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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North Berkshire Educational Study Updating Communities
By Breanna Steele & Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The steering committee for a regional study on secondary education is getting the word out to participating communities and asking for input.
The goal of the study is to focus on Grades 6 through 12 to understand current conditions across districts, hear people on their educational priorities, analyze strengths, opportunities, and challenges, and identify opportunities for future collaboration.
Steering Committee Chair Erin Milne, also a member of the Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee, introduced the study and why it was needed.
"We've been talking for decades about how the Northern Berkshire school communities can better collaborate with one another, rather than necessarily duplicating services," she told he Cheshire board. "And over time, it's become more and more of a pressing issue as our enrollment has been going down, but costs have been going up."
Hoosac Valley, North Adams, Mount Greylock Regional, Clarksburg, Savoy and Florida are participating in the study. A combination of declining population and rising costs are putting pressure on the districts, but the study will also look at educational opportunities that could come from collaboration.
In North Adams, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Callahan noted that "the reality is that in the North Adams Public Schools, our graduating class is now closer to what Lenox used to have as a graduating class 20 years ago ... So those are the realities, and what can we sustain, and what are the educational opportunities for our young people? Those are the questions that we're asking."
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