BCArc Promotes Residential Supervisor

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tracey Babcock, a seasoned Residential Site Manager for Brain Injury Services, and the current BCArc Employee of the Year 2024, has been promoted to Residential Supervisor.
 
In this new role, she will join a team of supervisors who each oversee a range of residential programs. Tracey has been with BCArc for more than 13 years, spending most of her time working in the Brain Injury Residential Programs, specifically with individuals requiring intensive personal and medical care.
 
"BCArc is lucky to have someone with this kind of compassion, combined with great management and leadership skills," said Maryann Hyatt, President & CEO. "I am confident that Tracey will be an excellent supervisor."
 
Tracey is known for advocating aggressively for the individuals in her program. In one example, she traveled to a nursing home in Boston to advocate for a former individual from her program.  
 
"She has no family," Tracey said at the time. "No one is advocating for her at the nursing home. She is non-verbal and she deserves better treatment than she is getting. If I could go more often I would. This is family for all of us, this is what we all do for each other. I will continue to travel to Boston until I get her in a program that treats her properly."

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Dalton Fire District Voters OK All Articles at Annual Meeting

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Fire District's annual meeting passed quickly, with nearly 50 voters approving all articles on the warrant, including one to expand the Board of Water Commissioners from three to five seats.
 
During the meeting that lasted nearly 40 minutes, 49 voters approved all 23 warrant articles on the warrant, several unanimously and with little discussion. 
 
Several of the articles make up the district's $3,569,222.44, comprising the budgets for the commissioner, treasurer, Water Department, and Fire and Ambulance services. This is an increase of $44,542.44
 
Article 23, a citizen petition to increase the number of Board of Water Commissioners from three to five seats, was the only article on which voters were divided, requiring a count.
 
The petition was led by recently elected Select Board member Antonio "Tony" Pagliarulo in an effort to improve oversight of the fire district. 
 
"During the 1990s, per the Department of Revenue, the Dalton Select Board increased its membership from three to five members to better oversee town government. Similarly, increasing the water commission from three to five members will improve oversight of the fire district," he said. 
 
The initial petition was that the two additional commissioners be chosen by ballot at the annual election and serve for a term of three years, or until the successor is chosen and qualified.
 
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