Dave Fierro

The coronavirus claimed several more lives at Williamstown Commons over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 10 and spurring leaders to action.

Job losses in the Berkshires = housing trouble ahead.

Southwestern Vermont already has set up a Respiratory Evaluation Center adjacent to its emergency room for patients who have respiratory symptoms but stable vital signs.

The fight to feed the hungry hasn't stopped for the Al Nelson Friendship Center food pantry amid the pandemic. It's just moved a couple of blocks west.

The need for more physical distance between volunteers distributing food to families prompted the group to seek a bigger location at St. …

Both the 231st commencement, which had been set for June 7, and the Reunion Weekend, which was scheduled for the weekend of June 11, typically draw hundreds of guests from around the country and are significant drivers of economic activity in the Northern Berkshires.

Gov. Charlie Baker stressed Friday that testing will be an "enormously powerful tool for public health officials" in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. The new tracing collaborative is one of several assets being used to prepare for an expected surge in cases that could top 17…

A spokeswoman for Berkshire Healthcare Systems could not be reached to confirm the new figures, and it was not known how many of the new cases were staff or residents.