BMS Announces Talent and Merit Scholarship Recipients

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Talent and Merit Scholarship recipients.

Students who are accepted into the Talent & Merit Scholarship Program benefit from up to 100 percent tuition assistance. This year, BMS awarded almost $17,000 in Talent and Merit Scholarships, and continues to take Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship applications on a rolling basis.

The BMS Scholarship Program, which includes the Talent & Merit Scholarships and the rolling Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships, remains integral to its mission of allowing students to learn and grow in the Berkshire County region without financial constraints.

The 2024 – 2025 Talent & Merit Scholarship Recipients:

Tracy R. Wilson Scholarship – Alyviana Manion, piano

Helen and Milton Fink Memorial Scholarship - Artois Sancho, piano

Gia Cox Caird Scholarship - Zoe-Ruth Brizen, piano

England/Scott Family Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Nina Rather, violin

Sara Alberti-Jencks Scholarship - James Ryan & Sai Meesala, voice

Paul Houston Memorial Scholarship - Shira Weiner, guitar

Daniel Pearl Scholarship - Destiny Tetlow, flute

The Chopin Scholarship - Madeline Davis, piano

The Paderweski Scholarship - Anderson Durfee, piano

Honorable Mentions:

Rose Garrison, cello

Bernardo Martinez, saxophone

Sagun Meesala, flute

Calliope Bednarski, piano

Clementine Delsignore, electric bass

Matias Chimarro, charango

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Lanesborough ZBA Member Mark Siegars Resigns

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
04:44PM / Tuesday, March 10, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Heated Zoning Board of Appeals meetings, which have already led to two lawsuits against the town, have now resulted in the resignation of a board member.

The board's former chair, Mark Siegars, resigned from his position on Monday, after being removed as chair by the Select Board for his conduct a month prior, The Berkshire Eagle reported.

iBerkshires has reached out to the town administrator for confirmation.

Emotions have run high following contentious ZBA meetings held over the past several months, culminating in both businesses involved filing lawsuits against the town. More information here.

The rift started to develop in January during a meeting to determine whether the Lanesborough Local Country Store's sign on its vintage pickup truck violated town bylaws. The board ultimately voted to uphold the building inspector's citation.

The meeting resulted in two complaints to the town, following the nearly 40-minute discussion that had short bursts of yelling in between.

The meeting was not recorded by the board or by LCATV and the town requested iBerkshires share its recording to provide the Select Board additional context surrounding the few complaints.

It is not iBerkshires.com's policy to share unpublished recordings or meeting notes. However, iBerkshires.com did write an article outlining the argument.

According to The Eagle, all Zoning Board of Appeals meetings will now be recorded to ensure transparency.

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