| Drury First Quarter Honor Roll
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Drury High School honor roll for the first quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.
Grade 12
High Honors
Bailey, Abigail Lyn
Bishop, Brooke Yvonne
Bordeau, Danni Mary
Brothers, Marley Elizabeth
Catelotti, Daphne Erin
Herrmann, Rachael Lyn
Klein, |
| MCLA, Habitat for Humanity Partner Offer Free Tax Assistance
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) and its Department of Business Administration are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to offer free tax preparation services to residents in need through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
MCLA will offer in-person, drop-off, and |
 | How can business owners plan for an exit?
If you're a business owner, you always have a lot to do and a lot to think about. But have you put much thought into how you'll eventually leave it all behind?
Even if you're a few years away from that day, it's a good idea to create an exit strategy. If you're like most other owners, most of your net |
| North Adams Officials Mull School Closure
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — School officials are eyeing an accelerated closing of an elementary school as they prepare for the coming fiscal year's "fiscal cliff."
A draft budget for fiscal 2025 is up $2,430,054, a 12 percent increase over this year. This is largely being driven by three factors: contracted |
 | Berkshire Health Group Sets 7% Rate Hike for Fiscal 2025
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Municipal entities that use Berkshire Health Group will see a 7 percent increase in the cost of health insurance in fiscal year 2025.
That was the decision of the BHG board at a two-hour meeting Monday morning at the Charles H. McCann Technical School.
By a 6-1 vote with four voting units |
 | County Residents Earn Bay State Games Skating Medals
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Dozens of local figure skaters competed in Bay State Games USFS Figure Skating Competitions over the weekend at Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink.
Nine athletes took home gold medals in their groups at the competition.
Among the local residents competing in the event |
 | MountainOne Bank Hires AVP, Community Mortgage Lending Specialist
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MountainOne hired Jason "Jay" Bianchi to join the residential lending team as AVP, Community Mortgage Lending Specialist.
Reporting directly to the Head of Residential Lending, Bianchi will work out of the Berkshires, and serve as a member of the Bank's Community Reinvestment Act |
| MCLA Professor's Research Featured in Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2023
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA Physics Professor Dr. Emily Maher, one of 65 scientists in the MINERvA collaboration at Fermi National Accelerator Lab (Fermilab), has published work that has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2023 in Physics World.
Over a 10-year span, the MINERvA detector |
| Clarksburg Officials Want to Study School Regionalization
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials are asking the school superintendency union to consider regionalization as a way to reduce education costs.
The Select Board met with school officials during a joint meeting on Wednesday night at Town Hall.
Select Board member Daniel Haskins said he and John |
| Local Firefighters Graduate from Firefighting Academy
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy recently graduated Class S35 consisting of 27 firefighters representing 16 fire departments including North Adams and Pittsfield.
State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said the graduates completed the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training |
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