BArT Charter Public School Teacher Honored

ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Lubell, director of special education for Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School, has been selected as the 2018 Educator Alumnus/Alumna of the Year by MCLA.

The commonwealth's nine state universities each honor annually one alumnus or alumna. This honor is bestowed on Lubell this year by MCLA on the basis of her "outstanding contribution to the field of educational leadership" and as acknowledgement of her "status as a champion and role model in education."

MCLA recognized Lubell at an on-campus event on Thursday, May 3, and an event at the State House in Boston on May 22.

In addition, BArT has been recognized by US News & World Report as the 34th best public school in Massachusetts. In the magazine's ranking of the 354 Massachusetts schools, BArT was one of just two Berkshire County schools included in the top 50 this year.

Adams Welcomes New Officer; Appoints Housing Authority Board Member

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, April 19, 2024

Officer Cole Desroches recently graduated from the Police Academy. 

ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen welcomed the newest member of the Adams Police Department, Officer Cole Desroches, on Wednesday evening. 

 

Desroches graduated from the Police Academy on March 22 in the top tier in his class. He's currently in the field training program and assigned to Sgt. Curtis Crane. He attended Hoosac Valley High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. 

 

"He's going to serve and protect the town of Adams very well," said Crane, who with Sgts. Matthew Wright and Gregory Onorato stepped in to introduce the new officer while Chief R. Scott Kelley was on vacation. 

 

"We don't often get an opportunity to kind of talk about, frankly, some of the positive things that are happening in town and one of the many things that I feel are positive with are the Adams Police Department," said Town Administrator Jay Green. "We are right now at full staff. We have a full complement of officers. We have a chief who just resigned a three-year contract. ... We have four very capable sergeants (including Donna Malloy)."

 

The force consists of the chief, the four sergeants, a full-time detective and 11 patrol officers. It also has a new position in Cpl. Joshua Baker who is responsible for training and keeping staff equipped. 

 

"We're on the cutting edge of ensuring that we have proper training in a very changing environment with law enforcement," continued Green. "And we have a nice complement of officers and we have a well-respected detective who handles some very complicated cases."

 

He called out the half-dozen officers who attended the meeting for the work they're doing as well as the K9 unit.