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Adams Head-On Collision Results in Fatality
Staff Reports,
10:43PM / Saturday, April 30, 2016

ADAMS, Mass. — A 17-year-old North Adams man was killed in a head-on collision early Saturday evening on North Summer Street. Three other people were injured.

Zackary Decker, a student at Drury High School, suffered severe injuries to his head and neck after being ejected from vehicle he was in. He died shortly afterward at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.

"It is with profound sadness that I write this letter to the community of the North Adams Public Schools," wrote Superintendent James Montepare on the  North Adams Public Schools' website on Monday. "Zackary Decker, a student at Drury High School, died as a result of injuries from an

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Superior Court Briefs: April 25 - April 28
Staff Reports,
11:44AM / Friday, April 29, 2016
  Roscoe Adams, 36, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of assault and battery on a disabled person, caretaker abuse on a disabled person, and misleading a police officer or other person.   He was released on personal recognizance. Adams is accused of assaulting a student and then giving false statements to court officials while employed by Eagleton School. The assault allegedly occurred on June 10, 2013.    , 41, of Great Barrington had a not guilty plea entered on her behalf on a single count of intimidation of a witness.   She was released on personal recognizance. Davis is accused of

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Mount Washington Man Dies After Vehicle Collided With Train
Staff Reports,
05:38PM / Thursday, April 28, 2016
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - A Mount Washington man died Thursday after his vehicle was struck by a train.   According to the district attorney's office, Gary Cane died in the collision. His vehicle was struck by a Housatonic Rail Road train at the crossing on Route 23, near the intersection of West Street.   Police Chief William Walsh said the crash happened at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Upon arrival police and fire officials determined "a late model Jeep Liberty had been traveling westbound on Rt.23 and approached a grade-level railroad crossing, which had its lights and arms activated indicating an approaching train."    "The

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Pittsfield Police Make Arrest In Stabbing Investigation
Staff Reports,
05:33PM / Thursday, April 28, 2016
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police arrested a 22-year-old man Wednesday for a stabbing on Linden Street earlier in the week.   Selvin Orlando Gonzalez-Castillo is being charged with a single count of armed assault with intent to murder in relation to the incident. Police say on Gonzalez-Castillo stabbed a 29-year-old man on April 23.   Police responded to 108 Linden Street at about 7:24 p.m. Sunday night and found the Hispanic man "seriously injured during an altercation." Responders performed CPR on the stabbing victim, who was then transported to Berkshire Medical Center. There he received emergency surgery and is expected to

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Fire Damages Pittsfield Apartment Kitchen
Staff Reports,
10:19AM / Wednesday, April 27, 2016

The fire was confined to the kitchen area. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A fire caused by cooking caused damage to a Columbus Avenue kitchen.   Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Garner reported that at 8 p.m. firefighters were called to 324 Columbus Avenue for report of a structure fire and that the blaze was brought "under control quickly."   The occupants were not displaced.   "Upon arrival Car-2 founds the fire showing on an interior door. An occupant was attempting to extinguish the fire," Garner wrote in a report.    Three engines, a ladder truck, and a square care responded to the scene. One occupant

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