Pittsfield Co-op Named one of Fast 50 Banks

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The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank has been named one of the 50 Fastest Growing Commercial Lenders in Massachusetts and the first of all banks headquartered in the Berkshires. 
 
The Fast 50 is compiled from data collected by the Warren Group, publisher of The Banker & Tradesman magazine.  The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank is on the list of the 50 fastest growing lenders for the first six months of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021. 
 
"it’s an honor to be recognized among the state’s premier commercial lenders by an organization as respected within the industry as Banker & Tradesman,” said J. Jay Anderson, President and CEO of the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank. "Small businesses and small banks compete daily with well-financed rivals that have more resources to spend across the board.  We focus on what we do best, building relationships and we believe that this is a key differentiator for our customer."
 
The Bank ranked sixth in the number of Commercial Loans and ninth in Commercial Loan Volume. 
 

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Pittsfield School Officials Want Summary of PHS Investigation

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — While it is unclear how much information will be released, School Committee members want some executive summary of the Pittsfield High School investigation into alleged staff misconduct.

On Wednesday, they requested a capsulation of the process and, if possible, the findings of Bulkley Richardson & Gelinas' investigation triggered by allegations against Dean of Students Molly West and Vice Principal Alison Shepard that surfaced in December.  

"Right now, the public has the seven of us sitting up here saying nothing was substantiated," said Mayor Peter Marchetti, who motioned for an executive summary.

"And quite frankly, part of the argument may be its cost, but how much money have we already spent and how much time have we gone down this rabbit hole to still have this black cloud hanging over our head without the public buying into anything that happened?"

As far as he is concerned, the city is "in for a penny in for a pound." The lead investigator, Judge Mary-Lou Rup, was hired at a rate of $275 per hour and paralegal services for $110 per hour.  

"And whatever legal counsel can produce, I think that we have to live with it, but to just say we're not doing it at this stage in the game I think is a mistake," he said.

Committee member William Garrity requested that discussion about the investigation's reports be put on the agenda. The district's legal counsel has reportedly advised against releasing the report even though officials pledged transparency when the scandal arose.

"I feel there is at least some balancing act that we need to figure out between protecting the privacy of the report and people being investigated and people who are part of the investigation while still maintaining the public's right to know," he said.

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