
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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Pittsfield City Council approves new open container law, giving police more enforcement authority over public drinking
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The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, city council holds its first meeting of July tonight. The body’s president sat down with WAMC this afternoon to review key issues on the agenda.
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To preserve a historic barn in Sheffield, Massachusetts, the early 19th century structure is being dismantled and moved to a neighboring town.
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After a fatal car accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a citizens’ group is holding a crash-site investigation this weekend.
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This weekend marks the start of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s season at the iconic Berkshire music center Tanglewood in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
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Leaders in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Monday removed the criminalization component and made other amendments to a proposed camping ban put forward by the mayor. But the debate on the controversial measure continues.
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Breaking an almost decade-long late streak, the Massachusetts legislature has approved a final budget for fiscal year 2026 just a day before its start.
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The Berkshire Hills Regional School District is bringing forward a $152 million plan for a new high school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Now, local communities will have to decide whether to support paying the $89 million local share of the funding.
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After rejecting the initial proposal, voters in Dalton, Massachusetts, approved a police budget for fiscal year 2026 at special town meeting Thursday night.