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Adams Community Bank Promotes Two Employees

ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Community Bank has announced the promotion of two of its employees: Laurie Boudreau to vice president compliance officer and Brenda Hamilton to CSR/IRA administrator.

“I am very proud to announce the promotion of these two individuals who are both strong contributors to the success of our bank,” said Charles P. O’Brien, president and chief executive officer. “I congratulate them for their hard work and dedication to their careers here at Adams Community Bank.”

Boudreau is responsible for being well-versed in the complex state and federal compliance requirements as well as providing strong support to staff through training. She is also responsible for monitoring to ensure that the bank is in compliance. She joined the bank as a teller in August of 1989 and has more than 25 years of banking experience in several areas of the bank.

A graduate of the former North Adams State College, now MCLA, she received her BS in business administration in 1993 and was a member of Delta Mu Delta Honor Society. She is a current member of the Western Mass Compliance Association and is also a member of the Berkshire Hills Chorus of Sweet Adelines International. Boudreau resides in Clarksburg with her husband and two children.

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.