Letter: BART Pleased With Community Support of Virtual Fundraising Event

03:00PM / Monday, May 17, 2021Print Story | Email Story

To the Editor:

On Saturday, April 10, Berkshire Arts & Technology (BART) Charter Public School hosted our first-ever virtual Get BART Smart fundraiser – and raised $20,000 to support student programming! A huge "thank you" to all who played and made it a great evening!

The night couldn’t have happened without the support of many local organizations and businesses.

Thank you to our Valedictorian sponsor for the evening, Adams Community Bank!

Thank you to our High Honor Roll sponsors: Aladco Linen Services, Berkshire Bank, Cordmaster Engineering, and MountainOne. We also thank our Honor Roll sponsors: HR Knowledge, Interprint, and Scarafoni Associates.

The list above doesn’t include all of the additional local businesses that supported at other sponsor levels or donated prizes. We are grateful for all of your amazing support!

BART is a nationally recognized, award-winning, college-preparatory, public middle and high school located in Adams. The only charter school in Berkshire County, it is consistently ranked among the top schools in Massachusetts for student academic achievement and growth. BART serves students in grades 6-12 from cities and towns throughout the Berkshires.

Finally, many thanks to the trustees, faculty, staff, and others who contributed their time, money, and effort to bring to life this virtual event. Their dedication to the BART community is truly humbling.

Sincerely,

Fred Puddester
Williamstown, Mass.
Member BArT Board of Trustees

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Adams Selectmen Continue Dog Hearing

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
03:10PM / Monday, February 23, 2026

ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen continued a public hearing on whether two dogs are a danger until Wednesday, March 4, because the owner was not present to provide his side of the situation at last week's board meeting.

The town will inform the owners via email and certified mail of the March 4 date, and police will serve them a notice.

The hearing was prompted by a complaint from Brianna Shepherd, who testified that on Nov. 25, 2025 the two dogs chased her; her children, ages 1 and 4; her sister, and her dog.

Shepherd said they were four houses down from the owners' property on Grandview, when the dogs, Penny and Mason, left their yard, "aggressively" charged at them unprovoked, and began to bite her dog.

Shepherd said her sister quickly put the 4-year-old into the stroller with the infant. As they attempted to get away, the dogs persisted in their attack on Shepherd's dog, which sustained multiple bruises, a broken toenail, and a cut paw.

Additionally, Shepherd's sister, who was eight weeks pregnant at the time, was also bitten, however the bite did not break the skin. The police were notified of the incident the following morning.

The animal control officer informed her that because this was an isolated incident and no skin was broken, that Shepherd should try to videotape the next time she sees the dogs off leash.

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