A combined task force says it took down a major drug pipeline on Friday that extended out to Lowell. The Pittsfield Health Department worked to vaccinate Hispanic community members after noticing they were underrepresented.
The Fire District's new ambulance has arrived and is anticipated to be in service by March 1 as an Advanced Life Support unit. A statewide study found that more than , homes must be built in the next decade to meet housing needs. The School Committee and administrators' union have settled on a contract that runs retroactively from to See more photos here. Families, friends, faculty, and staff gathered in the Taconic High School auditorium to celebrate the hard work these graduates did to earn their adult diplomas, or pass the General Educational Development Test.
Julianna Tremblay's family had always told her that high school would be the best years of her life but for her, it was the opposite. They would use me for comfort, talk to me out of pity, or knew I was an easy target to bully. And a fear of that happening all over again, I distanced myself from everyone," Tremblay said. Despite these circumstances and her learning disability she was a good student with good grades but in , she dropped out of high school uncertain of the future.
With guidance from her family and with the recommendation from the school guidance counselor Tremblay enrolled in Adult Learning Center. Right from the start, the faculty and staff were supportive and guided her to this moment, she said, as her family, in the audience, shed tears of joy. Director Paul Gage commended all the graduates for their achievement and said goodbye with one last lesson β- to not forget about the four most important questions they should ask themselves.
They were to continue to ask what they want to do, to take chances and not be afraid of failure, to enjoy the journey, and to stay present in the moment.
