New biz editor at Massachusetts paper

Tony Dobrowolski is the new business editor at The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass., replacing Charles Bonenti.

Dobrowolski writes, “I’ll be honest. I can’t completely replace Charles. But then no one here really can. I’ve spent 20 years at The Eagle. He was here for 40. He started his career at The Eagle the year that I was a senior in high school. Charles’ knowledge of the Berkshires is considerably greater than mine, and just about anyone else’s who currently works at this newspaper.

“But what I will attempt to do is carry on the great work that Charles began. Under his byline, this column was called ‘Good Deals.’ Under my byline, we’re not going to have a title just yet. I plan to stake out some of the same territory that Charles did. But I also plan to write about different business topics, localizing them as much as possible.

“What recently caught my eye is the number of businesses in the Berkshires that have  closed. Turnover is always a part of the business world, but there seems to have been an awful lot of activity in that area around here the last few months.”

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