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Lenox powwow marks ongoing, vibrant Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican return to ancestral homelands (opens the original)
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If you’ve ever been to a powwow, you know one thing: there will be dancing. And lots of it. “What is it about dancing? That's a big question," said Kaakska’kweenow. "What is it about dancing? It's like asking me why the Indian children were smiling when the government was rounding them up and placing them in the dirt, and they laughed and played in the dirt. It's a part of who we are, and that Mother Earth. We're dancing to show who we are, that we are still here. That's why we dance.” Kaakska’k
From western Mass. to Los Angeles: The saga of sold Norman Rockwell paintings (opens the original)
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Two Norman Rockwell paintings once owned by the Berkshire Museum have returned to the public eye with this week's opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. In 2018, the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, institution stirred up an international controversy when it announced plans to sell works from its collection including Rockwell's “Shuffleton’s Barbershop” and “Horseshoe Forging Contest.” The sale, intended to bolster the museum's finances and keep its doors open, netted more than $
Berkshire County lawmaker to pay $3K fine for violating Massachusetts law (opens the original)
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The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission has found that a Town of Peru Select Board member violated conflict of interest law, and now must pay a $3,000 civil penalty. According to a Thursday press release from the commission, Edward Munch broke commonwealth law in late 2024 by pushing to create a town hall maintenance position that he was ultimately chosen for in 2025 by the board he sat on. While he abstained from the vote, the ethics commission found his discussion and acceptance of a role go
Federal grant debate puts Pittsfield police drone program in lime light (opens the original)
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A police drone program in Berkshire County's largest community is at the center of debate over surveillance, privacy, and civil rights. As Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes reports, the controversy around the police department in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, underscores the tension between the local and federal governments. On Sept. 8, the Pittsfield Police Department brought a request to the City Council to accept a $31,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to buy two new drones.The fine
Mutual aid conflict between Hinsdale, Dalton reaches Massachusetts’ 911 Department (opens the original)
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The relationship between two Berkshire County police departments has continued to strain this year. The challenges stem from a mental health call in January that ended with the caller killed by police. Now, town officials are taking the squabble to the state as they hash out what interagency cooperation looks like going forward. Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes joined Ray Graf on Midday Magazine with the latest. Landes: So, back in April, a letter that WAMC published from Dalton Police Chief D
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