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Lenox Fire Chief Chris O'Brien was nice enough to join us on-air on Saturday to talk about the start of "Fire Prevention Week" here in Massachusetts. O'Brien talked about the importance of having smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors in your home, he could not stress the importance of this enough...

There are two types of people in the world, people who back into their driveway and people who nose into their driveway. For the folks who back into their driveway, it's an obsession. They don't do it just sometimes, they never falter. I mean, it is easier to exit your driveway if you just have to drive forward...

Get Ready it is almost time to dress up for one of the most fun holidays Halloween!

The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election is just over a month away (November 8th). And while the candidates have been campaigning for the upcoming election, one of the candidates happened to make an appearance in Pittsfield over the past summer to show off a special set of skills. She is a former professional basketball player! And she did it all in HEELS!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, love all the dressing up and, parade and the spookiness that has always been here in the Berkshires but this time of year these locations, which there will be a new one each day this week, This one always gets the most attention.

'Seinfeld' will go down in history as one of the benchmark sitcoms of all-time, especially during its run of nine season from 1989 through 1989. The show approached certain subject and plotlines that had never been used before in any sitcom, which would often land reviews from the audience such as 'groundbreaking comedy'. Despite a central setting that was often focused on a few main focal backdrops, the show didn't shy away from going off to different locations for settings. Given its central setting in relatively nearby New York City, did it ever come up to the Berkshires and use it for a backdrop?

Lately, the practice of "mailbox fishing" has been rampant as authorities are looking into this newfound crime

Massachusetts is home to some of the most unique towns of any state throughout the country. They seem to have a capitalized on a certain niche and style for town names in the Bay State. While most of them have some sort of history behind them, there are some that you will hear and then think to yourself, "That town definitely sounds like it could only be in Massachusetts." But some towns just sound so fake, but are they really?

Who doesn't love a good potato dish, Berkshire County? It's such a simple food, yet it can be put to so many delicious uses. How do you prefer your taters?

There were so many ideas popping up from the Berkshires of what should be done in making the Berkshire Mall an asset to the community instead of staying sealed up and not being used for anything. So if you haven't heard by now the city of Lanesborough sold the Berkshire Mall back in July for 8 million.  It...