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Dalton Division Road reopens Sunday morning after Verizon, Eversource and Spectrum work through t...

Dalton Division Road reopens Sunday morning after Verizon, Eversource and Spectrum work through t...

The Berkshire Eagle — UPDATE: Dalton Division Road reopened after a fallen tree stripped wires from utility poles. Crews from Eversource, Verizon and Spectrum worked through the night to restore service. The road was
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Firefighters put out stubborn Friday night chimney fire in Clarksburg

Firefighters put out stubborn Friday night chimney fire in Clarksburg

The Berkshire Eagle — Clarksburg firefighters put out a stubborn chimney fire in the town on Friday night.
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Mitchell Chapman: Park Square's new concolor fir echoes Pittsfield's Old Elm

Mitchell Chapman: Park Square's new concolor fir echoes Pittsfield's Old Elm

The Berkshire Eagle — The new concolor will grow - and hopefully thrive - in the same park where the Old Elm once lived, which I think is beautifully poetic.
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Mitchell Chapman: More guardrails needed against AI in creative sectors

Mitchell Chapman: More guardrails needed against AI in creative sectors

The Berkshire Eagle — Generative AI is hugely disruptive and undermines human creative industries in many ways. But it's also a technology we can build guardrails against, like the ones built in the WGA
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Mitchell Chapman: The need for economic engines and self-advocacy for Berkshire County

Mitchell Chapman: The need for economic engines and self-advocacy for Berkshire County

The Berkshire Eagle — Change is perhaps the most difficult - and rewarding - part of growing up. It's something I've come to appreciate both in myself and the Berkshires.
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Your guide to Berkshire County winter parking bans and restrictions

Your guide to Berkshire County winter parking bans and restrictions

The Berkshire Eagle — With November and its chilly weather upon the region, winter parking bans go in effect this month in many Berkshire cities and towns.
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Two injured in head-on collision on West Main Street in North Adams

Two injured in head-on collision on West Main Street in North Adams

The Berkshire Eagle — Two people were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries after a head-on collision Sunday morning on West Main Street in North Adams.
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Mount Everett students petition against eight-town school district merger. They cite fears of los...

Mount Everett students petition against eight-town school district merger. They cite fears of los...

The Berkshire Eagle — After Egremont struck down the proposed eight-town merger between the Berkshires Hills and the Southern Berkshire regional school districts, Mount Everett students voiced their opposition to the proposal.
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Mitchell Chapman: A decade in Windsor connected me to the heartbeat of the forest

Mitchell Chapman: A decade in Windsor connected me to the heartbeat of the forest

The Berkshire Eagle — People are not the only inhabitants of the world and our isolation from the other species we share it with is harmful, as it makes us apathetic to the damage
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A GoFundMe for the resident of a Cromwell Avenue home in Pittsfield that caught fire raises more ...

A GoFundMe for the resident of a Cromwell Avenue home in Pittsfield that caught fire raises more ...

The Berkshire Eagle — A home on Cromwell Avenue that caught fire on Thursday might be a total loss, according to the son of its resident. But a GoFundMe he's organized for his mother
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Partial refunds to be issued after cancellation of Josh Billings RunAground

Partial refunds to be issued after cancellation of Josh Billings RunAground

The Berkshire Eagle — After this year's Josh Billings RunAground was canceled due to predicted inclement weather, the Josh Billings Race Committee has unanimously approved partial refunds of race registration fees.
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Mitchell Chapman: The danger of using adoption to justify abortion bans

Mitchell Chapman: The danger of using adoption to justify abortion bans

The Berkshire Eagle — The overburdened foster care system can be damaging. The reality of abortion bans is that they almost certainly will create more situations in which children are born without parents who
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Beaver dam bursts in Pittsfield State Forest, flooding New Lebanon, N.Y.

Beaver dam bursts in Pittsfield State Forest, flooding New Lebanon, N.Y.

