Letter: Vote for Right Team for North Adams

To the Editor:

Hi there! How many North Adams folks know that Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 7? How many residents realize that the current mayor is up for re-election? Luckily for us, the signs on the lawn of City Hall remind us of our civic duty.

Me, I voted early right there in City Hall, for nine members for City Council (phew!) plus the city mayor. I'm eager to earn bragging rights for electing the right team. Because, coming soon, North Adams will be reviewing the 10-year update to our Vision 2030 Comprehensive Plan.

We have made progress, despite the COVID-19 setback, and now we are looking ahead to a prosperous future. Vote, and get the right team on board in City Hall. Thank you.

Alice Bojanowski
North Adams, Mass.

North Adams Man Charged in Stabbing Father to Death

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
12:46PM / Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue describes the murder as a tragedy, saying the lack of mental health care is leading to 'awful situations.'

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police walked into a "brutal scene" Monday — 67-year-old David Allen Boucher had been stabbed multiple times and left for dead the week before. 

 

His son, David Louis Boucher, 48, had walked into the police station at 11:49 a.m. and told police he had killed his father. 

 

"The victim had been stabbed multiple times, with different objects, sharp objects," said Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue after Boucher's arraignment for murder on Tuesday morning. "Multiple wounds. Struggle in the bedroom, struggle in the kitchen. The decedent struggled and fought hard. It was a brutal scene."

 

The attack is believed to have happened on Tuesday, May 5, based on initial evidence including the state of the body and statements made by the defendant, according to the DA's Office.

 

Boucher had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf and he is being held without bail at the prosecution's request. He is being held at the Berkshire County House of Correction and is scheduled to appear again in Northern Berkshire District Court on June 12.

 

Shugrue said it was unclear why Boucher waited a week to inform police but noted the investigation is barely 24 hours old. 

 

The younger Boucher lived downstairs and his father upstairs in the multi-unit family home on Walnut Street.