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4 days ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
A new phone scam is circulating that hits victims with a one-two financial punch. First, you get scammed out of money. Then, someone poses as a regulator or a Federal Trade Commission "agent" who can help you get your money back — only to get you to give them your personal information so they can take more money.
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5 days ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
School: Wahconah Regional High School Graduation location/date: Wahconah Regional High School gymnasium/ Sunday, June 1, 2025Number of graduating students: 115Valedictorian: Logan KundeSalutatorian: Thomas CelentanoMemorable moment: Students and audience members gave a standing ovation to Steve Messina, vice principal, who is retiring. He was first hired at Wahconah in 1996.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
ADAMS — More than 15 years after the building at 30 Columbia St. was last used as a school, the former Adams Memorial School is getting a second — or some might say, third — chance at a new start. Michael Mackin cut a check to Adams on Wednesday, clinching the deal to buy the Memorial School and transform most of the building into apartments in an estimated $13 million project.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
PITTSFIELD — Prosecutors will not pursue charges against Judith Daly in connection with the Nov. 3, 2023, crash that killed 26-year-old Noor Khan Zadran outside Interprint on Route 41. Assistant District Attorney Joseph Yorlano filed a motion Wednesday to end the prosecution, stating that “it is in the best interests of justice” to forgo further legal action.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
ADAMS — The Greylock Glen Outdoor Center will be looking for more than a campsite developer — it also needs a new executive director. Michael Wynn submitted his resignation letter last week to Adams Interim Town Administrator Ken Walto. Wynn will officially step down from the helm of the newly opened outdoor center on June 20. Wynn,
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
LANESBOROUGH — Pontoosuc Lake has undergone a seven-acre treatment for Eurasian milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed — its first in two years — and is open again for fishing, swimming and boating. Both the Pittsfield and Lanesborough Conservation Commissions issued orders of conditions prior to the treatment. In addition, a third-party environmental monitor reviewed the plan. Milfoil is an invasive species that can harm the lakes' ecosystems and interfere with recreational uses if left unchecked.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
NORTH ADAMS — For Pastor Dave Anderson of First Baptist Church in North Adams, the greatest honor he's ever been a part of was presiding over the funeral of a young North Adams man who gave his life for his country. Anderson, the keynote speaker at the city's Memorial Day services on Monday, told the gathered crowd of 200 veterans, residents, elected officials and students about his role in honoring U.S. Army Private First Class Michael DeMarsico, who died Aug.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
CUMMINGTON — Caitlin Willard smiled as she paraded her Hampshire yearling ewe before the judges in the lead line sheep pageant as she and her ewe wore matching outfits. Think barnyard fashion show — with a concrete floor covered with wood shavings doubling as the runway, and the sheep dressed in the same fabric as their handlers. Willard wore white leather boots and a jumper she sewed herself out of woven lavender, blue and white fabric she won at the Big E in a prior show.
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1 week ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
HANCOCK — Directly in front of the handicap parking space behind Hancock’s Town Hall, six stairs lead to the first floor of the historic building. The only meeting room is on the second floor. And the restrooms? They’re in the basement. Without either a ramp or an elevator, the building is a far cry from complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and has served as a library, meeting hall and school in the past.
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2 weeks ago | 
berkshireeagle.com | Jane Kaufman
NEW ASHFORD — Just 20 of the town’s 190 voters took care of municipal business at the annual town meeting Tuesday, approving a budget of $665,669, a decrease of $35,163 from the previous year. The budget amount was tweaked in the final moments, up from $646,949, to add a buffer for the School Committee and to pay for mowing of grass around the now town-owned New Ashford Church, where the meeting took place.
