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After Yo-Yo Ma received his second jab of a COVID-19 vaccine at Berkshire Community College Saturday, he transformed his 15-minute observation period into a concert for the newly inoculated.
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52 years ago (Nov. 29, 1965), The Eagle printed a little article about two young men being fined $25 for dumping trash. Little did we know at the time that the incident, which ran on page 25, would become the basis for Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. Here's our original story:
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Presidential historian Michael Beschloss is prompting national chats this week about bygone weather days in the Berkshires. Blizzards, for a spell, have trumped the public intellectual's most common Twitter topic: the 45th president.
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A $350,000 donation by Kim and
@JamesTaylor_com
launches the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Berkshire Health Systems, bolstering efforts by Berkshire Medical Center to confront the intensifying
#pandemic
as the number of cases expands in the county.
#Berkshires
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"If they're not coming at you a little bit, you're not doing your job right."
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Students at Pittsfield and Taconic high schools in Pittsfield, Massachusetts protest gun violence and walk out in solidarity with shooting victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Berkshire Eagle photos by Gillian Jones and Ben Garver.
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A Navy spokesman said that Navy pilot Lt. Steven Combs' "airmanship was nothing short of heroic, and was instrumental in saving the lives of the eight survivors."
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PITTSFIELD — Folk singer Arlo Guthrie, whose anti-war epic, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” put Berkshire County on a new musical map in 1967, said Friday that he no longer will tour, ending a half-century of live performances.
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John Olver, a former congressman who represented western Massachusetts, died at home in Amherst at the age of 86 on Thursday.
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And now, this just in from Staten Island Chuck: Early Spring. (From the groundhog that's correct 80% of the time).
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JD Chesloff has gone from Cheshire to Beacon Hill, where he's currently the president and executive director of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable.
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In just seven years, Ryan Salame has gone from working in restaurants to owning them.
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Sandisfield native Ryan Salame, a cryptocurrency CEO based in the Bahamas, has invested about $5 million into the Lenox dining scene under the umbrella of Lenox Eats.
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When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in Wednesday, a former standout athlete from Dalton will be among those assigned to protect inaugural activities.
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.
@SenMarkey
says
@realDonaldTrump
needs 'remedial constitutional law course' during Northampton town hall meeting:
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Community rallies behind Dalton farmer who lost Biden-Harris hay bales in fire
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It has been almost a century that plant breeders have been working to restore the American chestnut tree. A blight-resistent, genetically-modified version has been approved for release, perhaps as soon as this summer.
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The Berkshire Eagle wins the General Excellence category for the second straight year at tonight’s New England Newspaper & Press Association 2019 Better Newspaper Competition.
#NEnews
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Massachusetts has paid millions in consulting fees to McKinsey & Co., a firm that has said it helped pharmaceutical companies increase profits from opioid sales amid a national addiction crisis. Two state senators are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to ...
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Eagle sports columnist Howard Herman agrees with UMass football player Josh Atwood: It's time for the Minutemen to win some games.
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We remember Danny; his spirit lives on with us here ...
15 years ago this month Daniel Pearl, once a reporter for the
@BerkshireEagle
, was killed by terrorists while doing his job.
#NotTheEnemy
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📢 THIS JUST IN 📰
Our newsroom is proud to welcome
@Report4America
corps member Daniel Jin to the team. Jin will help with our
#COVID19
coverage and then cover the Berkshires as our Statehouse reporter. Will you support this new addition to our newsroom?
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Early Wednesday afternoon,
@JonHammOnline
was sitting on the edge of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Hunter Center stage, palms pressed against its surface, legs dangling off it like lines dipped in a pond.
#Berkshire
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Climate advocates in the Berkshires and beyond see the upcoming congressional session as an ideal opportunity to pass a bipartisan carbon pricing law.
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"We all know: Something needs to change."
Students at two Pittsfield high schools organize walkout to protest gun violence.
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U.S.
@SenWarren
will serve as the keynote speaker at
@berkshirecc
's 55th commencement exercises on May 29.
http://t.co/qf2SFVilf7
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As Train 1235 pulled away from Gate 6 at the Moynihan Train Station, an announcer welcomed passengers to the new Berkshire Flyer line with a phrase not heard in New
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Williams College football beat arch-rival Amherst College at Pratt Field in Amherst, securing the NESCAC title, Little Three title, and completing the first 9-0 season in the school's history. Saturday, November 13, 2021.
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Pittsfield candidate Michael Bloomberg launches bid for 3rd Berkshire District seat
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren will tour the vaccine clinic at Berkshire Community College on Saturday, as part of a visit to Western Massachusetts.
