Adams Community Bank Holds Annual Meeting

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ADAMS, Mass. — The annual meeting of the Community Bancorp of the Berkshires, MHC, the parent company of Adams Community Bank, was held on April 12, 2023, at Charles H. McCann Technical School in North Adams. 
 
The meeting included a review of the 2022 financial statements for the Bank, highlighting another year of growth in assets, loans, deposits, and net income.
 
During his remarks, Charles O'Brien, President and CEO of Adams Community Bank, presented an overview of the year's results.
 
"Adams Community Bank reached record levels in many key areas, including growth in assets, loans, and deposits to $931 million, $751 million, and $797 million, respectively," he said. "Plus, we achieved record net income levels in 2022 as earnings totaled
$5.1 million, an increase of about one million from last year."
 
Upon the retirement of long-time Directors Jay O'Connor and Bernie Pinsonnault, Board Chair Jeff Grandchamp acknowledged their input, guidance, and leadership to the Bank during the past 25 years.
 
A newly elected board director, John Sinopoli, was introduced and welcomed.
 
Sinopoli is President and CEO of Synagex, an IT-managed services and cybersecurity company. O'Brien stated, 
 
"We are very pleased to have John join as a new director; his extensive exposure to the financial sector and his IT and cybersecurity expertise will be an indispensable asset to the Bank," O'Brien said. 
 
Sinopoli earned a BS from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in Information Technology with a minor in business. Also, he holds an Executive Certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
 
The Bank continued its strategic plan of expanding its physical footprint in Berkshire County by opening the Pittsfield branch in December 2022. A Great Barrington branch is slated for late 2023. ACB's footprint will cover communities along the northern border with Vermont and extend southerly to Great Barrington.

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Adams Planning Board Cited for Open Meeting Law Violation

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The state Attorney General's Office has determined that the Planning Board violated Open Meeting Law by continuing to deliberate on a matter after adjournment.
 
According to the determination, the violation occurred after adjourning the Jan. 27, 2025, meeting when three board members stayed to discuss permitting concerns for Aisling Mountain Farm, a 22-acre equestrian facility on West Road owned by Kathryn Foley.
 
The board was ordered to amend its meeting minutes within the next 30 days, to include a summary of the discussion that occurred after the meeting was adjourned, to certify to to the AG's Office that it has done so, and to comply with the Open Meeting Law going forward.
 
The ruling stems from a complaint filed by Catherine Foster on Aug. 22, 2025, alleging that the board violated the Open Meeting Law during and after its Jan. 27 meeting.
 
Although filed nearly seven months after the January meeting, the Attorney General's Office said it met the 30-day filing deadline because Foster did not become aware of the situation until it was raised at a July 23 Select Board meeting.
 
"The Open Meeting Law requires that complaints be filed within 30 days of the alleged violation, or if the alleged violation could not reasonably have been known at the time it occurred, then within 30 days of the date it should reasonably have been discovered," Assistant Attorney General Matthew Lindberg said in the determination.
 
"The complainant could not reasonably have discovered that the Board deliberated after adjournment of the January 27 meeting until the issue was raised during public comment at the July 23 Select Board meeting. Because the complaint was filed within 30 days of the July 23 Select Board meeting, the complaint was filed timely as to this allegation"
 
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