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Two Springfield men after facing multiple charges after a traffic stop yielded PCP, oxycodone, cocaine, and an illegal firearm.
Shortly before 7 p.m. yesterday Trooper Justin Dauplaise, assigned to the Troop B Community Action Team, was on patrol in Springfield...

Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery.

Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer posted a few updates from today's Vaccination Hotline message on her Facebook page. You can hear the full message by calling the hotline at 413-449-5575.
This is directly from Mayor Tyer’s post:
--- In Berkshire County, large-scale clinics continue at B…

Attention artists of all ages!
The City of Pittsfield has announced its virtual spring art contest open to city youth and adults. The contest is being held in lieu of the city’s annual Eggstravaganza Egg Scramble which will not be held this year due to ongoing COVID-19 health and safe…

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $4.9 million in grants awarded to six agencies, including hospitals and treatment and behavioral health centers, for the creation of evidence-based and data-driven co-occurring substance use disorder/mental health response teams embedded in high school…

Berkshire County may be seeing its first jury trials this week since the pandemic hit a year ago. They would be on a limited basis and would also not yet involve criminal defendants. The Berkshire Eagle reported last week that the Massachusetts Trial Court has summoned jurors for tentative sessions …

Some major changes to radio in the Berkshires this morning with local North Adams radio station WNAW flipping to country music as “New Country 94-7.  The switch to country isn’t the only major change at WNAW.  The station also recently added an FM frequency on 94...

As part of its new At-Home in Pittsfield Housing Repair Program, the City of Pittsfield is establishing a list of pre-qualified contractors who will work with homeowners participating in the program which is set to begin this spring.  
According to a press release from the Office of Pittsfield Mayor …

The Baker-Polito Administration announced on Thursday that Massachusetts would advance to Step 2 of Phase III of the state’s reopening plan on Monday, March 1st, and also announced its plan to transition to Step 1 of Phase IV on Monday, March 22nd...

Thanks to a generous gift from the Feigenbaum Foundation, Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary’s Opening Doors to Nature capital campaign is within $50,000 of its $1,125,000 goal.
According to a press release from Mass Audubon, the $100,000 grant will help improve Pleasant Valley’s accessibility, allow…

There are two online COVID-19 conversations taking place this afternoon (Thursday, Feb. 25) that may interest Berkshire County residents. One of them will focus on vaccine distribution and how that is going here in the Berkshires thus far. The other one will focus more generally on COVID-19 and will…