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WILLIAMSTOWN -- At the age of 31, Nate Corddry isn’t doing too bad for himself -- he’s been a correspondent on the "Daily Show with Jon Stewart," starred in the acclaimed "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and had the lead in a traveling production of "The Graduate.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Music of various styles and origins will fill the south lawn of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute every Tuesday this month beginning next week.
The Clark’s free outdoor concert series will kick off on Tuesday and be held every subsequent Tuesday until the end of the month.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- It isn’t necessary to travel to Washington, D.C., to see a complete set of the country’s founding documents. Williams College has authentic first and second printings that rival those on display in the National Archives.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Fire trucks, floats crafted by local groups and businesses and members of the SteepleCats baseball team will make the journey from Southworth Street to Latham Street, as part of the annual Fourth of July parade on Saturday.
The parade will begin at 11 a.m.
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ADAMS -- The Adams Events Committee has announced the upcoming summer events schedule featuring some entertaining standbys.
"They’re all the same events but all very fun," said committee member Haley Meczywor.
Every Thursday night for the next two months will be concert night in downtown Adams.
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NORTH ADAMS -- A proposal by National Grid to increase the average residential customer’s utility bill by 5.5 percent next year has come under scrutiny by the state Attorney General’s office.
As part of the investigation process, the state Department of Public Utilities has scheduled a public hearing for Friday, July 15, at North Adams City Hall to allow
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NORTH ADAMS -- As the family budget begins to cover less and less with rising gas prices, utility costs and food prices, the city continues to offer a variety of free programming and events throughout the summer, including the popular "Concerts at the Lake" series, Eagle Street Beach Party and the Fourth of July fireworks display.
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PITTSFIELD -- An alleged mid-level crack cocaine dealer from Manhattan, N.Y. who is believed to have direct ties to a Bronx-based drug ring distributing crack cocaine in the northern Berkshires, pleaded not guilty to numerous drug charges in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Soil samples collected from the moon approximately 40 years ago have made their way to the David and Joyce Milne Public Library.
Children’s Librarian Mindy Hackner said the library received the moon dust samples on Tuesday, and will have them for a little over a week.
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ADAMS -- The Berkshire County Drug Task Force and the Adams Police Department arrested three people last night and confiscated several marijuana plants at an Albert Street apartment.
Police executed a search warrant at 4:36 p.m. at 21 Albert St. and arrested the occupants -- Alexander Smith, 24, and Nicole Desso, 22, along with William Greenlaw, 25, of North Adams.
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HANCOCK -- An estimated $200 is missing from Town Hall after it was broken into some time Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Chief of Police Sherman Derby Sr. said money was the only thing taken from the building on Route 43, but he won’t know exactly how much until town employees can confirm the amount.
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NORTH ADAMS -- After four years of serving up Peruvian and Argentinean fare at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Cafe Latino will close its doors for good in September.
Owners Nancy Thomas and William "Bo" Peabody confirmed plans to close the restaurant on Tuesday through Mezze Restaurant Group’s spokeswoman Angela Cardinali, who also dispelled
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Nicholas Martin isn’t one to sacrifice quality for quantity.
A lackluster economy has patrons tightening their purse strings around the country -- a trend that cut the festival’s 55th anniversary season short.
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NORTH ADAMS -- Mayor John Barrett III isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. The state’s longest serving mayor made his 14th bid for the city’s corner office official Tuesday afternoon, taking out nomination papers from the City Clerk’s office.
"I said that I wouldn’t take them out until after we were done with the budget," Barrett
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Roughly three months after a building and the portion of a second were demolished as part of a project to renovate and expand a century-old building on Spring Street, the excavation and foundation work is almost complete.
John M. Benzinger, vice president of Barr & Barr Builders Inc.
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