LENOX — A front desk employee at the Hampton Inn & Suites on Pittsfield Road came to work one day last spring wearing earplugs and headphones. She wasn't trying to make a fashion statement. They were ...

LENOX — A cool $38 million. That’s the payday for Joseph Toole, chairman of the Toole Companies, and his family following the sale of the Courtyard by Marriott for $25 million and the Hampton Inn & ...