The Berkshire Eagle — On the weekend before the Fourth of July, residents of New Lebanon, N.Y., were cleaning up after a beaver dam broke on Thursday in Pittsfield State Forest, flooding the town.
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The Sun Sets On The Snyderverse. Is It The Right Call? | Column from the Editor

The Sun Sets On The Snyderverse. Is It The Right Call? | Column from the Editor

inreview.blog — Ben Affleck has been done playing Batman. We don't know if Ezra Miller's Flash movie will ever come out. There's not much reason to believe Ray Fisher will return as Cyborg. Gal Gadot's third Wonder Woman movie has been canceled. And Henry Cavill's time as Superman has drawn to a close.
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Mitchell Chapman: National Adoption Month shines spotlight on family not defined by blood

Mitchell Chapman: National Adoption Month shines spotlight on family not defined by blood

The Berkshire Eagle — For most people, family is strictly limited to their blood relatives, and with that comes a shared heritage and culture. For many, it's probably the most permanent thing they know: No matter what, their birth family will always be there.
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Mitchell Chapman: A few months in, what is the impact of Bird e-scooters' prevalence in Pittsfiel...

Mitchell Chapman: A few months in, what is the impact of Bird e-scooters' prevalence in Pittsfiel...

The Berkshire Eagle — Since April, Bird e-scooters have become another link in the city's public transportation system, one in which Berkshire Regional Transit Authority bus service routinely faces a shortage of drivers that results in temporary loss of service for some routes, and being able to find an Uber or Lyft is hit or miss.
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Mitchell Chapman: A renewed call to support student newspapers

Mitchell Chapman: A renewed call to support student newspapers

The Berkshire Eagle — One year ago, I wrote a column urging people to support student newspapers and the student journalists that staff them, noting their critical on-campus reporting of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they often provide unique reporting no one else is offering, especially in "news desserts" (places without a local newspaper).
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Not A Show To Sleep On | "The Sandman" Season 1 (2022) Netflix Series Review

Not A Show To Sleep On | "The Sandman" Season 1 (2022) Netflix Series Review

inreview.blog — Amid Warner Bros. Discovery's gutting of Warner properties and HBO Max -- which include DC Comics -- it's very strange to see "The Sandman" -- a prominent DC property -- do exceedingly well on Netflix. It, however, has good reason to take off -- it's wonderfully bizarre, mystical and whimsical, while being faithful to the...
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Mitchell Chapman: North Street congestion might irritate some, but it doesn't erase the data show...

Mitchell Chapman: North Street congestion might irritate some, but it doesn't erase the data show...

The Berkshire Eagle — The bike lanes on North Street aren't very popular among motorists, but they make the city safer, according to a recent report by the city that found that the lanes' current configuration decreased traffic accidents. One city councilor suggested that another metric might hold more weight: the "eyeball" test.
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A Twisting Tale Of Blackmail And A U.K. Pot Empire | "The Gentleman" (2019) Movie Review

A Twisting Tale Of Blackmail And A U.K. Pot Empire | "The Gentleman" (2019) Movie Review

inreview.blog — Guy Ritchie's "The Gentleman" caught fire on Netflix's trending tab months ago, which might bode well for a spinoff series in development that is seeking to be greenlit from the streamer. "The Gentleman" was a film that slipped past me when it came out and managed to pull me in mostly because of its cast....
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Mitchell Chapman: It's time to let the Berkshire Mall go

Mitchell Chapman: It's time to let the Berkshire Mall go

The Berkshire Eagle — This year marks my 20th year as a Berkshire County resident. Though I was not born here, it's been home for most of my life, during which echoes of times long past - times I never got to personally witness - have been all around.
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Mitchell Chapman: What to do about nip bottles in Pittsfield?

Mitchell Chapman: What to do about nip bottles in Pittsfield?

The Berkshire Eagle — Pittsfield has found itself in a tough situation involving nip alcohol bottles: How do they rein in their litter without adversely affecting small businesses that have come to rely on their revenue? One solution recently floated would be an outright ban, as proposed via petition by local attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo.
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Eagle readers share their 'Star Wars' stories, what the franchise means to them, in honor of May ...

Eagle readers share their 'Star Wars' stories, what the franchise means to them, in honor of May ...

The Berkshire Eagle — Almost 45 years ago, "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" premiered on the silver screen, launching what would become a juggernaut franchise spanning nine episodic films and a few spinoff movies, as well as television shows, novels, comic books and video games. With three major film trilogies "Star Wars" is popular across generations.
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Mitchell Chapman: A tale of two Berkshire movie theaters

Mitchell Chapman: A tale of two Berkshire movie theaters

The Berkshire Eagle — This past year saw a tale of two very different Berkshire movie theaters, as The Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield saw its best fourth quarter last year since Phoenix Theatres purchased it, while Regal's theater at the Berkshire Mall recently closed permanently.
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