Central Berkshire School Committee Accepts Donations

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
01:40PM / Wednesday, June 07, 2023Print Story | Email Story

DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved various money, time, and material donations during its meeting on Thursday night.

A car wash fundraising event to fund the Wahconah Student Activity Fund was approved for June 2.

The committee voted to accept donations of time and supplies from LeBeau Landscaping and Excavations for a clean up and revitalization for the football field.

It also approved the donation of a pallet of water equating to more than 2,000 bottles to be donated to Nessacus Regional Middle School from Premium Waters Inc.

The company is donating the water because the label was misprinted and so the bottles cannot be sold. Officials are hoping to use some of the water for the eighth grade trip to Connecticut and any extras would be used for other school events.

The committee voted to accept a donation to the Becket Washington School Library in the amount of $205 in memory of Madeleine Swindlehust and also approved various donations totaling $295 for the Pat Muraca Scholarship within the General Scholarship Fund in memory of Michael Cooney.

The committee accepted state Student Opportunity Act grants in the amount of $107,000, $277,000, and $277,000.

These funds will support the district's interventionists. This money will ensure the district can maintain some of its resources as they lose extra funding from COVID.

Also approved were numerous donations for the general scholarship fund:

$350 from Christopher Quail for the Quail Inspiration Award
$1,000 from the John and Carrie Hitt fund for the Honorary Mark Franklin Award
$500 from Kenneth Harrision for the Jacqueline Harrison Memorial Scholarship Award
$500 from Sally Soluri for the James "Jim" Soluri Memorial Award
$75.00 from Jennifer Sheppard for the Mary Ano Memorial Award
$75.00 from Jennifer Sheppard for the Helen Shepard Memorial Award
$150.00 from the Class of 1981 for the Class of 1981 scholarship
$75 from Elizabeth Shepard-Rabadam and Frank Rabadam to the Mary Ano Memorial Award
$75 from Elizabeth Shepard-Rabadam and Frank Rabadam to the Helen Shepard Memorial Award
$2,000 from Patrick and Kelly Cullum for the Dorothy Shepard Memorial Scholarship.

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Neal's Office Among Those Targeted by Suspicious Mailings

Staff Reports12:28PM / Wednesday, October 21, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal was among congressmen apparently targeted by someone mailing suspicious envelopes.

According to a report in The Berkshire Eagle, an envelope containing a powdery substance was discovered by postal inspectors before reaching Neal's Pittsfield office in the Silvio O. Conte Federal Building.

Nearly 40 members of Congress have received envelopes containing white powder, according to The Guardian. More than 100 letters are thought to be in the U.S. mail system and the FBI, Capitol Police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service were investigating the mailings that have also been sent to elections officials in various states.

The mailings have been sent to both Republican and Democrat officeholders and several congressional district offices had to be evacuated in the last week or so after envelopes were opened in them.

Earlier today, my Bronx district office received an envelope delivered by mail that contained a suspicious substance. Local law enforcement responded swiftly and, after investigating, determined the substance to be non-hazardous.
— Rep. Ritchie Torres (@repritchie.bsky.social) October 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM

The Guardian reported that the FBI is warning officials to look for envelopes processed through a north Texas center and that carry a postmark or stamp stating "Thinking of You."

The Eagle states that Neal's office was alerted on Saturday that it might be getting a suspicious package; inspectors seized the envelope at the Fenn Street post office on Monday.

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