BAAMS Fall Classes Starting Sept. 13| 10:19AM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) is now offering registration for its Fall 2025 classes. Music students of all levels, ages 10 to 18, will have the chance to study Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophones and Woodwinds, Guitar, Bass, and Drums along with Improvisation and Music Composition with a faculty who are also members of the Juilliard School, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Band, and are multi-Grammy award- winning recording artists. "BAAMS offers our students a unique music learning experience that teaches our kids not only how to improvise, and compose and record their own original music, but also gives our >> Read More |
Greylock School Bidding Expected for OctoberBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
06:16AM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Greylock School project is expected to go out to bid sometime in October with bids anticipated by the end of the year. Tim Alix of Collier's International, the owner's project manager, said the project team is awaiting comments on the 90 percent design package submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority. Once received, the team will respond and then incorporate the comments into the completed documents. "And at that point, we'd be ready to go out to bid," he said. "We still have our prequalification process ongoing, and that's to develop our list of contractors, and so we're kind >> Read More |
Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Awards Scholarships| 10:59AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025 | |
LUDLOW, Mass. — The Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation (BWPCC) has selected two students from the Lanesborough/Hancock area, one from the Mount Greylock Regional High School class of 2025 and one from the McCann Technical School class of 2025, to receive $1,000 scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to qualifying seniors at select schools in the Berkshires who are planning to attend either a two- or four-year college or trade school program. This is the third year of the BWPCC scholarship program. The BWPCC owns and operates the Berkshire Wind Power Project, a 12-turbine, 19.6-megawatt wind farm located on Brodie Mountain in Hancock and Lanesborough. >> Read More |
28th Annual MCLA Athletics Golf Classic to be Held Sept. 8| 08:29AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 28th annual MCLA Athletics Golf Classic will be held Monday, Sept. 8 at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown. The Golf Classic serves as a major fundraiser for the College's Athletics Department. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $1M to support MCLA's student-athletes. "We are so grateful to our sponsors and participants, both those who are dedicated longtime supporters and those who are new this year," said MCLA Assistant Dean for Athletics & Recreation Laura Mooney. "Their generosity and contributions allow the department to make facility upgrades and to enhance the student-athlete experience through >> Read More |
Clarksburg School Sees Rise in Grant Funding By Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:12AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Like many school districts, Clarksburg has been holding its breath on grant funding. But the new is good. "We've gotten our numbers coming in for our grant allocations ... as you remember, part of our budget is we're banking on a certain amount of grants coming in," Assistant Superintendent Tara Barnes told the School Committee last Thursday. "This grant money is always a gamble, because we don't know until this time of year what amount we're getting." The good news, she said, is that the school district has received its grant allocations for everything so far except state Rural School Aid. There >> Read More |
North Adams Committee Ordered to Amend Meeting MinutesBy Staff Reports,
03:40PM / Monday, August 04, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two city committees were found to have violated Open Meeting law according to findings issued by the Attorney General's Office in July. School Building Committee was found to be in violation regarding a meeting held on Jan. 21 and ordered to amend its minutes and the City Council's General Government Committee for a meeting held Feb. 18 for improper posting. The AG's Office found the School Building Committee meeting minutes for Jan. 21 were insufficient in that they were not detailed enough, failed to include documents presented, and did not identify where the meeting was being held and which committee members >> Read More |
Greylock School Project Running Under BudgetBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
06:01AM / Thursday, July 31, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Greylock School project remains under budget by more than $1 million. The School Building Committee last week voted to submit the 90 percent design package for the $65 million project to the Massachusetts School Building Authority with costs supplied by independent estimators. "You'll remember that we locked in with the MSBA with their budget at the end of schematic design, and we entered into the project funding agreement," said Timothy Alix of Colliers International, the owner's project manager. "So we're always double checking to make sure that we're tracking on budget. ... "Not a whole lot has >> Read More |
McCann Hopes Students Can Make ADA-Mandated Building ChangesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School wants to use a necessary renovation as a teachable moment for its students. The Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee on Tuesday authorized spending up to $300,000 to address 172 items that need to be addressed to make the school compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The corrections, which include thresholds without the proper clearance, updated signage and door closers that shut doors too quickly, came up in an audit related to the school's application for assistance under the Massachusetts School Building Authority's accelerated repair program. Rather than hiring a contractor to >> Read More |
McCann to Destroy School Records for 2020| 01:09PM / Monday, July 14, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — In accordance with state regulations, all temporary cumulative school and health records (except permanent grade records) for students who graduated from or left McCann Technical School during the 2020 school year will be destroyed on Aug. 18. Students interested in retrieving their records before they are destroyed should contact the school office at 413-663-5383, Ext. 107, between 7:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. before the destruction date of Aug. 18. >> Read More |
Trump Administration Hold on Education Funds Threatens Programs By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:43AM / Monday, July 14, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An after-school program that enhances students' school day learning is at risk due to actions of the Trump administration. The Department of Education notified states that it is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for K-12 education. That includes $108 million for schools in Massachusetts. And, the North Adams Public Schools are at risk for losing some of the $740,000 in grants it expects to gets under the federal Title I, Title II and Title IV programs. Superintendent Timothy Callahan said the delayed funding will affect some professional development and salaries, such as leadership staff who may get a small percentage of >> Read More |
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