Massachusetts Nonprofit Network to Visit Berkshires Region

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires will host the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network at Ventfort Hall on Tuesday, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
 
The annual regional meeting brings together nonprofits from all subsectors to network and learn more about current advocacy efforts. 
 
"MNN is our voice in the State House," said Liana Toscanini, executive director of the Nonprofit Center. "We welcome their policy updates and the opportunity to ask questions about issues of importance to our nonprofit sector." 
 
The event is free to Berkshire nonprofits and includes lunch and a short tour of Ventfort Hall, a historic mansion and Gilded Age museum on the National Register of Historic Places. Attendees will also hear from the event's two partners — Massachusetts CORE 401K savings plan for small nonprofits and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
 
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Adams Couple Sentenced to Staggered Prison Terms in Death of Foster Infant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An Adams couple will serve staggered three-to-five year prison sentences for the 2020 death of their foster infant. 
 
Matthew Tucker and Cassandra Barlow-Tucker on March 16 were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless child endangerment in the death of Kristoff Zenopolous on Feb. 18, 2020.  
 
Their sentencing was delayed by Judge Tracy Duncan until Thursday to determine how their four children, two of whom have high needs, would be cared for. 
 
Kristoff was just 10 months old when he died from complications with respiratory illness, strep throat, and pneumonia. A Superior Court jury determined that his death was a result of neglect. The commonwealth requested five years in prison and three years of probation for both defendants.
 
On Thursday, the rescheduled hearing for sentence imposition was held, and Tucker and Barlow-Tucker were sentenced to state prison for manslaughter involving neglect of legal duty, and three years of probation for reckless child endangerment. 
 
Court documents state that Barlow-Tucker was committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Framingham. She will serve three to five years there first; her husband, will serve his sentence once hers is completed but will be on probation.
 
"The sentences imposed will be a state prison sentence of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years to MCI as to each Defendant as to count #1. The sentences will be staggered. Ms. Barlow-Tucker will serve her incarceration sentence first," court dockets read.  
 
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