NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Drury High School has named Colin Matthew Daly and Atlas Lescarbeau as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the class of 2025.
Both will speak at graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 5, at 6 p.m. A livestream of the event will run at www.napsk12.org/graduation.
Daly, son of Anthony and Shelley Daly of North Adams, has challenged himself academically, going out of his way to
take advantage of the opportunities offered to him and will graduate with a GPA of 4.6. and having completed eight college courses through the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Early College Program. He has been
inducted into both the Nu Sigma and Pro Merito Honor societies, was awarded the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Medal of Distinction during his junior year and has received the Principal's Award for having the one of the top five averages in his class for four years.
In addition to his excellence in the classroom, he has been an integral part of the boys soccer and basketball teams, has been an altar server at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish for the past nine years, is an active Student Ambassador and has held down a part-time job throughout high school.
Daly will be attending Thomas Aquinas College in Northfield in the fall and plans to major in engineering.
Lescarbeau, whose parents are Louis Lescarbeau and Angel Lescarbeau of North Adams, also has taken a rigorous course of studies including the completion of AP courses and several early college courses both at Drury High School and on the campus of MCLA. He has excelled academically with challenging coursework and was inducted to Drury High School's Nu Sigma Honor Society junior year and Pro Merito Honor Society senior year for maintaining a high grade point average. Lescarbeau has performed in the "School of Rock," marching band, and chorus/jazz band and has played the trumpet with Drury's band since seventh grade. He studied art classes as well and assisted backstage for Drury's theater program as a freshman and perform in several productions through senior year.
Lescarbeau has also shared his passion and creativity in the community as a member of the Community Intergenerational Action Orchestra since seventh grade and of Kids for Harmony since sixth grade. In senior year, he played trumpet for a theater production in Bennington, Vt., and was a teen activator at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art during junior year.
Lescarbeau will be attending St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vt., to major in theater
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North Adams Police Charge 7 After Drug Investigation
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police charged seven people after executing simultaneous search warrants on Eagle Street and Arnold Place.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, members of the North Adams Police Department Detective Unit and Berkshire Law Enforcement Task Force executed search warrants at 212 Eagle Street Apartment 3 and 59 Arnold Place.
According to police, the search warrants were the result of a month-long investigation into a group of people from Springfield utilizing both residences as part of their heroin and cocaine distribution operation.
Police reported that during the search warrant execution at 212 Eagle Street Apartment 3, Giovanni Ramirez was taken into custody. Joanne Bentley and Chad Luczynski were also located in the apartment and will be charged as part of this investigation.
During the search warrant execution at 59 Arnold Place, Sandra Bunt, Raven Vanderburg, Jaiden Langford-Andrews and Angel Ortiz were all taken into custody.
Bunt's bail was revoked on a separate open case, and she is held without bail. Vanderburg is being held without bail for a probation violation on a separate case.
Langford-Andrews, Ortiz and Ramirez were all held without bail pending dangerousness hearings scheduled for later this week and early next week.
As a result of the investigation, the following evidence was seized:
Approximately 110 grams of cocaine
Approximately 2,323 bags of heroin (46 grams)
Approximately $6,817 U.S. Currency
Multiple functioning digital scales with residue
The following people were arrested and charged with the following:
Jaiden Langford-Andrews of Springfield:
Arrest Warrant
Trafficking Heroin 36-100 grams
Possessing with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Conspiracy
Angel Ortiz, of Springfield:
Trafficking Heroin 36-100 grams
Possessing with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Conspiracy
Giovanni Ramirez, of Springfield, Massachusetts:
Trafficking Cocaine 36-100 grams
Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin
Conspiracy
Sandra Bunt, of North Adams:
Trafficking Heroin 36-100 grams
Possessing with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Conspiracy
Raven Vanderburg, of North Adams:
Trafficking Heroin 36-100 grams
Possessing with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Conspiracy
The following people were charged but not taken into custody:
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