BCC Spring Semester Dean's List

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has published its spring 2011 dean’s list. Four hundred twenty-three full- and part-time students made the list.

According to Frances Feinerman, vice president for academic affairs, to be eligible for the list, full-time students must have declared a major; completed a minimum of 12 non-repeated, traditionally graded credit hours during the spring semester; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade-point average for honors, or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for high honors. Part-time students are eligible for the list if they meet the same requirements, except that their credit hours may have been completed during the fall and spring semesters of one academic year.

The following 189 students qualified for High Honors:

Connecticut


Lakeville: Sharon Bombard.

North Canaan: Kara Zinke.

Massachusetts

Adams: Nicole Alarie, Joanne Brooks, Matthew Davis, Walter Pecor and Dawn Taylor.

Becket: Virginia Falkoff and Eric Garlow.

Cheshire: Cassandra Shaw, Melissa Tarjick and Matthew Yorke.

Chester: Jennifer Christensen.

Colrain: Katherine Shearer.

Dalton: Amanda Corcoran, Amanda Garceau, Tram Anh Le, Jarred Mongeon, Michele Schweitzer, April Tarbox, Michael Van Deusen, India Wait and Sherry Zink.

East Otis: Kimberly St. Pierre.

Great Barrington: Michelle Bachetti, Ryan Blanchard, Bryn Davis, Christina deRis, Nicholas Douglas, Vickie Lea, Anne Moriarty, Jessica Sarno, Joshua Shepard and Brian Tenney.

Hinsdale: Elizabeth Came, Tami Maddocks, Colleen Reardon, Angela Sullivan, Dianne Wieland and Sennin Zumdick-Esko.

Housatonic: James O'Connor.

Lanesboro: Dominica D'Avella, Christena Keyes, Kenneth Mick and Heidi Weber.

Lee: Catheryn Chacon, Rachael Daley-Otto, Julia Gallagher Stickney, Amara Hale, Michelle Hayden, Candice Jeffers, Colleen Jones, Jordan Koch, Melissa Koch, Lucas Kowalczyk, Nicole Nowe, Nicolle Phillips, Collette Plaquet, Carol Rauch, Vincent Sarno, Craig Simmons, Jackie Strawn and Amy Warner.

Lenox: Ruth Bruno, Kayla Corby, Calla Delsignore, Tatyana Fuster, Elisa Henderson, Paul Piretti, Bliss Rufo, Anastasiia Shulgina and Iana Sydorenko.

Lenox Dale: Caitlyn Bessette and Omar Fiallos.

Middlefield: Akiko Fry and Kelly McCarthy.

New Marlborough: Anzhelika Andersen.

North Adams: Amanda Belanger, Nathan Belanger, Lisa Brassard, Bruce Gaylord, Lisa Hutchins, Patricia Johnston, Luis Machado, David O'Neil, Rebecca Patterson, Jennifer Scott and Stephen Senay, Jr.

Otis: Michele Fitzgerald and Maria Middleton.

Pittsfield: Heyser Almonte, Michael Anthony, Dawn Betters, Rachel Bigelow, Emmanuel Bile, Lynne Bishop, Lisa Bock, Audrianna Bouchard, John Brancazzu, Pamela Brewster, Kimberly Burnick, Andrea Carroll, Nathan Carter, Nadine Chapman, Jaimie Codding, Alethea Couchman, James Czarnecki, Nathan D'Angona, Donna Daly-Keen, Melissa Daoust, Nicole DiSimoni, Judith Dorr, Sarah Duprey, David Forsberg, Dona Fresia, Susan Goddard, Emily Graham, Theodore Griffith, Alan Guinen, II, Amanda Hall-Corio, Christian Halley, Donsil Harris, Kevin Haughey, Sandra Houghtlin, William Jamross, Paul Johansen, Nancy Jones, Ann Kerwood, Renata Kogut, Nataliia Kondratenko, Aleah Kozlowski, Nickolaus Kuni, Jessica LeClair, Kaylee Maynard, Michael McCormick, Judith McNutt, Alzie Mercado, Gael Milandou, Pamela Millhone, Derek Murphy, Janet Notarfrancesco, Michelle O'Boyle, Mahesh Patel, Marie Peckham, Ulyana Piarhun, Megan Polidoro, Rebecca Polo, Karen Potak, Alan Robinette, Devon Roller, Chantale Roy, Sarah Sacchetti, Nazario Sanchez, Martha Seiger, Petro Seleznov, Nikko Severson, Susan Smith, Nicholas Sondrini, Seth Stambovsky, Samantha Stedman, Emily Thomson, Robert Todd, Long Ton, Caitlyn Tuggey, Julia Turner, Lyndsey Turner, Ronald Twing, Nicole Viale, Louise Whelan, Nicholas Wojtasik, Ashlee Zanconato and Amy Zarazinski.

Sheffield: Riva Rischner.

Stockbridge: Colleen Fernbacher, Sarah Hoecker, Stacey Staub and Frances Steinert.

West Stockbridge: Nathan Jones.

Williamstown: Wendy Campbell, Heaven Derby, Barry Glidden, Bethany Munsell, Leslie Orton-Maha and Kate Zarnay.

