Berkshire Athenaeum Drop in Genealogy Assistance

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, announces Drop in Genealogy Assistance on Thursday mornings, 9:30 -12 noon.
 
Genealogist and Researcher Sandi Jarvis will be available in the Local History Department to assist with family history. Individuals who need guidance on how to get started as well as those whose have hit a dead end in tracing their family tree are invited to stop in.
 
The Athenaeum provides free in library access to Ancestry, the premier online genealogy resource.
 
Additional sources include files and indices provided by the Berkshire Family History Association and historic maps, city directories, and local high school yearbooks.
 
For further information or to confirm the Thursday session contact the Local History Department at (413) 499-9480 ext. 204.

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Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Holds Awards Banquet

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Friday honored outstanding contributors to the Berkshire County sports scene at its third annual Awards Dinner at the Polish Falcon Club.
 
The foundation supports youth sports throughout the county each year.
 
In 2025-26, those donations totaled more than $30,000 to groups ranging from youth football and cheerleading programs, Pittsfield Little League, Northern Berkshire Softball and the Pittsfield Boys and Girls Club Recreation Therapy Program, to name a few.
 
Funds raised by the foundation also go to support its annual Vera Barborotta Memorial Sportsman Scholarship, which this year went to Lee High School graduate Joey Abderhalden and Taconic grad Madeline Harrington.
 
Two other recently graduated high school standout athletes were recognized as winners of the Al Bianchi Memorial Athletes of the Year: Madison McCarthy and Cooper Calvert, both of Wahconah Regional High School.
 
Pittsfield High School girls basketball coach Kristy Conyers and Hoosac Valley boys basketball coach Matt Larabee received the foundation's Coach of the Year Awards.
 
John Castonguay received the Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Living Legend Award. A.J. Ziter took home the Connie Bianchi Memorial Award of Merit. And Mark Moulton rounded out the honorees with the foundation's Volunteer of the Year Award.
 
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