Letter: Elect Lynette Bond for Mayor

To the editor:

"All politics is local" … I'll speak to that later.

As the former mayor of the City of North Adams, I vowed that I would not get involved again in local politics but I am very willing to go out on a limb here and say that in January 2022, the city will be swearing in its first woman mayor. With four candidates, all women, the city is well-positioned for new leadership, new vision, a new approach to the administration and delivery of city services, as well as growth and problem solving through collaboration. I fully believe that Lynette Bond is the woman who can and will provide that leadership.

One of the wonderful successes that I had as mayor was the renovation of the former Conte Middle School into Colegrove Park Elementary School. This effort was brought to a public vote for approval and if not for Lynette's support, advocacy, and voice, Colegrove would not have come to fruition. Additionally, as mayor, I was able to reach out to local communities to work with the city on a variety of issues.

Lynette worked in the Community Development Office for the Town of Adams and our paths crossed many times. We discussed the economic opportunities we had in common such as the bike path and the Berkshire Scenic Rail. In her role with the town, Lynette managed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars. She worked to see that the streetscape project on Park Street and the roundabout projects were funded, designed and built. Lynette has and continues to serve on the city's Planning Board and with that she has had a role in the approval process of many new businesses that have opened in the city. Lynette is an exceptional grant writer and in that role she has had direct contact and built relationships with Massachusetts Department of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), Department of Housing and Community Development (CDBG), the Department of Higher Education (DHE), and the Department of Early and Secondary Education (DESE).

Since moving to North Adams some 12 years ago, Lynette has infused herself into the community on the Planning Board, as a parent and foster parent, a member of the board of Child Care of the Berkshires, as a coach and mentor, and even a host family for our beloved SteepleCats.

Dick Alcombright
North Adams, Mass.

Jillian Tatro's Killer Guilty of First-Degree Murder

Staff Reports 03:25PM / Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Jillian Tatro

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Berkshire County jury on Tuesday returned a verdict of guilty in the murder of Jillian Tatro four years ago. 

 

Luis Rosado, 53, was found guilty of murder in the first degree with extreme atrocity for stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death in an apartment they shared at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022.

 

He and Tatro had been married five months and during that time, Tatro had sought a restraining order against her husband.

 

Rosado had been convicted of domestic violence on another individual in October 2020. At the time, he was charged with three counts of assault and battery on a household member, strangulation and larceny and was sentenced to a minimum of a year in the Berkshire County House of Corrections.

 

He went on trial for murder this past week in Pittsfield and was found guilty by a Berkshire Superior Court jury. Sentencing has not yet occurred. 

 

The conviction was announced on Tuesday morning by Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue at the arraignment of David L. Boucher, who is charged with murder in the death of his father. 

 

"While we were waiting here this morning, [a jury] returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree, cruel and atrocious behavior. So I don't know when the sentence will be. I don't know whether it will be life without parole," he said. "Obviously, I really want to congratulate the North Adams Police Department and all the departments of law enforcement that worked hard on this case."