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Another Mass. biotech company files for layoffs; over 100 employees affected
Tome Biosciences, Inc., a Watertown-based biotech company, will lay off 131 employees beginning Nov. 1, state filings show. The biotech company, which was founded in 2021, focuses on “delivering cures to patients through cell and genome engineering," according to its website. The layoff news comes less than a year...
$1M Lottery Ticket Sold In Western Mass
It was a very lucky day for one Bay Stater after they collected a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery. The Wallace P. Gator Trust collected the seven-figure prize from the winning “$5,000,000 100X Cashword” ticket. Related: Western Mass Man Is Newly Minted MillionaireThe …
Popular Western Massachusetts Drummer Now Touring With Sammy Hagar
When you're a popular musician or band like Bob Seger, Smashing Pumpkins, Jon Bon Jovi, Melissa Ethridge or Ozzy Osbourne who do you turn to for a fill-in drummer when yours is unavailable? The answer is former Berkshire County resident Kenny Aronoff. Kenny Aronoff who is from Stockbridge and is...
Baystate Health reinstates masking policy
Baystate Health announced on Monday that masks will be required as COVID-19 cases are expected to increase as the summer comes to an end. Since 2020, COVID-19 rates have risen every summer during the months of July and August. The chance of infection is more likely at the end of the summer due to weakened immunity amongst some people, officials said. Due to the consistent trend of increasing COVID-19 cases in the community Baystate Health decided to move to its “yellow tier” protocol.
CBRSD Says Improved Reporting System Explains Increase in Student Offenses
DALTON, Mass. — Bullying allegations reported have increased, but that is likely due to Central Berkshire Regional School District's improved reporting system, the administration says. There was a presentation on the district's discipline and bullying data during the School Committee meeting last week. According to the presentation, the total...
Springfield motorcyclist dead following Chicopee crash
CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in Chicopee. Chicopee and State Police responded to the scene shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday following a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a car near the I-391 on-ramp and Grattan Street. Investigators say the motorcyclist who died was a 31-year-old Springfield man.
West Stockbridge Planning Board hears from local short-term rental owners impacted by proposed bylaw
West Stockbridge — Town resident Elaine Hoffman is nostalgic about her residence on Route 41, with the nearly four-acre tract having been her parents’ home since 1965. Four decades ago, she returned to the area and built her own home on the property, subdividing the lot. When her parents died, the Hoffman Pottery entrepreneur began renting the extra house on the partitioned adjacent lot, registering the unit as a short-term rental (STR) with the Commonwealth. However, that use isn’t permitted by the town’s current bylaws, an issue the West Stockbridge Planning Board is trying to fix.
REVIEW: Berkshire Opera Festival’s ‘Faust’ shatters expectations
Great Barrington — All the warning signs were there: Berkshire Opera Festival has, since 2016, been raising opera lovers’ hopes and fulfilling them, with one production after another surpassing its illustrious predecessors. Nevertheless, everyone in the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on the evening of August 27 was blindsided by what they saw and heard, and Boston Symphony big-wigs were on hand to witness it.
School Officials Review Brayton Issues in School Project Info Session
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The halls of Brayton Elementary School are ready for students — the tile floors are shining, the carpets freshly shampooed, the walls painted and the classrooms in stages of preparation. It's a far cry from 70-year-old Greylock Elementary, which feels tired and dingy and...
Chicopee School District welcomes students back for first day
CHICOPEE, Mass. - It was an emotional Wednesday morning for parents and staff as the Chicopee School District welcomed more than 6,000 students back for their first day. Wednesday was the first day of school for Chicopee School Disctrict students grades 1-12 Sarah Moreau is one of the paraprofessionals at...
Muddy Brook Elementary School’s new principal wants to ‘keep the doors open’ for families
Great Barrington — The new school year for Muddy Brook Elementary School began on Wednesday, August 28, with new school Principal Cynthia Carey. Carey takes over from former school Principal Kate Retzel, who left at the end of the last school year. Carey told The Berkshire Edge that she...
Greenfield moves on from embattled police chief, names replacement
Greenfield has a new police chief. Acting Chief Todd Dodge was appointed to the position earlier this week after being a member of the department for more than 25 years. The decision comes after multiple controversies involving previous Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh, one of which stemmed from a 2022 jury finding that Haigh discriminated against a Black former Greenfield police officer.
WAM Theatre Announces Collaboration With Central Square Theater On GALILEO'S SQUARE
Artistic Director Genée Coreno and Managing Director Molly Merrihew have announced that WAM Theatre's Fall production of Galileo's Daughter by Jessica Dickey (The Amish Project, The Rembrandt, Row After Row) will be a co-production with Central Square Theater. The production will begin its run in the Berkshires at Shakespeare...
Superb “Next to Normal” at Barrington Stage Company
When great material is given a great production it’s an exhilarating experience. This describes what is happening with the intense musical “Next to Normal,” which is offered through September 8 at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. For anyone who enjoys serious theater, it should not be...
Asbestos on old span is delaying Westfield bridge project
WESTFIELD — After asbestos pipe jackets were discovered on the now-decommissioned Cowles Bridge, the state’s Department of Transportation announced the bridge’s replacement project would be briefly delayed earlier this month. “The discovery of asbestos containing material is not unusual but [was] not known prior to testing,” said...
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