The head of a western Massachusetts nonprofit is sounding the alarms over cuts affecting the region’s seniors, and is encouraging community leaders to step up.

Pittsfield City Council approves new open container law, giving police more enforcement authority over public drinking

The city of Northampton, Mass., has plans to add to its conservation efforts as the city explores acquiring new parcels in its rural outskirts.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, city council holds its first meeting of July tonight. The body’s president sat down with WAMC this afternoon to review key issues on the agenda.

People rallied outside the federal building in Burlington Monday as a judge heard arguments whether an 18-year-old detainee should be released from custody.

To preserve a historic barn in Sheffield, Massachusetts, the early 19th century structure is being dismantled and moved to a neighboring town.

An opening phase of a five-year project is underway in Springfield, Massachusetts. It’s an overhaul of one of the city’s busiest – and most dangerous – intersections.

Approving a tighter-than-usual budget earlier this year, councilors in Springfield, Massachusetts are looking to bring cash to city coffers however they can. One route under consideration: naming and shaming ordinance violators into paying unpaid tickets.

Researchers say the sports wagering industry is estimated to support over 10,000 jobs in the U.S. How diverse that workforce is in Massachusetts, only a few years after sports betting was legalized in the state, is the subject of a new study.

After a fatal car accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a citizens’ group is holding a crash-site investigation this weekend.