image description — Village Pizza was closed on Wednesday and its owner says it is for sale.

Village Pizza in North Adams Closes After 40 Years

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
04:14PM / Wednesday, April 23, 2025Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A pizzeria that's anchored the north corner of historic Eagle Street closed indefinitely on Wednesday.

Village Pizza owner Christina Nicholas took to Facebook to announce the closure with an emotional goodbye, explaining that medical issues were forcing her hand.

"Since 2022, I've been dealing with back and spine issues," she said. "Unfortunately, it's gotten worse and the sad news is effective immediately I have to close. I am no longer able to perform the work to keep this business going and I have to concentrate on my own health."

Nicholas later said Village had been her "whole life," working there since she was 14 and buying it in 1991.

"It's not the way I wanted to think about retiring," she said, at the door of the empty pizza place. "It's probably the hardest decision I've had to make my whole life."

The closure came on the heels of her most recent medical report and the reality that she was facing a long recovery.

She hopes that a buyer will come through and continue its pizza legacy. "It's a good business and I'm sad to make this announcement," Nicholas said in her post.

The location at 51 Eagle St. had been Carlisle's Drug Store for many years until Constantin Agnanos opened there as Colonial Pizza in the 1970s. Aristedes Theodoropoulos bought the business in 1986 and renamed it Village Pizza.

The pizzeria had been popular with the college crowd for years because of its "crazy late" hours of operation.

Its closure means that there's no pizza place on historic Eagle Street for the first time in at least 50 years as the Pizza House and its several successors closed on the south corner in 2020. It's also the second eatery to close this week after Bailey's Bakery ceased operations at 55 Main St.

"I want to thank all the customers throughout the 40 years. It's been quite the ride for 40 years so, and my staff, but it is what it is I guess," Nicholas said her in social media post. "Hopefully it will be sold soon and you'll be able to get your pizza again.

"Take care and thank you."

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Berkshires Remember First Responders, Military Personnel Lost at 9/11 and Aftermath

By Jack Guerino & Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
02:30PM / Friday, September 11, 2026

North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey, with Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre speaks at Friday's memorial.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The county's two cities held memorials on Friday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Great Barrington was scheduled to hold a dedication of piece of steel from the World Trade Center at 6 p.m.

North Adams held its ceremony in the fire station's side garden starting at exactly 8:46 a.m., the time Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower.

The small square of grass was packed with police officers, firefighters, wire and alarm personnel, dispatchers, and Northern Berkshire EMS employees, and city employees, officials and community members.

After the ceremonial tolling of the bell, an honor guard presented the colors.

Mayor Jennifer Macksey said it felt odd welcoming people to a very solemn event.

"What happened 25 years ago put a mark on emergency services. It put additional pressure on police, fire, EMS, and dispatchers," Macksey said. "While we remember those who lost their lives during 9/11, and those who ran to help as many as they could during 9/11, we have to pause and appreciate those who continue to serve despite that awful threat that occurred 25 years ago."

She said it was a direct attack on the United States and all of its people.

"It was a question of our freedoms and our ability to be safe in our communities," the mayor said. "I can say today that here in North Adams, it could happen to us, but I know with the professionalism of our Fire Department, Police Department, EMS, and our dispatch team, we are a better community; we are a safer community than we were 25 years ago."

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