RECREATION

Although it's not exactly bicycling weather right now, the small town of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, is planning a new cycling event for September 24. It's named after one of the biggest global competitions and the state's tallest mountain.

A western Massachusetts town official addressed state lawmakers Monday, asking them to support a bill that would allow the community to impose a 3% tax on…

Two miles of the Appalachian Trail in North Adams, Massachusetts, has been vandalized. Volunteer trail maintainer Cosmo Catalano discovered the red…

"While the 26.2 mile course from Hopkinton to Boston remains the same ... pretty much everything else this year is different," says Boston Athletic Association CEO Tom Grilk.

With travel restrictions loosened, many in the ski industry hoped this season would be easier. But a housing crunch and worker shortage — problems that have been simmering for years — have worsened since the pandemic.

Research from UMass Amherst bolsters claims that fitness can be tied to the number of steps you walk per day. Researcher Amanda Paluch, an assistant…

The board of health in West Springfield, Massachusetts, is set to vote on an indoor mask mandate this week. The head of the Big E fair, which takes place…

Camp Atwater was founded 100 years ago as one of the first — if not the first — summer camps in America specifically for Black kids. Many campers and organizers say Atwater is still needed today.

The headlines in the Sept. 17, 1974 edition of the Berkshire Eagle brought news of a delay in the Greylock Glen project in Adams, Massachusetts. The…

Not all masks are coming off on Saturday, May 29, the day Massachusetts is scheduled to lift pandemic restrictions on businesses as well as on mask…