 Branded as "The Voice of the Northern Berkshires Since 1843," the "Transcript" covered North Adams and Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, and Williamstown, Massachusetts; and Pownal and Stamford, Vermont.In 1896, the "Transcript" was bought by the Hardman family; 80 years later, co-publishers (and brothers) James Jr. and Robert Hardman sold it to "The Boston Globe", which turned it over to Ingersoll Publications Inc. in 1979.Then, in 1989, Ingersoll sold the paper to the American Publishing Company (later Hollinger International).