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New DEA laboratory will quicken drug evidence analysis in New England
Expected to quicken the region’s ability to analyze drug evidence and respond to emerging threats, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has broken ground on a new, state-of-the-art laboratory for New England investigations. Located in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the facility will be the eighth regional DEA laboratory specializing in drug...
Massachusetts State Police lay trooper to rest who died suddenly
Today, the Massachusetts State Police laid to rest a fellow trooper. 56-year-old Trooper Chester E. Adams of Whitman, formerly of Weymouth, died unexpectedly at home. According to an obituary, “Massachusetts State Trooper and member of the 79th RTT Chester proudly served the Commonwealth for over 18 years. He was a dedicated and well-respected member of the department known for his tireless work ethic.”
Tesla Receives Green Light for Massachusetts Store with Conditions
Tesla secured approval to launch its first store in Western Massachusetts, at the same site as a service center it was already permitted to build. According to Mass Live, the Springfield City Council and the East Springfield Neighborhood Council both endorsed Tesla's plan to build a 35,700-square-foot store and service center on a Caldwell Drive site, previously occupied by The American Career Institute.
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...
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