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People gather in North Adams to greet the procession of USCP officer William Evans.
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Eagle Editorial Cartoonist Chan Lowe weighs in on Beacon Hill's latest omission when it comes the western part of the state:
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Massachusetts quarterback Gino Campiotti came in last season as a quarterback but will be switching positions to help his team.
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A Lanesborough police officer got caught using a state criminal records database to look up women he had dated or wanted to date. It's not your "personal Google," he was told before being fired.
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At a visit to Berkshire Community College on Saturday afternoon, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren praised local vaccine administration efforts and called Gov. Charlie Baker’s rollout “unacceptable.”
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Taconic graduate Stephanie Wilson is returning to space as part of NASA's new Artemis Moon missions.
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"This is everybody's fight."
@NAACP
President
@CornellWBrooks
delivers the 21st W.E.B Du Bois Lecture at
@SimonsRock
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Earlier this month, the Massachusetts House voted down transparency reforms that advocates said would have held lawmakers accountable to their constituents. Since then, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and the Boston City Council have voiced their support for the...
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EXTRA! EXTRA! In light of the Associated Press calling the presidential election for
@JoeBiden
, we are putting together an exclusive e-edition to be published tonight! More details to come!
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The motorcade reached its destination in Adams well after dark, having made a long, slow pass along Main Street in North Adams, the home town of the late William "Billy" Evans.
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Today, Officer Izinna Lytle joins the
@PittsfieldPD
, becoming the first black female police officer in Pittsfield's history.
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The
#Pittsfield
Public Schools will no longer celebrate Columbus Day. What do you think about this move?
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PHOTOS: Pittsfield wins WMass Div. V football championship over Hoosac Valley.
http://t.co/1TAOUdpLTN
#PHS
http://t.co/2QTfGJGW3P
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Makailey Cookis of the Pittsfield girls soccer team said to her, the Kickoff Classic really starts t: via
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The railroad that owns tracks on the proposed Berkshire Flyer route has agreed to allow Amtrak to operate New York City to Pittsfield passenger service this summer.
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U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans was killed in an attack at Capitol today. Evans, a Berkshire County native, graduated from Drury High School:
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Kanye West received a personal tour of James Turrell's artwork from the artist himself on Thursday morning.
@kanyewest
@tylerthecreator
@massmoca
#Berkshire
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“Berk-sherr” — or is it “Berk-sheer”? (And certainly not "Berk-shire"!)
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that the remains of Roman W. Sadlowski have been identified using modern forensic technology.
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The motorcade is making its way west on Route 2. People have gathered at the infamous hairpin turn overlooking the city of North Adams, to be among the first to greet the procession carrying the body of the late William "Billy" Evans.
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We take a look at what the pending closure of
@Macys
means for the future of the Berkshire Mall in
#LanesboroughMA
:
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The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has been ranked ninth out of about 170 American public colleges and universities by U.S. News & World Report.
@MCLA_Alumni
@MCLA_EDU
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Incumbent Mayor Richard Alcombright re-elected in
#NorthAdamsMA
, defeating challenger, former mayor John Barrett III.
#413Vote
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Classroom of the Week:
In Teresa Bills' 5th grade classroom there are 6 rules everyone follows:
1. Listen to others.
2. Include everyone.
3. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
4. Try your best.
5. Be positive and smile.
6. Have FUN!
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2.3 megawatt solar array to bring
@jiminypeak
closer to goal of drawing 100% of its power from renewable sources
http://t.co/pemF4IYDXd
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Berkshires-based singer-songwriter James Taylor is the winner of his sixth Grammy award for his most recent studio album, “American Standard,” released in February 2020.
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Once considered a rising star in the Massachusetts Senate, Ben Downing surprised many when he walked away in 2016, fulfilling a promise to serve no more than 10 years despite colleagues’ pleas for him to stay.
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Immortalized in bronze, a statue of Elizabeth Freeman now stands beside the First Congregational Church at 125 Main Street in Sheffield, facing the historic Sedgwick House.
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John Legend’s visit to Tanglewood wasn’t solely a business trip, as his wife and children came with him to the Berkshires this weekend and posted photos from their family vacation here.
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Cause of blaze that destroyed Biden-Harris hay bales probed in Dalton
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#PittsfieldMA
native Joey Esposito's graphic novel 'Pawn Shop' gets new life, larger audience
http://t.co/T2Zv8DrZ6a
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.
