Community Profiles
Community Profiles
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris When people ask Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle to list her priorities for the city, her answer is always, “housing, housing, housing, and housing.” […]
Community Spotlight While the country will be celebrating its 250th birthday in 2026, West Springfield will mark that same milestone two years earlier. And the planning for what will […]
LEE — Lee Bank Foundation has awarded $70,700 to 13 Berkshire area organizations for their second-round of 2022 community funding. Recipients were awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $12,500 to […]
NORTH ADAMS — Last month, BFAIR staged its First Annual Summer Kick-Off Festival, which that raised more than $31,000. With support from 34 sponsors and 28 in-kind donations from local businesses, the […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Southwick residents love the natural beauty and the many recreation choices their town offers but they also like reasonable tax rates. Russell Fox, chair […]
The Berkshire Economic Recovery Project, a program of 1Berkshire and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, with funding from the United States Economic Development Administration, announced the launch of its women- and […]
LENOX — The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, announced its 2022 Summer Lecture Series line-up. Now in its 29th year, the Summer Lecture series brings leading biographers and historians to the […]
LEE — Evan Collins has joined Lee Bank as a mortgage originator and will be working out of the Pittsfield branch. Colins was previously employed as a sales associate at […]
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Regional Chamber (SRC) is seeking nominations for its annual Super 60 awards program. Super 60 recognizes the success of the fastest-growing and privately owned businesses in […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Roughly 60 years ago, McGill Hose and Coupling opened on Benton Drive in East Longmeadow. About six months ago, it moved into a new building […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Jennifer Nacht describes the beginning of the summer season in Lenox as a light switch that clicks on to a time of “happy mayhem.” […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris In some ways Hadley is a tale of two communities. One is a small farming town, known locally — and even beyond — for its […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Four months into his new job, Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe says he loves his work. “I’m able to make an impact in areas that I […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris If business openings are any indication, Amherst is poised for a strong rebound from a pandemic that has been very rough on its mostly […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Three years ago, when Ryan McNutt took the job as Palmer’s town manager, he observed that, when people entered town from Mass Pike exit 8 […]
