BArT Seniors Receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarship

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ADAMS, Mass. — Half of the BART Charter Public School senior class are recipients of the John and Abigail Adams scholarship.

Recipients of these scholarships, upon acceptance, are entitled to attend any Massachusetts state school tuition-free for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education.

The recipients are Isaiah Albright, Ruth Bristol, Natalie Celebi, Thomas Cook, Dylan Dermody-Battaini, Joshua Donovan, Joshua Doubiago, Matthew Failla, Macie Fitch, Shanique Maloney, Braydon Peterson, Hannah Stringer, Caitlin Terpak and Abel Ward.

To be eligible, students must score at the advanced level on one of the three Grade 10 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assesment System (MCAS) tests English Language Arts, Mathematics tests, or STE (Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics or Technology / Engineering) and score at the proficient level or higher on the remaining two MCAS tests. Additionally, public charter school students must have combined scores from the three tests that place them in the top 25 percent of students at the school they attend or the district in which they reside.

The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Scholarship recipients must also be enrolled full-time and maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average for continued eligibility.

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Cheshire Seeking Funds for Merged Police Agency

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
06:27AM / Tuesday, January 27, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The town's Police Department may be a step closer to merging with Lanesborough.

Earlier this month, Select Board members said they spoken with state Sen. Paul Mark and Lanesborough officials to see if there are state monies or grants available for a regionalization-type arrangement.

"Senator Mark is very willing to help us, however he can, whether that be with grants or with an earmark into the budget, he would like to see that be over a two-year time frame, but we have some leg work to do, crunching numbers," said Town Administrator Jennifer Morse at last week's meeting.

She and Lanesborough Police Chief Rob Derksen are working on numbers to give to Mark by March for him to put in the state budget.

"We would have funds by September, October, if the earmark was put in. He is looking for commitment from the town," she said. "He wants some form of commitment, whether it be a special town meeting vote saying yes, this is the way we want to go, before he goes and asks for $450,000, that's the rough number that we were looking at over a two-year time frame."

There are a lot of unknowns how this collaboration might work, and Select Board members are wary about how this might be implemented based on the town's budget or through grants.

Morse said Mark has spoken to the chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee but she was unsure how their discussion went.

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