BCC Invites Community Input on Library Renaming

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) is inviting students, alumni, employees, and community members to take part in the College's ongoing library renaming process.
 
As a community-centered institution, BCC values broad input and encourages the public to help shape the future identity of this important campus space. 
 
As part of the process, BCC will host a virtual feedback session to gather community perspectives on a short list of proposed library names. 
  • Virtual Community Feedback Session 
  • Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026 
  • Time: 5:00–6:00 p.m. 
  • Location: Zoom (registration required; berkshirecc.edu/conversation
During the session, members of the Library Naming Task Force will present a curated list of name suggestions developed after reviewing submissions from students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed names, which will be used to refine the list before it is presented to BCC President Ellen Kennedy. 
 
Following this review, one recommended name will advance through the College's Shared Governance process and, pending approval, move forward to the Berkshire Community College Board of Trustees and state-level review. 
Additional details, including registration information for the virtual session, will be shared in the coming weeks. Community members are encouraged to participate and lend their voices to this important decision impacting the future of the BCC Library. 
 
For updates and registration information, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/conversation

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Adams Couple Sentenced to Staggered Prison Terms in Death of Foster Infant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An Adams couple will serve staggered three-to-five year prison sentences for the 2020 death of their foster infant. 
 
Matthew Tucker and Cassandra Barlow-Tucker on March 16 were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless child endangerment in the death of Kristoff Zenopolous on Feb. 18, 2020.  
 
Their sentencing was delayed by Judge Tracy Duncan until Thursday to determine how their four children, two of whom have high needs, would be cared for. 
 
Kristoff was just 10 months old when he died from complications with respiratory illness, strep throat, and pneumonia. A Superior Court jury determined that his death was a result of neglect. The commonwealth requested five years in prison and three years of probation for both defendants.
 
On Thursday, the rescheduled hearing for sentence imposition was held, and Tucker and Barlow-Tucker were sentenced to state prison for manslaughter involving neglect of legal duty, and three years of probation for reckless child endangerment. 
 
Court documents state that Barlow-Tucker was committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Framingham. She will serve three to five years there first; her husband, will serve his sentence once hers is completed but will be on probation.
 
"The sentences imposed will be a state prison sentence of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years to MCI as to each Defendant as to count #1. The sentences will be staggered. Ms. Barlow-Tucker will serve her incarceration sentence first," court dockets read.  
 
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