Photographer Amanda Jones as featured guest on Good Morning America

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Amanda Jones Photography

North Adams - On Tuesday, December 20, portrait photographer Amanda Jones will be a featured guest on ABC's popular morning program Good Morning America. This nationally televised interview will follow a Sunday feature article in The New York Times about Ms. Jones and her work entitled "Smile and Say 'Bone'" published on November 13, 2005. Ms. Jones was interviewed for the article during a New York City portrait session at a Chelsea photography studio as she awaited her clients and their beloved pets. Amanda Jones began her career in 1992 after graduating with a degree in Cinema and Photography from Ithaca College in New York. In 1994, Ms. Jones began photographing dogs in Maine after her best friend brought home Ruby, a yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, and has been photographing dogs and cats for clients ever since. Ms. Jones travels the country extensively for portrait sessions with an occasional trip to London. Jones has created three books: Greyhounds Big and Small, Frenchie Kisses and Dachshunds Short and Long. Additionally, her images grace greeting cards, posters and calendars. "I'm excited about the national media interest in my specialized work," said Amanda Jones. "I really enjoy what I do and am thrilled with the recent feedback from The New York Times article. I am bracing myself for what is to come after Good Morning America," she added. Amanda Jones creates simple, customized portraits of animals and the occasional child. She crafts lasting imagery from her portrait sessions through all stages of development and printing, by hand. The Amanda Jones Photography studio and production space is located at 61 Main Street in North Adams, Mass. For additional information, call 877-251-2390 or visit www.amandajones.com .

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MSBA: No Stearns in Proposed West Pittsfield School

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
02:40PM / Tuesday, November 10, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Stearns may not be part of the proposed consolidated West Side elementary school after all.

During the School Building Needs Commission meeting on Monday, the owner's project managers, Skanska, reported that the Massachusetts School Building Authority would not fund a three-school project.

Stearns Elementary School had been included in the feasibility study to see if Crosby Elementary, Conte Community School, and Stearns Elementary could all be located at 517 West St. All three school locations listed in the feasibility study had to be considered; Conte has several site challenges.

Project designers TSKP reviewed 12 different school options, and it was relayed that only the rebuilds of Crosby and Conte could be fully funded. Pittsfield would have to pay for Stearns.

"I also think it's important to look at long-term and affordability, and if we choose to keep Stearns in, we're going to make the decision to keep PHS out," Mayor Peter Marchetti said.

"The city cannot afford it all."

He added that he would vote "no" on Pittsfield High School if the city is doubling down on Stearns. The city is also pursuing a statement of interest to the MSBA to fund repairs to the high school, which is almost a century old.

"I'm not going to go to the taxpayers and say, 'give me two debt exclusions so we can build new schools,'" the mayor said.