NBCC Seeking Community Champions

08:51AM / Friday, August 19, 2022Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass — The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition is looking to work with a Community Champion from each of these communities: North Adams, Adams, Williamstown, Florida, Savoy, Cheshire, Clarksburg, New Ashford, Hancock, and Lanesborough.

Currently, the nbCC has secured representatives from Lanesborough, North Adams, and Williamstown, but continues to search for advocates for the remaining towns. Community Champions will be supporting the Coalition in their youth substance use prevention work by helping at events, presenting information to the community through group presentations and one-on-one conversations.

The coalition is looking for someone who is connected to their community, is a confident public speaker, and would like to help further the prevention work in north Berkshire County. Residents interested in applying for this stipend role can fill out this form: https://bit.ly/nbcccommunitychampion

For more information, contact Youth Prevention Coordinator Lindsey Rosa at lrosa@nbccoalition.org or go to (413) 663-7588.

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Court Briefs: Contractor Guilty of Tax Fraud, Windsor Man Sentenced for Threats

10:34AM / Thursday, February 12, 2026

Windsor Man Sentenced in Threat Case

A Windsor man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Springfield for making online threats and extortionate demands.

Michael Andrew Rodgers, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In November 2025, Rodgers pleaded guilty to one count of threatening interstate communications and one count of extortionate interstate communications. Rodgers was arrested and charged in September 2024.

On April 5, 2023, Rodgers posted a threat on the Google review page of a Springfield medical practice that stated: "They gonna get what's coming soon. […] Will be there in the morning to get them myself one way or another. Locked and loaded." Beneath this text, Rodgers included an image of a hand holding a gun.

On April 6, 2024, Rodgers submitted a threat through a fraud reporting website for the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General with the intent to extort Social Security disability benefits.

Specifically, Rodgers stated: "I m gonna start taking what I need. By any means nessacary. […] GIVE ME MY MONEY OR IM GONNA START DROPPING PEOPLE. YOULL NEVER FIND MY WEAPONS SO STOP LOOKING AND GIVE ME MY CHECK. […] NEXT TIME I SLICE SOMETHING OPEN. IT WONT BE ME. ITLL BE ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN ILL MERC A WHOLE SCHOOL AND NOT GIVE A F***. […] SO YOULL BE MY FIRST TARGET IF YOU KEEP REFUSING TO HELP ME."

Windsor, State and Springfield Police assisted federal authorities in the investigation.

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