Berkshire Community College Announces New Staff

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PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Community College (BCC) announced the addition of four new full-time staff members, as well as an employment status change for one staff member.   

New staff  

Nick Delmolino joins BCC as Executive Director of Institutional Advancement, where he will support the fundraising efforts of the Berkshire Community College Foundation. He will work to continue to strengthen relationships in the community to help achieve annual and long-term fundraising goals. Delmolino, a Berkshire County native, has returned to Pittsfield after spending the past 18 years living in Jackson Hole, Wyo. While in Jackson Hole, he was Director of Advancement at Teton Raptor Center and previously the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Teton Science Schools. Delmolino attended BCC and went on to earn his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Western New England University. 
 
Bill Jennings joins BCC as Director of Information Technology. Jennings most recently worked for more than 14 years at Iredale Cosmetics in Great Barrington. He started his career there as the Systems Administrator, moving up to Infrastructure Manager and eventually IT Manager, a role he served for the past seven years. At Iredale, Bill created the help desk and was part of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation team. He has more than 30 years of IT experience, including serving as Manager of IT Support and Customer Service at Workshoplive and as System Administrator at Starbase Technologies, both in Pittsfield, MA. Jennings holds a bachelor of science degree in business and marketing from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He lives in Pittsfield with his wife Cindy, daughter Zoe, and two dogs, Luke and Lacey.  
 
Tom Spiro joins BCC as Clerk IV for the Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services (SUCCESS) Program. Stationed in the One Stop Center, Spiro is part of a team that provides assistance to students and potential students with logistical administrative information. Spiro comes to BCC from UMass Amherst's Alumni Relations Office; previously, he was Program Coordinator in the 2+2 Program at Elms College. He holds a master's degree in Natural Resource Management from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from SUNY Oneonta. Spiro lives in Worthington with his wife and two cats in the yard. 
 
Sabrina Squires joins BCC as a Library Assistant III for Circulation. A resident of Averill Park, New York, Squires graduated from Nazareth College of Rochester in 2018 with a bachelor of arts in Peace and Justice Studies and Religious Studies. She most recently worked as Circulation Coordinator for the Neil Hellman Library at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, where she served a diverse group of students, staff and faculty. In her spare time, Squires enjoys live music and playing old video games. 

Updated employment status  

Sean Reagan, formerly an Academic Counselor for BCC's Academic Advising Team, is now as an Academic Counselor for Allied Health. Prior to joining BCC in November 2021, he taught English and Journalism at Holyoke Community College for ten years. He is a graduate of Saint Michael's College, Western New England University School of Law and holds an M.F.A. from Goddard College.  

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SJC: Public Records Petition 'Proper'

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BOSTON — The Supreme Judicial Court in an advisory opinion released Monday found the petition to bring the Legislature and governor's office under the Public Records Law is "proper" as a form of law.
 
"Its principal purpose is not to regulate the internal proceedings or operations of the two Houses," the court wrote. "Instead, its principal purpose is to provide the public with a new right of access to the records of the General Court and the office of the Governor, applying the existing public records law to those bodies alongside the other governmental bodies already subject to the law. "
 
The state Senate asked the Supreme Judicial Court to weigh in on whether public records petition was a violation of the state constitution. The Legislature is required to act on the matter by May 5; if not, supporters plan to put it on the ballot in November. 
 
Auditor Diana DiZoglio has championed the petition as a measure to bring greater transparency to the workings of state government and as part of her own battle to audit the Legislature. More than 70 percent of voters approved the audit question in November 2024. 
 
The Senate asked the court whether, first, the petition was a law or a rule that would interfere with its internal processes and, second, would it create "new and unprecedented authority" to the courts to determine challenges to records determinations.
 
The court offered "that the petition proposes a law and is therefore properly pending before the Legislature" and, for Question 2, concluded "that the proposed measure does not relate to the powers of courts."
 
The court declined to answer three following questions related to intrusions on Senate authority and General Court authority, and violation of rights of  "deliberation, speech and debate" granted to members and staff.
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