New Greylock Supervisory Committee Member Appointed

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Greylock Federal Credit Union announced that the board of directors has appointed Catheryn Chacon Ortega to its volunteer Supervisory Committee.
 
Ortega joins the Supervisory Committee that includes Chair Allison Bedard, Krystle A. Blake, Lori Broderick-Bean, and Bryan E. House. The Supervisory Committee functions as the representative auditor for the membership and oversees compliance, policies, rules, regulations and the performance of officials and employees.
 
"We are honored to have Catheryn join the committee," said Greylock Board Chair Stanley Walczyk. "Her professional experience and personal priorities will strengthen this committee even further. Greylock is grateful for her dedication and shared commitment to the community."
 
Ortega is a senior tax accountant with Ernst & Young and earned a master of science degree in accounting from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2016. 
 
She serves on the board of Berkshire Community College and co-founded Latinas-413, a coalition of women focused on the needs of Latin American women. She also serves as a mentor with College MAP, a program of Ernst & Young focused on empowering students in underserved high schools, so they can gain access to college and succeed in higher education.

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Pittsfield Man Identified as Victim in Alleged Murder

PITTSFIELD, Mass — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
 
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
 
He was detained overnight and Massachusetts State Police obtained an arrest warrant on single count of murder Tuesday morning. It is unclear when Herberger-Brown will be returned to Massachusetts for arraignment on the murder charge.
 
According to the Greenfield Recorder, the suspect was arrested on a murder charge after investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown's former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St.
 
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield Police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the news outlet said. 
 
The outlet reported that during the investigation, Herberger-Brown allegedly told investigators that the victim's "heart stopped" toward the end of a physical altercation with the victim after he had broken into his apartment and that he believed the victim to be on drugs. 
 
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.
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