Western Massachusetts rail transit boosters U.S. Rep. Richard Neal state Sen. Eric Lesser are among a group of 33 people appointed to the state's east-west passenger rail study advisory committee, which will hold its

Western Massachusetts Democrat Adam Hinds says the state Senate budget will include funding for the Berkshire Flyer rail project — a key step in the long process of reestablishing regular rail service between New

If anything, the latest plan to develop Adams' Greylock Glen is a triumph of small thinking and sensible stewardship. The 1,063-acre parcel of mostly wilderness land adjacent to the state's tallest mountain possesses all