Since 2007, when Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort invested $4 million in the first 1.5 megawatt wind turbine to power a ski area in the Northeast, the business has been working to eliminate the unstable,

 The Brazilian community in the Berkshires used to be larger. Thiago Oliveira recalls 75 or 80 worshippers at Sunday services in the Assembly of God Brazilian church in Pittsfield. The 2008 financial crisis caused

Preserving state tourism funding is a constant battle, one that should not have to be waged at all, let alone on a regular basis. For the Berkshires, this funding represents a booster shot directly

If Gov. Charlie Baker $3 million cut to the state's Tourism Trust Fund stands, it will take a $150,000 bite out of efforts to market the Berkshires to visitors during the spring and summer

A kaleidoscope of color combined with creativity, individuality, whimsicality and purposeful gaudiness — all executed with panache — described the atmosphere at the Berkshire Young Professionals Ugly Sweater Party. The event Thursday evening drew close

Even though e-commerce heavyweights like Amazon and eBay are carving up ever-larger slices of the holiday shopping pie, a tight-knit group of downtown retailers have found their niche, catering to visitors and locals seeking

Andrea Wagner is walking through the back of the cavernous Berkshire Corporate Center on Pleasant Street. She points out various laboratory facilities that her company, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, has built in the former warehouse,

Julia Dixon has spent the better part of the past four years helping artists and other creatives understand how to excel as entrepreneurs. Now, the creative economy specialist intends to make use of her own

1Berkshire generated nearly $2 million in combined income during fiscal 2016, president and CEO Jonathan Butler said at the organization's annual meeting on Thursday night. Those figures include income from the 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance, the