When scholars discovered the early text of "Hamlet" known as the "First Quarto," most were unimpressed with the quality of work they found. Here are some other (made up) first drafts ..read more

John Perrault, the executive director of  , says, "Here in the Berkshires in 2023, we sheltered 1,453 animals, and that's a 95 percent increase since 2022 ..read more

Money for the state's emergency family shelter system could run out sometime between Monday and the end of April, according to a top senator, who is part of a six-person group of lawmakers trying to come up with funding solutions ..read more

Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer, Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience , speaks with Eagle Reels host Dalton Delan about climate change, how Massachusetts is positioned to face it, what's being done on state and local levels, and what can be done by individual residents to help meet its challenges ..read more

Jane Iredale is the founder of Iredale Cosmetics, a company she started in 1994 that brought the mineral makeup line jane iredale to the aesthetic industry.  ..read more

In this episode of "Eagle Reels," host Dalton Delan speaks with Taconic Principal Matt Bishop about Career and Technical Education, how it's changed, and what it offers students now and in the future.  ..read more

In the post-industrial era, dam removal creates change, another link in the decades-long effort to restore a precious Berkshire natural resource. As more dams are removed, perhaps new insights will surface around the benefits of dam removal to community life and climate change resilience ..read more

What happened Saturday is ultimately a significant boost for what I call the Inclusion Network in the Middle East (more open, connected countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Israel and the NATO allies) and a real setback for the Resistance Network (the closed and autocratic systems represented by Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran's Shiite militias in Iraq) and Russia ..read more

In my work covering courts for the newspaper then flagged as the (Troy) Times-Record, I closely observed jurors as they looked, listened and learned in court. Each time, I grew more certain that when they were sworn in and took their seats in the box, they’d heard and seen enough to appreciate the deep importance of their duty to judge the evidence fairly and deliver a just verdict ..read more

We agree with the need to bring a wide and diverse array of expert perspectives to the table to see how the city might mitigate the impacts on public safety and quality of life that many residents are feeling. However, we disagree with the mayor on one critical aspect of the newly minted committee: We believe its work should be public-facing ..read more