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  • Bousquet ruling favors local Council

    Berkshire Eagle – 2 hrs 6 mins ago  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 PITTSFIELD - The Berkshire Natural Resources Council has officially taken possession of an 80-acre parcel on the top of Bousquet Mountain from the owner of Bousquet Ski Area, according to the Council's president, Tad Ames. Full Story »

  • Suit: Crash victims suffered

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 2:38 pm ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 WHITE PLAINS (AP) -- Two victims of the wrong-way crash that killed eight people on a New York highway suffered terror and pain before they died, a lawsuit claims. Full Story »

  • Man, 22, is facing assault charges

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 12:38 pm ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 DALTON - A local man was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly assaulting a woman who denied him sex. Full Story »

  • Tom Brady, wife Gisele Bundchen welcome baby boy

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 12:38 pm ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 FOXBOROUGH - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have welcomed a baby boy. Full Story »

  • A gift for Maurice

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 10:38 am ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 NORTH ADAMS -- The year after a child is born should be full of "firsts." Full Story »

  • A wintry wallop

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 6:38 am ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 PITTSFIELD -- Wednesday's icy cold grip on the Berkshires comes less than a week after the region was basking in spring-like warmth. Full Story »

  • Celtics’ Daniels has thumb surgery

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 4:38 am ET  

    BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels has had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. Full Story »

  • Slopes welcome snow

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 4:38 am ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 PITTSFIELD -- With snow finally hitting the Berkshires this week, local ski resorts are seeing the weather as a psychological edge for their opening weekends. Full Story »

  • The best of buddies

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 4:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- On Tuesday, special needs students and their classwork were put in the spotlight at Pittsfield High School during Best Buddy Shadow Day. Full Story »

  • Four Patriots sent home

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 2:23 am ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 FOXBOROUGH -- Tom Brady wants his teammates to prepare harder to keep a playoff berth from slipping away. Full Story »

  • Victim dies of crash injuries

    Berkshire Eagle – Thu Dec 10, 2:23 am ET  

    Thursday, Dec. 10 PITTSFIELD -- A city man has died from the injuries he suffered following a car-pedestrian accident on Dalton Avenue last week. Full Story »

  • Streaking Celtics

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 11:38 pm ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 BOSTON -- Rajon Rondo had 13 assists and nine rebounds and scored all of his 11 points in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 98-89 and win their eighth straight game. Full Story »

  • First snowstorm of the season (video)

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 9:38 pm ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 Full Story »

  • School closings & delays

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 8:39 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 The following Berkshire County and area schools are closed today due to inclement weather: Full Story »

  • Snow slams county

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 8:39 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- In less than a week's time, Berkshire County has gone from frightfully spring-like conditions to full-on winter. Full Story »

  • Domestic violence means call for help

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 6:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- A woman looking to escape an abusive male shows up at the Elizabeth Freeman Center seeking shelter -- only to be tracked down by the man through her cell phone. Full Story »

  • Answer hanging up in the air

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 6:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- The future of a potential biofuel plant here is uncertain, as the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has placed a moratorium on biomass energy plants in the Massachusetts, pending a state review about their environmental effects. Full Story »

  • Pair die in crash

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 4:39 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- A Dalton couple was killed Monday afternoon in a single-car crash on Route 9 in Cummington, according to police, who said weather was not a factor in the fatal accident. Full Story »

  • Teacher makes her case in firing

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 4:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- The attorney asked the young woman on the witness stand if her former teacher had ultimately made her tenure at Taconic High School a better, more positive experience. Full Story »

  • Knife used during attack

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 4:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 PITTSFIELD -- A man finished having sex with the mother of his child on a couch in their Wilson Park apartment, then slashed her with a large kitchen knife, according to Pittsfield police, who charged the man with attempted murder. Full Story »

  • Coakley wins Democratic primary

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 4:38 am ET  

    Wednesday, Dec. 09 BOSTON -- Attorney General Martha Coakley, a native of Berkshire County, won a four-way race for the Democratic nomination on Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, according to unofficial results. Full Story »

  • Good and bad of Salahis' feat

    Berkshire Eagle – Wed Dec 9, 2:23 am ET  

    Tuesday, Dec. 08 Mr. and Mrs. Salahi, the audacious couple who crashed the Obama's sari-themed White House shindig, are eternal role models for the concept that people can achieve allegedly impossible goals. Full Story »

  • Holiday humor is not amusing

    Berkshire Eagle – Tue Dec 8, 8:53 pm ET  

    Tuesday, Dec. 08 Dan Valenti's editorial (" It's Christmas, baby!", Dec. 7) might have been written tongue-in-cheek, but I do not find this kind of humor amusing at all. Full Story »

  • 'Deer jacking' crackdown to be announced in N.Y.

    Berkshire Eagle – Tue Dec 8, 12:38 pm ET  

    Tuesday, Dec. 08 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York officials are cracking down on deer jacking. Full Story »

  • Mass. man gets up to 23 years on rape convictions

    Berkshire Eagle – Tue Dec 8, 12:38 pm ET  

    Tuesday, Dec. 08 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A western Massachusetts man has been sentenced to up to 23 years in state prison for raping three young sisters, one as young as 6, over a number on years. Full Story »

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