Mount Washington

At the end of 2025, WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes trekked deep into the Mount Plantain Preserve in Mount Washington to watch the beginning of a dam removal project aimed at restoring vital natural waterways in the region. This month, he returned for a celebration of its successful conclusion, and the unveiling of a new trail named for a community member who’s spent decades advocating for the land to be protected.

As with most of the WAMC listening area, Western Massachusetts is digging out from this weekend’s snow storm. As WAMC reports, the commonwealth’s westernmost county is hard at work beating back heavy accumulation- from its largest community to its smallest.

A long-awaited dam removal project in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, finally began in earnest this week. WAMC was there and reports on how demolishing a dam can breathe new life into ecosystems thousands of miles away.

Berkshire County’s smallest community held its annual town meeting Tuesday night.Mount Washington, which calls itself “the Town Among The Clouds,” is in…

Monday night, the smallest community in Berkshire County gathered for a special town meeting. Mount Washington, Massachusetts calls itself the Town Among…

Sunday morning, three buildings were burned to the ground in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, a small, remote Berkshire town in the state’s southwest…

A wind gust of 144 mph (231 kph) has been recorded on the highest peak in the Northeast.The gust at New Hampshire's Mount Washington was clocked during a…

The calendar says winter's about two months away, but it's in full swing atop Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States.The…

Weather observers atop the Northeast's highest peak say the temperature hit minus 34 degrees Thursday a record for the day.The previous record at the…

During a tour of Western Massachusetts late last week, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito championed Mount Washington's partnership with the state on…