@JamesTaylor_com
brings friends
@Sting
@YoYo_Ma
& family onto first studio recording of original tunes since 2002:
http://t.co/0opCnRpdLy
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BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — Joe Biden is somewhat removed from the Irish town his great-great-great-grandfather left almost 200 years ago, but that is not stopping Ballina from celebrating his presidential victory.
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An independent report has ranked Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts as two of the top five public schools that have achieved gender equity in enrollment, employment and pay levels.
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For the second time in three years, The Berkshire Eagle captured a pair of Newspaper of the Year awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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'It's pretty special': Berkshire County's top athletes, coaches honored by The Berkshire Eagle in All Stars video presentation
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A coyote pup that was found on a busy roadway in Revere and spent the night with a state police trooper and his girlfriend has made its way to the Berkshires, where it will be cared for until fall.
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When Wandering Star Craft Brewery's
#beercat
went missing, the community rallied to bring Fuggle home:
#PittsfieldMA
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Kelly McMahon, daughter of Dan and Barb McMahon of Dalton, has earned dean's list honors at Providence College for the spring 2020 semester. Dean's list requires a grade point average of 3.55. McMahon, a member of the Class of 2022, is majoring in ...
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EAGLE INVESTIGATIONS: On a day that could have been her last, a woman struggling with substance use disorder in North Adams remembered a business card in her wallet — and picked up her phone. Call by call, the Never Use Alone program is saving lives.
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Amtrak had reportedly sold all the tickets for the some 280-seats available when the train started off in New York City. While passenger counts ebbed and flowed from Croton-Harmon to Hudson — and a good chunk said their goodbyes in Albany — 63 passenger...
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Findings of the 44th annual Harvard Youth Poll show that members of Generation Z continue to turn out to vote at higher rates than Millennials, Gen Xers or Baby Boomers did when they were the same age as those in Gen Z.
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft first met his new wife, Dana Blumberg, at the Olde Heritage Tavern in Lenox in 2017. The two were married on Friday, and five years later, the restaurant was temporarily renamed as a wedding present from one of Kraft's fr…
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Merry Christmas! Our employees had the night off to spend time with their families. No paper today. But check the website for the latest news ...
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Hearing is a wrap! Justice Lowy has it under advisement. Lowy asked several pointed questions showing he has read deeply in briefs. Asked: “Why is there a $1.2 million deficit? What’s been going on?” Also questions state of museum fundraising.
#sjcberkshire
@berkshiremuseum
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Jeff and Heather King, owners of the new doughnut shop, Shire Donuts, recently ran the numbers for their first month in business and found they had made and sold just over 14,000 doughnuts since Oct. 10.
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In less than a month, Adams Hometown Market managed to close on the sale of the former Big Y market, hire more than 50 new employees, and prepare the store for a grand opening that drew dozens of Adams residents and local officials on Friday.
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Congrats
#MyNorthAdams
! North Adams is one of 5 finalists competing for $500k from
@smbizrevolution
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Workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will be represented by a national union, after federal labor officials counted votes Wednesday and found strong support among employees.
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Welcome to Art Country!
@MASS_MoCA
,
@the_clark
,
@BennMuse
,
@WTFest
and
@wcmaart
team up for summer season:
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#PHS
crash: The Eagle's
@szollshan
photo shows car completely wrecked after crash into Pittsfield High School wall.
http://t.co/6AFqaK8Acg
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ICYMI: Here's the real incident behind Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant". We published this on Nov. 29, 1965
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The Berkshires are ranked third on Travel & Leisure’s list of the 50 best places to visit in the United States in 2021. Only the Alaska coast and Astoria, Ore., first and second, respectively, are ranked higher on the list.
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Did you hear?
@jk_rowling
reveals on
@pottermore
Mount Greylock in
#AdamsMA
is now home to the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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The question: "This hilly region of Western Massachusetts is home to the Tanglewood music and Jacob's Pillow dance festivals."
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Ludwig Jean-Louis, who is 26, became one of his family's main caregivers when his mother died last year. He recently purchased Cravins Soft Serve & Frozen Yogurt in Pittsfield to support himself and his four younger siblings.
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About 200 people gathered Saturday at Park Square to express their disgust with the numerous efforts around the country to restrict voting rights for already marginalized segments of the populace.
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Williams College alumnus Ethan Zuckerman ’93, founder of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will present a talk Wednesday based on his newly published book, “Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in ...
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UMass freshman guard DeJon Jarreau scored a team-based 16 points and hit the game winner against Tem: via
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“It’s hard to imagine the Berkshires without David Grover being a part of it,” singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie wrote in an email to The Eagle.
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There were no new coronavirus cases or COVID-19 related deaths reported in the Berkshires on Monday.
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