The state Cannabis Control Commission issued a health advisory on Monday warning consumers of several strains of marijuana "found to have the presence of yeast and mold above the acceptable testing limits. The restaurant offers American-style breakfast, lunch and freshly baked goods. The former baseball boss' connection to the Berkshires runs deep, beyond the bylines in The Eagle and his time at Williams College, which would follow him for most of his career. A judge has denied a request for bail from a defendant accused of murder in the killing of a local barber whose body was found, riddled with gunshot wounds, in Pittsfield State Forest.
Attorneys for Caius Veiovis, who was convicted of murdering three men whose dismembered bodies were found buried in Becket, are preparing for oral arguments as they seek a new trial. An EPA spokesperson said because there's a responsible party committed to funding the Rest of River cleanup, "at this point there's no direction other than to carry on and proceed as planned.
The Pittsfield Public Schools Middle School Restructuring Committee on Monday voted to present to the School Committee a plan to split the district's middle school buildings into a fifth and sixth grade program and a seventh and eighth grade program.
Robert Collins was the top vote-getter in Monday's special election to serve out the last three months of Joseph Diver's Select Board seat. Lenox tried twice to fluoridate its water. So did Pittsfield and North Adams. At the time, opponents were worried about overexposure, given all the other sources of fluoride.
Now decades later, this debate is back in the national news, forged into a political issue. One person was transported to the hospital after their snowmobile crashed in heavy blizzard conditions in Savoy. Following a week of seemingly endless news, Pittsfield residents are staying informed but making conscious efforts to not let the headlines get them down. We learned their advice, and perspectives, on how to keep going.
