MCLA President Birge Announces RetirementBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
10:32AM / Tuesday, September 02, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual MCLA opening breakfast reflects on the year ahead — the incoming students, new faculty and programs, challenges and goals. President James Birge wrapped up the breakfast by saying Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is in a good place financially and programmatically, and that this was a "logical time" to retire. "After 10 years as president of MCLA and 42 years of working in higher education, I've decided it's time to retire," he told the packed Centennial Room on Tuesday morning. "I plan to leave MCLA at the conclusion of the academic year on June 30, 2026." As he >> Read More |
MCLA Welcomes Three New Faculty Members | 11:58AM / Sunday, August 31, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced that three new faculty members will be joining the Trailblazer community for the College's fall semester: Dr. Amr (Elkabbany) Ibrahim, Dr. Muge Karabag, and Professor Amanda Davis. Read more about the new faculty members: Amr (Elkabbany) Ibrahim, Ph.D., Pharm.D. joins MCLA's Chemistry Department as a visiting assistant professor. A medicinal chemist, his research focuses on the design and synthesis of small-molecule antivirals and the use of structure-based drug design to interrogate host–virus interactions, including V-ATPase modulation and TIM-1–mediated entry. His expertise >> Read More |
North Berkshire School Districts Participating in Regionalization StudyBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Friday, August 29, 2025 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Three North Berkshire school districts are embarking on a state-funded study of secondary education options. The collaboration's been percolating between Hoosac Valley Regional School District, Northern Berkshire School Union and North Adams Public Schools for more than a year. An application deadline was missed by North Adams last year but state Rep. John Barrett III was able to obtain $100,000 for the project in this fiscal budget. The Hoosac Valley School Committee approved the next step of creating an exploratory committee on Monday and the North Adams School Committee on Tuesday. Northern Berkshire Superintendent John >> Read More |
MSBA OKs McCann, Monument School ProjectsStaff Reports,
04:06PM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two high schools in Berkshire County were approved funding for projects by the Massachusetts School Building Authority board on Wednesday. McCann Technical School has been approved for a $17 million project to update the 63-year-old school's roof, windows and doors, and Monument Mountain Regional High School for a new $152 million school. Last year, McCann Tech was invited to participate in the MSBA's accelerated repair program to address its 30-year-old roof and original single-pane windows. The MSBA board voted for a maximum facilities grant of $9,369,988 for the project. The total cost is set at >> Read More |
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 |
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