PITTSFIELD — Few know the term, but most recognize the "age-friendly" spirit. It moves a bank teller, sniffing a scam, to quiz a customer about that grandchild who is supposedly in trouble. It's alive

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Everyone can play a role in the economic development of the region, local officials and experts said at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition's monthly forum on Friday. "Every single one

PITTSFIELD — Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has a dining partnership with a AAA four-star, Zagat-rated restaurant. The Boys and Girls Club of the Berkshires has a snack bar at its skating rink where hot

LENOX — More than $260 million statewide, including $103 million in Berkshire County. That's the overall economic impact of the Boston Symphony's summer season at Tanglewood and its three-season schedule in Boston, including the

PITTSFIELD — Nurses. Pharmacists. Phlebotomists. Laboratory technicians. Specialists. For many in Berkshire County, a growing demand for healthcare jobs provides a solid path to gainful employment. "Companies are constantly re-affirming the need for pretty

PITTSFIELD — "I have been hearing about the supposed good old GE days since I first lived in the Berkshires," says planner Laura Brennan. "I'm still hearing it." Brennan grew up in New York's

PITTSFIELD — Eleven years is a long time. It was that long ago that a group of local officials released the first Berkshire Blueprint, a document touted as a shared economic vision and regional action

Molly Guest of Clarksburg has student loans to pay that both she and her children owe. She and her husband, Lee, also have a room in their home with a beautiful view of Mount

In the Berkshires, the creative economy has come a long way in a short time. The term "creative economy" has existed in our lexicon only since the 1990s and it has been used widely