BMS Announces Talent and Merit Scholarship Recipients

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Talent and Merit Scholarship recipients.
 
Students who are accepted into the Talent & Merit Scholarship Program benefit from up to 100 percent tuition assistance. This year, BMS awarded almost $17,000 in Talent and Merit Scholarships, and continues to take Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship applications on a rolling basis. 
 
The BMS Scholarship Program, which includes the Talent & Merit Scholarships and the rolling Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships, remains integral to its mission of allowing students to learn and grow in the Berkshire County region without financial constraints.
 
 
The 2024 – 2025 Talent & Merit Scholarship Recipients: 
 
Tracy R. Wilson Scholarship – Alyviana Manion, piano 
 
Helen and Milton Fink Memorial Scholarship - Artois Sancho, piano 
 
Gia Cox Caird Scholarship - Zoe-Ruth Brizen, piano 
 
England/Scott Family Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Nina Rather, violin 
 
Sara Alberti-Jencks Scholarship - James Ryan & Sai Meesala, voice 
 
Paul Houston Memorial Scholarship - Shira Weiner, guitar 
 
Daniel Pearl Scholarship - Destiny Tetlow, flute 
 
The Chopin Scholarship - Madeline Davis, piano 
 
The Paderweski Scholarship - Anderson Durfee, piano 
 
 
Honorable Mentions: 
 
Rose Garrison, cello 
 
Bernardo Martinez, saxophone 
 
Sagun Meesala, flute 
 
Calliope Bednarski, piano 
 
Clementine Delsignore, electric bass  
 
Matias Chimarro, charango 

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Dalton Fire District Anticipating February Arrival for Ambulance

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Fire District is anticipating the arrival of its new ambulance in February. 
 
During a special fire district meeting in December, voters approved borrowing up to $350,000 for the purchase of a new ambulance and any related costs. 
 
The Fire Department has two ambulances: 2019 Ford 550 and a 2016 International. It had been demonstrated during several meetings that both vehicles need to be replaced because of their deteriorating condition. 
 
The district will be trading in both vehicles. The Ford has a trade-in value of $30,000 and the International $2,500. 
 
The new apparatus is an F450 series, a pickup-style, two-wheel drive, so it would have a larger motor and transmission, heavier-duty brakes, and be an all-around heavy-duty vehicle. The anticipated cost is about $345,000 to be rolled out as an Advanced Life Support unit.
 
The district had been discussing investing in a new truck but expected a three-year turnaround. But unanticipated opportunity came up — a buyer had backed out of a vehicle order at the last minute, so an ambulance became available early. 
 
The district got a loan from Greenfield Co-op with a 4.75 interest rate. This loan requires the distinct to take a new loan out every year, so they hope the rate goes down next year, District Clerk and Treasurer Melanie Roucoulet said 
 
The funding for the ambulance is expected at the end of January said Charlotte Crane, fire prevention officer and emergency medical technician, during the Fire District meeting on Tuesday. 
 
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