PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State officials want Berkshire residents to weigh in on student loan issues at a hearing on Monday.

State Rep. Paul Mark, D-Peru, chairs a state joint subcommittee of legislators who will be at Berkshire Community College from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday to hear concerns over student debt and loan system.

The hearing is the seventh and last one the committee is holding across the state before crafting bills aimed to help college students.

"We tried to hit every different type of college in the state," Mark said on Thursday. "There have been a lot of themes throughout the hearings... [But] from region to region there has been some local

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock School released its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2013-2014 school year.

 Richard Astle, Nicholas Bolognia, Miranda Bucky, Ethan Buell, Robert Buffis Jr., Dustin Chang, Alana Chesney, Alexander Cheung, Rachana Chhuon, Melody Crowell-Morse, Raquel Crowell-Morse, Nicholas Dastoli, Alexandra Delano, Meredith Dezieck, Harrison Dilthey, Brianna DiNicola, Nicholas DiSanti, Mia DiSantis, Erin Dodig, Makayla Duda,  Geff Fisher, Schuyler Fohrhaltz-Burbank, Taylor Fohrhaltz-Burbank, Kendal Frye, Amanda Galib, Edward Gebara, Michelle Gingras, Jonah Grauman, Celeste Gravel, Joseph Greenhalgh, Thomas Guettler, Kelsey Hebert, Emily Kaegi,

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has been celebrating local recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships for several years now, but Monday's event was easily its biggest event yet.

The lobby area at the new Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation was packed as the college passed out certificates to dozens of high school seniors. More than 40 students accepted the invitation to attend.

"You've figured out somehow how to juggle, how to be able achieve high standards academically while doing the other things that you do to help make your school stronger, your communities stronger, to engage in life outside of class pursuits but

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hundreds of high school students were exposed to futures in the science and technology fields Friday morning during Berkshire Community College's annual STEM fair.

The fair featured employers and educational organizations showing off their gadgets and explaining what they do. The goal is to expose young students to future careers as they begin planning for college or the work force.

"It's a mix of industry, educational opportunities and non-profits," said John Corman, one of the organizers.

Ten high schools arranged for their students to tour the two floors of exhibits, meandering throughout the day. The fair started with a panel of people who

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Timothy Shuker-Haines ended his two-day run on "Jeopardy!" just $500 out of the running.

The Buxton School teacher played on Friday to make into the Teacher's Tournament semi-finals on Monday.

He started out slow Monday night, several thousand back at one point, but swiftly ran up points in the second half. His undoing — Final Jeopardy!

The category was buildings, the question: "Charles Evan Hughes laid the cornerstone for this building on Oct. 13, 1932 & got to work in about six years later."

Shuker-Haines bet everything — $8,400 — on the Empire State Building. But he was wrong.

In fact, none of three contestants

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