Doctor Joins Berkshire Osteopathic Health in Adams

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ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has appointed Dr. J. Boyd Vereen, a board-certified family medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine specialist, to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the physician staff of Berkshire Osteopathic Health of BMC. 

Dr. Vereen is accepting new patients in need of primary care or Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy, serving patients in the North Berkshire office of Berkshire Osteopathic Health of BMC, 2 Park St., Adams.

He joins doctors Adam Hetland, Stephen Kisiel, Vanessa Mervyn-Cohen, Michelle Sansky, Victoria Tuttle and Mary Yee at Berkshire Osteopathic Health of BMC.

Vereen comes to the Berkshires from Cape Cod, where he served at Falmouth Primary Care for the past eight years, and previously worked at Fribromyalgia & Fatigue Center, Seattle, and had his own osteopathic manipulative medicine practice in Spokane, Wash., as well as family medicine practices in Washington state, Illinois and Kansas, and occupational medicine care in Kansas.

He is board-certified in family practice by the American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and received his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, Mo. He completed his residency in family practice at HCA Doctors Hospital, Tucker, GA.

For an appointment with Dr. Vereen, call Berkshire Osteopathic Health of BMC at 413-442-0085.


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Adams Community Bank Holds Annual Meeting, Announce Growth

ADAMS, Mass. — The annual meeting of the Community Bancorp of the Berkshires, MHC, the parent company of Adams Community Bank, was held on April 10, 2024, at Charles H. McCann Technical School in North Adams.
 
The meeting included reviewing the 2023 financial statements for the Bank, electing directors and corporators, and highlighting upcoming executive personnel changes.
 
"In 2023, the Bank experienced another year of growth in assets, loans, and deposits, noting the Pittsfield branch reached $26 million in customer deposits from its opening in December of 2022," President and CEO of Adams Community Bank Charles O'Brien said. "Those deposits were loaned out locally during 2023 and helped drive our #1 ranking in both mortgage and commercial real estate lending, according to Banker and Tradesman."
 
At year-end 2023, total assets were $995 million, and O'Brien noted the Bank crossed the $1 billion threshold during the first quarter of 2024.
 
Board chair Jeffrey Grandchamp noted with O'Brien's upcoming retirement, this will be the final annual meeting of the CEO's tenure since he joined the Bank in 1997. He thanked him for his 27 years of dedication to the Bank. He acknowledged the evolution of the Bank as it became the premier community bank in the Berkshires, noting that branches grew from 3 to 10, that employees grew from 40 to 135, and that assets grew from $127 million to $1 billion. 
 
An executive search is underway for O'Brien's replacement.
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