The new hornet mascot with the M and T incorporated into the look.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has made some dramatic changes to its gym over the past few months.
A giant hornet peeks over the bleachers and a "jumbotron" calls out stats and cheers.
Superintendent James Brosnan took the School Committee to check out the new look after Thursday's meeting.
The colors are black and green and the school's hornet mascot now incorporates a stylized M and T for McCann Tech. The new wall padding is black with the hornet logo and "Welcome to the Hive" on it and the wall behind the bleachers is painted in the new colors.
The large screen is directly across from the bleachers and the demonstration for the committee had images and information of each member of the boys' basketball team (practicing that night) along with cheers "to get the crowd going," said Brosnan.
The superintendent said the school didn't have a place where it could do presentations or other schoolwide audiovisual gatherings because it didn't have an auditorium.
"This gives us a place to come together," he said.
The new decor also includes the front entrance, where the wall has been painted McCann green with "Welcome to the Hive" signage.
The equipment and signage was paid for through a combination of grants and budget expenditures.
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Jillian Tatro's Killer Guilty of First-Degree Murder
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Jillian Tatro
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Berkshire County jury on Tuesday returned a verdict of guilty in the murder of Jillian Tatro four years ago.
Luis Rosado, 53, was found guilty of murder in the first degree with extreme atrocity for stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death in an apartment they shared at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In a statement, Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue said his thoughts were with Tatro's family and that her son "demonstrated tremendous poise and courage during his testimony in the trial."
"Ms. Tatro was a victim of domestic violence. The most dangerous time in a victim of domestic violence life is when they are prepared to leave," he said. "We know that Jillian was planning to leave on the Tuesday following her murder. Her death is a tragic example of lethal consequence of domestic violence and the lasting impact these crimes have on families and communities."
He and Tatro had been married five months and during that time, Tatro had sought a restraining order against her husband.
Rosado had been convicted of domestic violence on another individual in October 2020. At the time, he was charged with three counts of assault and battery on a household member, strangulation and larceny and was sentenced to a minimum of a year in the Berkshire County House of Corrections.
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