Windsor: Kimberley Tuck.

New York

Ghent: Nadia Bedard.

Kinderhook: JoAnn Regan-Keller.

Valatie: Cecilia Stevens.

Vermont

Shaftsbury: Erika Swartz.

The following 234 students qualified for honors:

Massachusetts

Adams: Melanie Blanchard, Jacqueline Boisvert, Amanda Clerc, Geoffrey Gamache, Korrie Garrett, Ashley Hajdas, Crystal Howcroft, Jacquelyn Panek and Meagen Shears.

Agawam: Rafael Pereira.


Alford: William Paul.

Ashley Falls: Susan Wingo.

Becket: William Bacon and Rebecca Greene.

Cheshire: Hunter Gaylord, Darryl Lipinski and Carly Lyons.

Clarksburg: Nancy Underwood.

Dalton: Kristyn Cobb, Amy Conner, Eric Danforth, Jennifer Dewey, Kristie Drosehn, Elisha Evangelisto, Nicole Flynn, Zachery Gokay, Gregory Herron, Joshua Kasala, Theresa Lemon, Cody Miller, Luan Nguyen, Nancy Palacios, Kellie-Jean Partridge, Hong-Yen Pham, Joanna Suriner, Jenna Tomasi, Kevin Van Fleet, Ashley Vidoli and Alan Will.

Great Barrington: Heather Aloisi, Steven Amash, David Danza, Kristina Gomez, Olga Kim, Katelyn Leveille, Michael O'Nei, and Sarah Pothul.

Hinsdale: Kayla Buck, Laura Marshall, Michelle Pezzo and Jennifer Vigeant.

Housatonic: Michal Snyder and Douglas Stephenson.

Lanesboro: Sean Allen, Renee Boudreau, Heather Danylin, Colleen Lester, and Shaun Mattoon.

Lee: Jennyfer Chacon, Evan Colbert, Cristina Consolati, Matthew Curtis, Christopher Demos, Paige Emerson, Katherine Heath, Adam Larson, Fernanda Machado, Jason Metzner, Joshua Rosenthal, Maureen Soules, Jonathan Terry, Jessica Thorne and Linda Tims.

Lenox: Gina Kirchner, Mary Lahart, Kostyantyn Latyshenko, Erik Lugin, Molly McKenna, Keyur Patel, Pavlo Shamrai and Mikko Tagole.

Lenox Dale: Haley Burk and Nicole Shove.

Monterey: Kelly Hadsell.

New Marlborough: Douglas Bush and Antonio Segalla.

North Adams: Teresa Boucher, Darrell Clairmont, Jessica Kemp, Melissa Kimok, Nicholas Leveque, Shelby Lewis, Brenda McMahon, Tanya Record, Kimberly Sullivan, Jessica Walden, Dylan Waterhouse and Tara Wiles.

Otis: Karin Oygard.

Peru: Timothy Lufkin.

Pittsfield: Daniel Almeida, Sarah Armstrong, Rachel Bachand, Franklin Barrett, Rene Batho, Sarah Benoit, Kyle Betters, Nicolas Borosky, Kathryn Bradley, Laurie Brindle, Rebecca Carmel, Derek Carroll, Christine Casella, Ashley Chaffee, Jr., Holly Clark, Ryan Cook, Tyler Costa, Christine Croce, Jena Davis, Alexandra Demastrie, Cynthia Dougherty, Jenna Driscoll, Jennifer Drury, Raymond Dunham, Caroline Eldred, Sarah Fellmann, Sadia Fofana, Andrew Gagnon, Jesse Gamberdella, Morgen Gidarakos, Alexis Gonnello, Samantha Grzelak, James Haley, II, Jennifer Harrington, Katherine Harrington, Iven Hartford, Mitchell Haskell, Amber Hemenway, Jason Hinton, Michael Hornyak, Ashley Houghtlin, Alexandria Houghtling, Nathanael Jackson, Stacey Johnston, Erica Jones, Edwin Juelas, Elizabeth Kadar, Kayla Keyes, Michaunda Kyse, Christine LaBeau, Mark Lack, Stephen Lalinski, III, Marc Lam, Cameron LaRochelle, Genese Latini, Patrick LeClair, Rian Martin, Michelle McCluskey, Angie Mejia, Ashley Mendonca, Travis Mickle, Carrie-Elise Miller, Shayla Moquin, Roxanne Morton, Ulrich Ngoma, Brian Nowick, Timothy O'Donnell, Simone Olivieri, James Osorio, Molly Paluilis, Emilie Papa, Karla Pauta, Ashley Perkins, Kevin Phelps, Kara Potter, Jennifer Powell, Alicia Provencher, Daniel Putignano, Su Qin, Leah Reilly, Laura Rennie, Jennifer Ressler, Rebecca Ringer, German Roman, Diane Romero, Chanpanhra Ros, Aimee Roy, Jose Ruiz, Jr., Joel Seppa, Michelle Sitzer, Leah Smith, Kasey Stegner, Stacie Street, Carrie Taylor-O'Neil, Rebecca Testa, Ginette Thales, Lucas Tomashek, Nicole Van Bramer, Milagros Villanueva, Paulo Villar, Kaitlyn Walton, Jillian Wehry, Kristen Wichmann and Timothy Wright.

