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Berkshire Hills

American  
[burk-sheer, -sher] / ˈbɜrk ʃɪər, -ʃər /

plural noun

  1. a range of low mountains in W Massachusetts: resort region. Highest peak, Mt. Greylock, 3,505 feet (1,070 meters).


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The memo notes that two publicly traded bank companies, Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Investar Holding, have disclosed in their own filings in the past two years that Juggernaut was a shareholder.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Beacon Financial, the result of a recent merger between Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp, is among your newer positions.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

The scholarship has been awarded annually since 2003 to a high school student from the Berkshire Hills region of western Massachusetts who plans to major in journalism or music, Pearl’s passions.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2023

A winding road in the Berkshire Hills leads to Jacob’s Pillow, which transforms into a kind of international dance village each summer.

From New York Times May 15, 2015

He cured the young New England poets and the singers of the Berkshire Hills and of the Catskills of celebrating the English thrush and the nightingale, as if those birds sang on the Palisades.

From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Egan, Maurice Francis

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