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Adams Girls Scouts Get Government Primer from Rep. Cariddi

ADAMS, Mass. — Rep. Gail Cariddi met with Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts on Monday to walk the girls through the process of the legislative branch.

The girls learned about the various committees Cariddi serves on. One of the committees is the Emerging Technology Committee, and the girls were interested in how these committees affect the average citizen, as well as themselves. Cariddi explained that this particular committee is working on getting ahead of the new emerging technologies so that schools can begin training earlier. This was of particular interest, as this troop is primarily a middle and high school age level.

Some of what legislators do is filing legislation; ideas are brought by constituents to their representative via a proposal and a hearing is held. Cariddi explained the process through the governor's role of signing it into law, the veto process or the revision process.

The girls learned about interest groups and their vital nature to educate the political figures on various topics.

"With all of the interest groups, we can hear and learn about both sides of an issue," Cariddi said. "Interest groups are important."
Cariddi pointed out that the purpose of serving as a representative is about serving the people she represents. The girls look forward to meeting with Cariddi on Beacon Hill in April to get a better understanding of our state government.

Adams Welcomes New Officer; Appoints Housing Authority Board Member

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, April 19, 2024

Officer Cole Desroches recently graduated from the Police Academy. 

ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen welcomed the newest member of the Adams Police Department, Officer Cole Desroches, on Wednesday evening. 

 

Desroches graduated from the Police Academy on March 22 in the top tier in his class. He's currently in the field training program and assigned to Sgt. Curtis Crane. He attended Hoosac Valley High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. 

 

"He's going to serve and protect the town of Adams very well," said Crane, who with Sgts. Matthew Wright and Gregory Onorato stepped in to introduce the new officer while Chief R. Scott Kelley was on vacation. 

 

"We don't often get an opportunity to kind of talk about, frankly, some of the positive things that are happening in town and one of the many things that I feel are positive with are the Adams Police Department," said Town Administrator Jay Green. "We are right now at full staff. We have a full complement of officers. We have a chief who just resigned a three-year contract. ... We have four very capable sergeants (including Donna Malloy)."

 

The force consists of the chief, the four sergeants, a full-time detective and 11 patrol officers. It also has a new position in Cpl. Joshua Baker who is responsible for training and keeping staff equipped. 

 

"We're on the cutting edge of ensuring that we have proper training in a very changing environment with law enforcement," continued Green. "And we have a nice complement of officers and we have a well-respected detective who handles some very complicated cases."

 

He called out the half-dozen officers who attended the meeting for the work they're doing as well as the K9 unit.