Richmond: Christie Carusotto, Jillian Colvin and John Mullen.

Sheffield: Michael Alden, Jr. and Kristen Gaherty.

Southfield: January Sarno.

Springfield: Trudy-Ann Wilson.

Stockbridge: Haruki Masters.

Tolland: Giroel Silva and Heather Wilson.

Washington: Thomas Borgnis and Margaret Macha.

West Stockbridge: William Davis, Madeline Mahoney and Anthony Pultorak.

Westfield: Tyler Butler.

Williamstown: Hannah Graether.

Windsor: Shay Forgea.

Worthington: Alysha Langdon.

New York

Canaan: Cherie A. Lane-Smith, Justine M. Ostrowski and Stephen M. Schroder.

Hudson: Joshua E. Bu.

Kinderhook: Michelle R. Cachet

New Lebanon: Caitlin E. Belk, Crystal L. Curtiss, Blaine N. Darcy, Marjorie R. Hohlstein.

Niverville: Samantha L. Tillman.

Vermont

Searsburg: Cathrine J. Boyd.
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Friday Front Porch Feature: This Luxury Home Has Plenty of Amenities

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

LENOX, Mass. — Are you looking for a big house to enjoy your days with a big movie theater, a sauna, and more? Then this is the house for you.

Built in 2004, this seven-bedroom, and nine-bathroom home is 7,073 square feet on more than an acre. The home comes with an elevator to the lower level to access a theater, sauna, gym, wine cellar, massage room, and its very own soda fountain. 

The home also has a guest house with a saltwater pool. A multi-car garage greets you with heated floors.

The this home is listed for $4,950,000 and is located in the 125-acre, gated Pinecroft compound.

We spoke to Leslie Chesloff, the listing agent with William Pitt Sotheby's.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Chesloff: This gated Berkshire stone estate truly redefines luxury living in the Berkshires. What sets it apart is the rare combination of resort-style amenities and complete privacy. The property offers Canyon Ranch-level wellness living with a full spa experience at home — including a sauna, massage room, and gym — plus an eight-seat hi-def theater with wine cellar for entertaining. The heated, gunite saltwater pool and spa are complemented by a fully equipped pool house with a guest suite and complete kitchen, perfect for extended family or guests.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

The moment you step inside, you're struck by the quality and craftsmanship — those 300-year-old reclaimed timber floors set an immediate tone of authenticity and warmth. The scale is impressive but never overwhelming; this is a home designed for gracious living, not just show. The natural light, cathedral ceilings, and thoughtful flow between spaces create an inviting atmosphere that balances grandeur with genuine comfort.

How would you describe the feel or atmosphere of this home?

This home feels like a private wellness retreat meets sophisticated family estate. There's a serene, spa-like quality throughout — enhanced by features like the sauna, steam shower, and massage room — but it never feels clinical or cold. The Berkshire stone exterior and reclaimed timber floors ground the home in a sense of place and permanence. It's designed for people who appreciate the finer things but want to actually live well — whether that's screening a film in the eight-seat theater with wine from your own cellar, hosting poolside gatherings, or simply unwinding in your own spa sanctuary.

What kind of buyer would this home be ideal for?

This is perfect for the discerning buyer who values wellness, privacy, and culture in equal measure. I envision someone who spends their days hiking or exploring the Berkshires, then comes home to unwind in the sauna or pool. They might entertain guests in the theater wine room, host multi-generational gatherings with family staying in the pool house guest suite (which has a full kitchen), and appreciate being minutes from Tanglewood, world-class dining, and Berkshire arts.

This could be an executive looking for a primary residence with work-from-home flexibility (there's an office/bedroom suite), a wellness-focused family, or empty nesters who want to host adult children and grandchildren in style and comfort.

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

Picture Saturday morning: you're sipping coffee on the terrace overlooking your heated saltwater pool, planning a day at Tanglewood. Your guests are making breakfast in the pool house kitchen — they have their own private retreat but are steps away when you're ready to gather. Evening arrives, and you screen a favorite film in your eight-seat theater, selecting a perfect bottle from your wine cellar. This isn't just a home; it's a lifestyle that brings resort-level wellness, entertainment, and hospitality to your doorstep — all within a secure, maintenance-free compound where nature meets luxury.

Are there any standout design features or recent renovations?

Absolutely. The home includes an elevator for multilevel accessibility, which is both practical and forward-thinking. The lower level is exceptionally well-conceived — a true entertainment and wellness wing featuring the eight-seat hi-def theater, wine cellar, sauna, gym, massage room, and even a charming soda fountain. The gourmet kitchen has been recently updated, customized wet bar, while outdoor living is elevated with the heated gunite saltwater pool/spa, firepit, and that incredible pool house with guest suite and full kitchen. Also, new HVAC system and heated driveway.

Thoughtful details like cedar closets, steam showers, central vacuum, and backup generator show this home was built to the highest standards.

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

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