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Facing an especially challenging budget season in an inflation-driven economy, town leaders are exploring how to soften the blow of tax bills for residents.

The prospect of a large commercial solar farm in a residential area of town continues to rankle neighbors, frustrate a developer waiting for a decision since March, and divide a

Timothy Shugrue, invited to the town’s first downtown public menorah-lighting event, stressed a commitment to public safety and security.

Because of new growth — properties taxed for the first time — and continuing increases in real estate values, the town can raise more total revenue with a less dramatic

Lee voters will decide whether to fund the proposed project at a special town meeting on Dec. 6. Using interest only from the recent GE Rest of River settlement payment

Berkshire composer Alice Spatz will perform "Berkshire Triptych," a three-movement symphonic piece, followed by a discussion of her creative process, on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Lanesborough Library.

State officials heralded a $20 million cash infusion Friday that will see the removal of the failing Bel Air Dam, which could cause loss of life and property damage if

Highlights include $3 million for road and sidewalk work and downtown beautification, funding for a Rest of River engineering firm, a fund to reduce property tax increases, a new solar

Just a few hours after an Eagle article was published on Saturday, an anonymous tipster messaged that the Tanglewood relic was being removed from the former Flynn property now to

Affordable housing developer Pennrose wants $1M, on top of last year’s $500,000, for its two mixed-income projects off Pittsfield Road along the high-speed state highway.