Beth Lapierre News Today

Rochester, N.Y. Something wild is coming to patients at Golisano Children's Hospital.A new book brings the animals from the Seneca Park Zoo right to a patient'

Barbara Edwards of London, Ont., made a triumphant return to a community pool on Thursday to celebrate her 100th birthday with her aquafit class.

The People’s Pantry is raising money with their newly launched Help-Fill-The-Bag fundraiser. Great Barrington's People’s Pantry is raising money with their newly launched fundraiser.

Berkshire Pulse, a dance studio and center for creative arts in Housatonic, is offering summer classes for children, teens, and adults.

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Community College has added several new staff members, promoted three other staffers and has given a new title to another employee.

As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to widen college completion gaps, advocates say the present moment calls for greater state investments in early college programs. Those programs, which give students a chance to take courses for college credit before receiving their high school diploma, provide a key strategy for addressing preexisting and pandemic-exacerbated struggles related to college affordability and access, observers say. The pandemic’s economic impact further has fueled fears o...