PHS Names John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Recipients

04:38AM / Tuesday, December 15, 2020Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Henry Duval, Principal of Pittsfield High School announced Monday that sixty-four seniors at Pittsfield High School are among students statewide to receive the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship.

"On behalf of the entire PHS school community, I congratulate the sixty-four members of the Class of 2021 who qualified for the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. Earning this designation speaks both to the collective strength of instruction and curriculum at PHS as well as an individual willingness to strive for academic excellence," Duval said. "I am encouraged that the John and Abigail Adams scholarship will provide some financial relief and encourage members of the Class of 2021 to pursue their education beyond PHS."

The scholarship is available to students whose MCAS performance puts them in the top 25 percent of their district. To be eligible, students must either score Advanced on one exam and Proficient on the other, or Advanced on both the English and Math exams.

Sixty-four students from Pittsfield High School have been awarded the John & Abigail Adams Scholarship. They are as follows: DeLisia Adorno, Aniya Aleen, David Babineau, Meadow Bailey, Marlon Binns, Samantha Blau, Riley Burke, Archia Charles, Gabrielle Cohan, Nathan Cracolici, Erin Curran, Jacob Dean, Morgan Depson, Alayna Farmer, John Fick, Avery Flint, Rachel Graves, Dakota Grosz, Sasha Grosz, Owen Gutzmer, Amber Hamling, Connor Hayford, Kobe Holloway, Alia Jackson, Gerdlie Jean-Louis, Gerdrose Jean-Louis, Emma Kostyun, Samira Lawton, Jingkai Lin, Christian Marchbanks, Elise Martin, Morgan Martin, Meredith McCandless, Alyssa Mercier, Connor Monette, Conor Mooney, Zoe Moran, Lillian Mosley, Ryan Muller, Edward Mullin, Jaclyn Oakes, Julia Ostellino-Moran, Briana Palmieri, Brian Pasterczyk, Isabella Penna-Ward, Luke Peplowski, Danielle Plankey, Liam Quadrozzi, Sadiya Quetti-Goodson, Jasmyn Roark-Somersall, Samuel Robertson, Jacob Saarony-Taylor, Zavia Shepherd, Emery Sime, Nina Snowise, Tyler Stevens, Alexandra Swanson, Elizabeth Swanson, Sadie Tierney, Keegan Vittum, Hannah Wheeler, Leighana Williamson, Raelyn Wisner and Yan Zheng

The Adams Scholarship provides a tuition waiver for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state college or university.

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Dalton Board Signs Off on Land Sale Over Residents' Objections

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Residents demanded the right to speak but the agenda did not include public comment. Amy Musante holds a sign saying the town now as '$20,000 less for a police station.'

DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board signed the sale on the last of what had been known as the Bardin property Monday even as a handful of residents demanded the right to speak against the action.

The quitclaim deed transfers the nine acres to Thomas and Esther Balardini, who purchased the two other parcels in Dalton. They were the third-highest bidders at $31,500. Despite this, the board awarded them the land in an effort to keep the property intact.

"It's going to be an ongoing battle but one I think that has to be fought [because of] the disregard for the taxpayers," said Dicken Crane, the high bidder at $51,510.

"If it was personal I would let it go, but this affects everyone and backing down is not in my nature."

Crane had appealed to the board to accept his bid during two previous meetings. He and others opposed to accepting the lower bid say it cost the town $20,000. After the meeting, Crane said he will be filing a lawsuit and has a citizen's petition for the next town meeting with over 100 signatures.

Three members of the board — Chair Robert Bishop Jr., John Boyle, and Marc Strout — attended the 10-minute meeting. Members Anthony Pagliarulo and Daniel Esko previously expressed their disapproval of the sale to the Balardinis.

Pagliarulo voted against the sale but did sign the purchase-and-sale agreement earlier this month. His reasoning was the explanation by the town attorney during an executive session that, unlike procurement, where the board is required to accept the lowest bid for services, it does have some discretion when it comes to accepting bids in this instance.

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