image description — Superintendent Aaron Dean stands with principal Erin Beaulac.

Hoosac Valley Elementary Unveils New Sign

12:37PM / Saturday, May 18, 2024Print Story | Email Story

The school community gathered Friday morning on the school's front lawn.

ADAMS, Mass. — On Friday morning the Hoosac Valley Elementary School community gathered on the school's lawn to welcome the school's first sign.

Nearly seven years ago, Cheshire Elementary School and CT Plunkett Elementary School joined together to become Hoosac Valley Elementary School. After the closing of Cheshire Elementary School, the school district voted to rename CT Plunkett as Hoosac Valley Elementary School.

"At HVES, we share the importance of identity and belonging in every classroom as part of our Responsive Classroom approach," Principal Erin Beaulac said in a statement Friday. "Every student is called by their name and everyone is a part of our community. With that being said, we felt it was very important for our school's exterior to match our school's interior. There hasn't been a sign of the school's name on the outside of the building. This morning, all of that changed."

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New Clothing Thrift Store Opens in Adams

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Carlo is honoring her late partner, Tom Bradley, who loved to thrift with her.

ADAMS, Mass. — Trisha Carlo took the leap to turn her online secondhand clothing business into a storefront on Summer Street. And named it in tribute to a loved one.

Two T's Thrifting stands for Trisha and her late partner, Tom Bradley, who died in 2022.

"We loved thrifting together, so I thought it was a way that I could honor him, and then also a way I could give back to the community," she said.

Carlo has been selling clothes she's thrifted from her Facebook page for the past couple of years. She found the building at 64 Summer St. about two months ago and opened on Jan. 11.

"There's not many stores here. And I figured being downtown like this, people could walk in, especially in the summertime," she said. "I know there's a ton of people in the area that love to thrift so I thought this would be a really good idea for Adams."

Carlo also wants to make an impact on the community, donating clothing to children in foster care, unhoused people, and those who have lost their belongings, such as in a fire.

High school students sometimes do their community service hours with her, packing clothes bags for these individuals.

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