The Casino was once the largest bowling establishment in the city of North Adams.

Central Bowling Lanes shared the top floor of the Martin Block with the Sons of Italy Lodge; two floors above the C. H. Cutting Company store on the corner of Main and State Street.  The owner and…

It was during the middle decades of the past century when Ted Butterworth owned and operated the Olympian bowling alleys in the Dowlin Block on Main Street. This place was a large, dingy,…

Originally independent in crowning a Fall Foliage Festival Queen and connected with the ever popular fashion show, the Scholarship Pageant, to name Miss Northern Berkshire, Queen of the Fall Foliage…

The end of World War I did not come all at once; rather it occurred over a period of several days.  There had been false reports during the first week of November that the war was about to end as the…

The 1888 blizzard pelted North Adams and Berkshire County with snow for four days and caused widespread disturbance.

In March 1936, on the day of the flood that year, an event that caused substantial damage occurred on West Main Street near Richview Avenue at the same time that the Hoosic River was taking its toll…

During the last week of June--and extending into the first week in July 1938, North Adams was the scene of a spectacular event, the likes of which has not been seen before or since.  The Transcript,…

1927 was not a particularly good year for North Adams. Rather, it was one of disaster -- first by fire and then by flood.  At 3:15 in the morning of February 14th, a Monday, William Gomeau, driving a…

Most everyone in the vicinity of North Adams is aware of the cliff face known as Coca-Cola Ledge. But do you know it’s true name and how it eventually became a symbol for a soda company? The…