Letter: St. Stan's Had Superior Curriculum Fair

To the Editor:

Kudos to the tremendous educators, staff and students at St. Stanislaus Kostka School as the community was treated to their amazing curriculum fair on Sunday, Jan. 26.

It was evident that the students knew their topics and were eager to share their knowledge with everyone that passed through the classrooms. Not only were students eager to share but teachers and administrators were so welcoming to everyone entering the school.

Thank you all for providing such a wonderful, informative event for the public. Keep up the great work.

James Holmes
North Adams, Mass. 

Holmes is a member of the St. Stanislaus School school board.

Berkshires Turns Out in Protest Against Trump Administration

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:37PM / Saturday, April 05, 2025

Hundreds of people were at Park Square on Saturday afternoon to protest actions by the Trump administration and expressed fears about the potential loss of civil rights and Social Security.

ADAMS, Mass. — A cold and rainy Saturday didn't stop hundreds of Berkshire residents from making known their feelings about recent actions by the Trump administration. 

 

At least 150 people assembled in Adams around the Town Common, with the statue of voting rights icon Susan B. Anthony in the background, and at the Adams Free Library where Civil War veterans once gathered.

 

"Last time I was in one of these marches was in 1969 against the Vietnam War down in Boston," said Michael Wellington of Adams.

 

In Williamstown, more than 200 people turned out to line both sides of Main Street (Route 2) in front of First Congregational Church at noon on Saturday afternoon. And hundreds gathered at Park Square in Pittsfield, with chants so loud they could be heard from the McKay Street Parking Garage. 

 

"We need peaceful protest, I think, is the only thing that is going to make a difference to certain people," said Jackie DeGiorgis of North Adams, standing across the corner from the Adams Town Common.  "So I'm hoping we can get more people out here and say their peace. ...

 

"I would like our our representatives in Congress, to do their job and listen to their constituents, because I don't think that's happening."

 

Her friend Susan Larson King, also of North Adams, acknowledged that "government needs to be downsized, maybe."