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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With affordable housing a top issue in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the city council has approved new ordinances to regulate and register short-term rentals. -
The town administrative assistant of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, is being investigated for embezzling more than $325,000 from her former employer in New York state. -
Western Massachusetts legislators are reacting to Governor Maura Healey’s plan to expedite housing production by cutting environmental regulations. -
A hotly debated proposal to ban camping on public property in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has been sent to the city’s board of health for review. -
An interview with Berkshire Community College President Ellen Kennedy. -
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced Tuesday that her administration is cutting environmental regulations to speed up housing production in the commonwealth. -
The police chief of Adams, Massachusetts, has been placed on a paid leave of absence. -
Discussion of a controversial public camping ban is set to continue at tonight’s Pittsfield, Massachusetts, city council meeting. -
This fall, voters in North Adams, Massachusetts, will decide a contested mayoral race between an incumbent seeking her third term and a political newcomer. -
The director of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, says he’ll step down next summer after a decade.
