Adelson and Company P.C. Name New Partner

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Adelson and Company P.C., an accounting firm formed in 1938, specializing in audit, tax, and advisory services, has announced that Sylvia Zygawski has been named a shareholder and partner.
 
Zygawski, a Certified Public Accountant, is licensed in both the states of Massachusetts and New York. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the State University of New York and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and both the Massachusetts and New York Society of
Certified Public Accountants.
 
Zygawski brings extensive audit experience across private companies, nonprofits, municipalities, private schools, and employee benefit plans. She has specialized training in auditing, compilations, and reviews, and is highly experienced in conducting compliance/single audits under Uniform Guidance and Massachusetts UFR requirements. 
 
She also leads internal training initiatives and supports quality control oversight within the firm.
 
Zygawski is an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Pittsfield and serves on the board and finance committee of Community Health Programs (CHP). Originally from New York, she lives in Pittsfield with her husband, two sons and their mini aussie Nexi.  
 
Partners at Adelson and Company PC are now: Carol Leibinger-Healey, David Irwin, Anthony Wimperis and Sylvia Zygawski.  Gary Moynihan and Richard LaFleche,  former partners, are Senior Directors with the firm.  
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WWII Veteran Reflects on D-Day at VFW Post Induction

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

The members in the picture are Bret Miller, Coast Guard, Desert Storm; Hank Morris, Army, Vietnam; Brad Havill, Navy, Global War on Terror; VFW Post 448 Vice Cmdr. Mark Pompi, Army, Global War on Terrorism, Afghanistan; Post Cmdr. Arnold Perras, Korea; Joe Difillipo, Army, Vietnam; Teri Billington, Navy, Desert Storm; and Carmen Ostrander, Air Force, Afghanistan.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony Salatino Jr. says his memory is getting a little foggy about his time in the Army. 

But he remembers how terrible D-Day was, and feeling lucky he wasn't among those in the initial invasion force 82 years ago. 
 
"One of the most horrible things was in Normandy. We went shortly after D-Day. I got lucky, very lucky on D-Day. We went to a staging area the night before … and at the very end, somebody called, I was in headquarters, they called all the headquarters personnel at the center," the 103-year-old said. "We did not go. There's about 30 of us. The rest of the battalion was gone, and the reason for that was because there was another battalion coming from the States, and they had no headquarters. 
 
"We stayed back, but we did go to Normandy shortly after that, and when we went to Normandy, it was all over."
 
Salatino was attending an induction ceremony on Thursday at the Lt. John N. Truden VFW Post 448. Joseph Texidor, who served in the Army for 17 years with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, was sworn in as the post's newest member. 
 
Salatino served in the Medical Corps and wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a World War I veteran wounded at Verdun. Salatino was in the Army for about three years.
 
"The whole memory is what I just told you, very, very alive to me," he said. "That is, I can never forget, never forget that."
 
D-Day on June 6, 1944, was the start of Operation Overlord, and the largest invading force to cross the English Channel since 1066. Their goal: to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. 
 
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