Actor Michael Douglas made headlines recently when he revealed in an interview with The Guardian newspaper that his stage four throat cancer was caused by HPV (human papillomavirus), a disease…
People come to The Berkshires for a lot of reasons. Dr. Mehernosh Khan and his wife, Karen, had been living in an upper-middle class housing plan in Monroeville, Penn., a…
The planet is heating up fast – a scientific study published last week reveals global surface temperatures are the hottest they’ve been in 4,000 years, with the rate of warming…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “All I ever wanted to see is a movement of people to stop climate change, and now I’ve seen it!” declared environmental writer and climate activist Bill…
GREAT BARRINGTON – They will drink to that. Eleven small brewers from around the state recently joined U.S. Representative Richard Neal at Barrington Brewery to support legislation to lower taxes…
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Wednesday named his former chief of staff, William “Mo” Cowan, to fill temporarily the U.S. Senate seat that John Kerry will vacate this week. The…
Below are excepts of Sunday night’s (Dec. 16) speech by President Barack Obama in Newtown, Conn.: “To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests – scripture…
Editor’s Note: Ian McMahon of Newtown, Conn., offers this first-person review and insight on the tragedy in Newtown, where a lone gunman killed 28 people, including scores of elementary school-age…
With seasonal cultural festivals like Tanglewood and Jacob’s Pillow, summer marks the height of Berkshire County tourism. Yet visitors still flock to the area during the winter to take advantage…
Climate change may have finally entered into the national political discussion in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. But while politicians are at last acknowledging that there is a climate crisis,…