Josh Landes
Berkshire Bureau ChiefJosh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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This weekend, a substance-free music festival in Ludlow, Vermont, is raising money for a recovery program co-founded by Phish front man Trey Anastasio. -
A community conversation about creating an emergency response service for mental health calls as an alternative to the police is taking place in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, this evening. -
The Massachusetts attorney general says she’ll allow the state auditor to use outside counsel in her lawsuit against the state Legislature. -
A North Adams, Massachusetts, man has been arraigned on charges that he murdered his father. -
Now that the town of Dalton, Massachusetts, has cut mutual aid ties with neighboring Hinsdale after a controversial police killing, Hinsdale’s leaders are pushing back on criticism. -
On Monday, WAMC broke the news that the town of Dalton, Massachusetts, had ended its mutual aid agreement with the neighboring community of Hinsdale following a controversial police killing in January. -
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, public schools – the largest district in Berkshire County – say that the personal information of students, teachers, and parents were accessed by hackers this month. -
After a controversial police killing in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, that involved officers from its neighboring department, the town of Dalton has formally ended its mutual aid agreement with Hinsdale.
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Voters in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, will decide on a controversial Proposition 2½ Override at the polls Tuesday. -
After years of negotiations, a conservation nonprofit has acquired over 850 acres in Becket, Massachusetts, to protect in perpetuity.
