New Wireless Zone store emphasizes personal service
GREAT BARRINGTON – Wireless Zone is the new kid on the block in the Big Y Plaza at 740 Main St. The wireless retail franchise offers a wide variety of…
Vincent assumes new role in Lenox
LENOX – The board of selectmen are excited about long-time Lenox Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Jeffery T. Vincent assuming a new role in town government. “I think Jeff’s…
Christmas plans underway
With nearly three months until Christmas many communities are already starting their planning for holiday events. The Pittsfield Department of Community Development Recreation Program is asking anyone who is willing…
New bridge to be up by Dec. 15
LEE – The Meadow Street Bridge has been closed since March but now a true deadline for its replacement has been set. LB Corporation was the low bidder to install…
Selectmen retreat in Lenox
LENOX – The Lenox Board of Selectmen took a close look at the town, and itself, at a recent selectmen’s retreat. The retreat was divided into four primary sections: “A…
Hancock Shaker Village wins agricultural funding
PITTSFIELD – Hancock Shaker Village President Linda Steigleder has announced that SABIC Innovative Plastics business has selected the village as the recipient of its annual community volunteer project. SABIC selects…
Local animal shelter needs all kinds of help
Editor’s Note: This is a sidebar to the story on the need for foster and adoptive homes for cats. PITTSFIELD – Both foster and adoptive homes are badly needed for…
Radio director shows efficiency at work
Reporter’s Note: I shared a radio show with Beverly Prentice for five or six years in Dalton. We were both volunteeers, but when that station was dissolved, she obtained a…
Foster and adoptive homes for cats and kittens desperately needed
WASHINGTON – Inside a small laundry room in a home built in the 1800s lives a makeshift family of five kittens, including a tiny black one that is blind and…
Lee to hold special Town Meeting
LEE – The town’s board of selectmen has approved the agenda for a special Town Meeting. It will be held on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. at Lee Middle and…