side and metal contractor's rack.

Two separate groups have established reward funds in the aftermath of the murders of Chocolate and Prada, the River Valley Farm llamas that were shot and killed with arrows this past weekend.

I don't know Milt and Ruth Bass. Perhaps they are so nice that they will someday take over St.

Across Berkshire County, efforts to curb underage drinking and substance abuse are gearing to become more visible in the community.

North County parents who receive state-subsidized child care will have to make the 45-minute drive to Pittsfield from now on to renew their vouchers -- instead of stopping by the Resources for Child Care satellite office on Main Street.

The number of people who have died of drug overdoses in Massachusetts from 2002 through 2007 is nearly 41 times as many as the number of servicemen and women from the state who died in Afghanistan and Iraq over the same span, according to just-released report on drug use in the Commonwealth.

Crane & Co. plans to consolidate its stationery paper division to a new state-of-the-art facility near its Dalton headquarters, CEO Charles Kittredge said on Thursday.

The Berkshire Eagle : ADAMS, Mass. -- Veteran Adams Police Officer Alan C. Vigiard, 45, was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography .