Letter: North Adams Recovery Rally

To the Editor: 

This Saturday, all are welcome to attend a Rally for Recovery taking place in North Adams at Colegrove Park, from 1-3 p.m. This event, sponsored by the North Adams HEAL Coalition, is held as part of Recovery Month, a national observance held every September to promote and support proven treatment and recovery practices, our strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible.

It is a fitting time to celebrate recovery in North Berkshire — we have seen a tremendous expansion of services in our region including residential treatment at Keenan House North, over 50 beds of sober housing and a new day treatment at the Alternative Living Center, expanded access to harm reduction services and naloxone through Berkshire Harm Reduction, increased access to medication, and perhaps most exciting, the announcement that a peer-led recovery center is coming to North Adams this fall!

The Rally for Recovery is a time to lift up and celebrate ALL pathways to recovery, and all community members impacted by addiction who are working to take that next brave step in their recovery journey. There will be resource tables from many local organizations including Learn To Cope (family support), Berkshire AHEC, medication treatment providers Spectrum Health Systems and SaVida Health, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), the Brien Center, Berkshire Harm Reduction, Alternative Living Center, Berkshire Overdose Addiction Prevention Collaborative, the North Adams HEAL Coalition, and the Northern Berkshire Post Overdose Program (Northern Berkshire EMS).

There will be music, games, raffle items, free T-shirts, and a walk to City Hall to make recovery visible. There will also be speakers with lived experience who will talk about recovery in our region.

If you or someone you love is impacted by substance use, if you are wondering how to help those whose lives are impacted by substance use disorder, or just want to better understand the issue of substance use and addiction, I encourage you to come and meet the truly amazing individuals who are building a thriving recovery community in our region. Please join in this gathering and rally to celebrate recovery!

Wendy Penner
Williamstown, Mass. 

Penner is a member of the North Adams HEAL Coalition

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."