Thursday, January 8 NORTH ADAMS -- Judge Michael J. Ripps heard the following cases in Northern Berkshire District Court on Wednesday: * Erin Coughlan, 35, of Union Street in North Adams, pleaded not guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. She has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Feb.   Full Story

“So where are all the jobs anyway?” We keep hearing that there are all these jobs in the Berkshires, but where are they? I was shocked when I learned that at any point there are over 2,000 job vacancies in the county.   Full Story