Ten years ago, the news came suddenly: North Adams Regional Hospital in the northwest corner of Massachusetts was closing — immediately. Now, a decade later, Berkshire Health Systems is reopening the facility. Two WAMC reporterssaw both the closure and its rebirth. Associate News Director Jim Levulis was Berkshire Bureau Chief at the time, and Josh Landes is Berkshire Bureau Chief now.
We listen to the first eight installments of the special WAMC News series on aging.
As a new president takes office, a new member of Congress from upstate New York, Democrat Josh Riley, is hoping to move beyond partisanship.
We speak with outgoing Mass. state Rep. Smitty Pignatelli, who is leaving the 3rd Berkshire House district after 12 terms.