Berkshire County's two public higher education institutions are stepping up to support educators at the opposite end of the field, in early childhood education. The presidents of Berkshire Community College and the Massachusetts College of

As the 51st season of the expanded Boston University Tanglewood Institute winds down, two Berkshire students are extolling the program for helping them settle on a career in music. This summer, the program with

  Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has received a $50,000 planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to establish a Berkshire Humanities Council. The council will create regional collaborations and extend best and emerging

Brattle Farm on Williams Street is located on the site of Pittsfield's first house, built in 1762 by William Brattle, one of the city's founding fathers.  The property has been a working farm since