NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennifer Marlowe's prekindergarten class visited North Adams Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon, a much anticipated moment for the children.

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Frustrated town officials have yet to set an annual town meeting as they try to work through discrepancies in the town's financial accounts.

The state Department of Revenue has informed town officials that Monday may be the earliest it can certify the town's free cash because of years of accounting errors.

"I think people in this town will be very unhappy if we delay town meeting to June," said

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Since running his first marathon in 1994, Hank Art has duplicated the feat on numerous occasions.

He is proudest of those days when his times were the slowest.

Since 2007, Art, a professor of biology at Williams College, has put his marathoning skill to work as a guide for Achilles International, a New York-based non-profit that helps mobility-impaired runners compete in distance running events, including 26.2-mile competitions like the Boston Marathon or the New York Marathon.

The latter is where Art had

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The Transportation Advisory Committee is supporting BRTA's plan to phase in natural gas-powered buses and expanded routes and hours.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a proposed state budget that would "forward fund" the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority, leaders are already eyeing nearly $10 million in expansion in five years.

Robert Malnati, BRTA assistant administrator, presented a schedule for the use of federal funds for the next five years at Tuesday's Transportation Advisory Committee meeting.

The organization has been using federal reimbursements for operating costs, but with an increase in state funding, Malnati said they hope to use federal funds for

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — There are two candidates vying for School Committee in the only race on this year's election ballot. The incumbents of two vacant seats on the ballot are accepting write-ins.

The election is Tuesday, May 21, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Senior Center. Absentee ballots can be requested in writing until available until noon on Monday, May 20.

Patricia A. Prenguber of Cross Road and Kimberly Goodell of Southernview Drive are each seeking the 3-year seat on the committee.

Prenguber, 61, was appointed to the committee last fall after the resignation of David Woods. This is her first run for office. She has worked in the North Adams Public Schools for 35 years,

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The Honor Guard honored five officers who were killed in duty while working for the city.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — County law enforcement honored more than 19,000 police officers who were killed in the line of duty, including five from Pittsfield, as part of National Police Week.

The weeklong memorial began in 1962 with a declaration of then President John F. Kennedy. Hundreds of officers from  across the country flock to Washington, D.C., each year as names of fallen officers are added to a memorial.

This year, 321 new names will be added, 120 of whom died in the line of duty last year.

Locally, five names are already on that plaque — Capt. Michael Leonard, who

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Galleries and merchants are once again girding for a welcomed invasion of Wilco fans this June.

But that isn't the only event hoping to draw visitors — and their wallets — the city.

"[Solid Sound brought] 5,000 people to town the last time it was here ... lots and lots of people in North Adams," said Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Jodi Joseph to a gathering of cultural and business representatives. "It's a friendly crowd ... It's a lovely group. .. If you want thousands

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — When he was first approached by a group of students regarding the possibility of restarting the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts men's Rugby Club, former coach Glenn Lawson was extremely skeptical.  

"There had been several attempts over the years to resurrect the program, but nothing ever came of it," he said.

This time it was different.

Forty-six students showed up for the first practice in February 2012.

"Our first practices was in a hallway in the campus center," said center Kelly Lewis of Northampton.

Even with these numbers, Lawson urged patience, "I told them that because we are starting from scratch, it would

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank announced that five of its employees have been recognized for outstanding community service and named Berkshire Bank's Volunteers of the Year. 

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city is expecting an influx of visitors this year as the third Solid Sound Festival kicks off the summer season.

The North Adams Chamber of Commerce and Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, a program of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, are hosting an informational session on Monday evening how to meet those visitors' expectations and prepare for their arrival.

The session takes place at MCLA Gallery 51 on Main Street beginning at 6 p.m.

Business owners, local artists, neighbors and interested residents are invited to attend.

Representatives of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the North Adams Office of Tourism, and BCRC will present some

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