image description — Interim Police Chief Mark Bailey, left, Officers Christopher Voss, Jasmine Knapp and Samuel Demolino, and Lt. Anthony Beverly. Image via North Adams Police Department's Facebook page.

North Adams Swears in Three New Police Officers

01:10PM / Thursday, May 22, 2025Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city welcomed three new police officers to the force last week.

City Clerk Tina Leonesio swore in Samuel Demolino, Jasmine Knapp, and Christopher Voss at Tuesday's City Council meeting. All three had graduated from the Police Academy a few days earlier.

Mayor Jennifer Macksey introduced the officers and urged them to embrace their new responsibility with "integrity and purpose."

Delmolino is a native of Adams and a 2017 graduate of McCann Technical School and earned a degree in sports management from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2021. He had been working at a bank in Westfield but moved back to pursue a career in law enforcement.

"Officer Delmolino hopes to put his computer skills that he gained at McCann to use in helping protect vulnerable individuals by targeting online predators," said Macksey, adding that he is following a family legacy as his grandfather was an Adams police officer.

Knapp is also from Adams and graduated from Hoosac Valley High School in 2016 and earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Berkshire Community College. Her background includes "compassionate care," working at Berkshire Medical Center and No Paws Left Behind and running a dog-walking service.

"She has long felt a calling to make a deeper impact on her community," said the mayor. "Her love for animals inspires her dream of one day serving as a K9 officer."

Voss has the most diverse background, growing up in Lexington and graduating from Lexington High in 2007. He earned a bachelor's degree and the received a master's in vocal performance and opera.

"He was a familiar voice behind the afternoon drive time in Boston," Macksey said, until moving here to work in construction during the pandemic. She said he has a "strong sense of empathy and people skills which led him to pursue a career in policing. ...

"He was a standout at the academy, which made me very proud, as class president and received the prestigious academy leadership award."

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North Adams Housing Authority Director Steps Down

Staff Reports09:16AM / Friday, October 09, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennifer Hohn, the longtime executive director of the North Adams Housing Authority (NAHA), has stepped down after 24 years with the agency.

The Berkshire Eagle reported that Hohn resigned from her position on Thursday. The NAHA Board of Commissioners is currently developing a transition plan.

Her resignation follows rising tension between Hohn and the tenants association. Residents—particularly at the Spring and Ashland Park apartments—have raised specific concerns regarding building security, drug activity, and trespassers.

This summer, Tenants Association President Corey Fortin posted a video on social media demonstrating that door alarms in some of the buildings were not functioning.

Shortly after the video was posted, the tenants association's office was locked. Members alleged Hohn locked the space in retaliation, while Hohn maintained it was a matter of tenant safety. Hohn also stated that NAHA does not officially recognize the association because it has yet to go through official channels for certification—a claim the tenants association disputes.

The dispute culminated in plans for a formal grievance hearing between Hohn and the association. Both sides agreed to hold a meeting on Oct. 3, but the hearing had not yet been scheduled at the time of her resignation.
During her tenure as director, Hohn oversaw significant changes at NAHA, including expansion and the dissolution of Housing Opportunities Incorporated, a program founded over 30 years ago to assist first-time homebuyers. Most recently, she led efforts to transition NAHA properties from traditional public housing models to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. She also directed the rebuilding of a Greylock Valley Apartments building after it was severely damaged by a fire.

The NAHA Board of Commissioners meets monthly, typically on Mondays.

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