Miss Hall's School Announces Head's List, Honor Roll

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School has announced 49 local students among the 159 students schoolwide named to the Head's List and Honor Roll for the second semester, which ended May 28.

For Head's List recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 92, with no single grade below B-plus.

For Honor Roll recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 86, with no single grade below B-minus.

Head's List

Grade 12: Charlotte Adelson, Lee; Trudy Fadding, Glendale; Haylee Gleason, Pittsfield; Mary Howe, Pittsfield; Faia Kronick, Pittsfield; Allison Lamke, Lenox Dale; and Sophia (Sophie) Shea, East Chatham, N.Y.

Grade 11: Ria Kedia, Pittsfield; Lanna Knoll, Great Barrington; and Isabelle Lapierre, Dalton

Grade 10: Nicole Forman, Pittsfield; Meredith Kestyn, Pittsfield; Paige Mickle, Lenox; and Dillon Rodgers, Pittsfield



Grade Nine: Emma Adelson, Lee; Halle Davies, Lenox; Remi Engel, Housatonic; Ruby McDonald, Valatie, N.Y.; Keely O’Gorman, Lee; Myia Price, Pittsfield; and Sienna Trask, West Stockbridge.

Honor Roll

Grade 12: Samantha Elliott, Pittsfield; Emily Grady, Pittsfield; Andrea (Andi) Loehr, Pittsfield; Merriam Lrhazi, Lee; and Aysha Vadukul, Great Barrington

Grade 11: Ella Biancolo, Pittsfield; Emily Carmel, Pittsfield; Maya Creamer, Pittsfield; Angela Guachione, Pittsfield; Téa Mazzeo, Pittsfield; Kathryn (Kat) Sirois, Stockbridge; and Charlotte (Charlie) Smith, New Marlborough

Grade 10: Sarah Briggs, Williamstown; Hadley DeVarennes, Lee; Anna Claire Korenman, Pittsfield; Shawo Lhabdon, Pittsfield; Jasmine Light, Pittsfield; Talia McElhiney, Great Barrington; Nya Mielke, Richmond; EmmaGrace Nealon, Dalton; Gabriela (Gabby) Nicholson, Hancock; and Brooke Telfer, Pittsfield

Grade Nine: Kathryn Barrett, Sandisfield; Aurora (Rory) Benson, Pittsfield; Everly Carroll, Lenox; Isabella (Bella) D’Aniello, Pittsfield; Sundara Hesse, Ghent, N.Y.; and Hava Methe, Lee.

 


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EPA Lays Out Draft Plan for PCB Remediation in Pittsfield

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Ward 4 Councilor James Conant requested the meeting be held at Herberg Middle School as his ward will be most affected. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric have a preliminary plan to remediate polychlorinated biphenyls from the city's Rest of River stretch by 2032.

"We're going to implement the remedy, move on, and in five years we can be done with the majority of the issues in Pittsfield," Project Manager Dean Tagliaferro said during a hearing on Wednesday.

"The goal is to restore the (Housatonic) river, make the river an asset. Right now, it's a liability."

The PCB-polluted "Rest of River" stretches nearly 125 miles from the confluence of the East and West Branches of the river in Pittsfield to the end of Reach 16 just before Long Island Sound in Connecticut.  The city's five-mile reach, 5A, goes from the confluence to the wastewater treatment plant and includes river channels, banks, backwaters, and 325 acres of floodplains.

The event was held at Herberg Middle School, as Ward 4 Councilor James Conant wanted to ensure that the residents who will be most affected by the cleanup didn't have to travel far.

Conant emphasized that "nothing is set in actual stone" and it will not be solidified for many months.

In February 2020, the Rest of River settlement agreement that outlines the continued cleanup was signed by the U.S. EPA, GE, the state, the city of Pittsfield, the towns of Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, and Sheffield, and other interested parties.

Remediation has been in progress since the 1970s, including 27 cleanups. The remedy settled in 2020 includes the removal of one million cubic yards of contaminated sediment and floodplain soils, an 89 percent reduction of downstream transport of PCBs, an upland disposal facility located near Woods Pond (which has been contested by Southern Berkshire residents) as well as offsite disposal, and the removal of two dams.

The estimated cost is about $576 million and will take about 13 years to complete once construction begins.

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