Saturday, May 17 PITTSFIELD -- Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Friday unveiled a plan designed to provide additional economic incentives for Pittsfield, particularly the William Stanley Business Park of the Berkshires on East Street. At a City Hall press conference, Patrick named Pittsfield the state's latest "municipal growth district" -- one of 16 "development ready" sites in the state, where   Full Story

Saturday, May 17 NORTH ADAMS -- Alumni of the Drury High School Music Department will tune up their instruments and warm up their vocal chords this afternoon as they prepare to join current members of the high school band and chorus for tonight's 85th Anniversary Concert. This is the fourth alumni concert sponsored by the department.   Full Story

Saturday, May 17 Nearly 40 Drury High School seniors played host to a number of North County's other seniors Friday night during the Drury 'Senior' Prom. This was the 16th annual event. About 75 seniors from various retirement communities and private residences from all over North County attended the event.  Full Story

Saturday, May 17 Nothing in the directions for making pesto says you need a strong arm, but if you are making pesto the traditional way in a marble mortar with a wooden pestle, a pitcher's arm for grinding the ingredients to a paste is nearly as important as the herbs. Pesto, from pestare, which means "to pound," is one of Italy's oldest sauces.   Full Story

Friday, May 16 WILLIAMSTOWN -- It was hard to tell what was more changeable during Thursday's high school softball game between Drury and Mount Greylock -- the weather or the game itself. In the space of two hours, the players and fans were baked under a hot sun, chilled beneath a gray sky, sprinkled with a light rain and, finally, baked under a hot sun again.   Full Story

Friday, May 16 LENOX -- The Hoosac Valley baseball team batted around in a seven-run fifth inning on Thursday, and that ended up being the difference in a 12-5 win over Lenox. The Hurricanes (9-7) and Millionaires were tied at four entering the fifth, when the visitors decided to break the game open.   Full Story

Saturday, May 17 While we never like to badmouth anyone's business, renters in North Adams and Adams had best beware of renting any apartment at properties owned by Carol Borer and Burrenstone Properties that are managed by Daniel Borer. As evidenced by several recent Transcript stories and a host of complaints at City Hall in North Adams and Town Hall in Adams, residents in many of these   Full Story