North Adams Police Report Two Arrests in Narcotics Investigation

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — According to a statement released by the North Adams Police Department, area law enforcement arrested two men allegedly involved in an on-going narcotics distribution operation.
 
On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, members of the North Adams Police Department Detective Unit, Adams Police Department and Berkshire County Drug Task Force executed two search warrants simultaneously at 21 Blackinton Street First Floor Apartment and 21 Blackinton Street Second Floor Apartment in North Adams.
 
The statement read that the court authorized search warrants were executed as part of an on-going narcotics distribution operation occurring from both apartments. Upon entering the second-floor apartment five people were located and detained.
 
All except one man were known to investigators. The unknown man, who police said refused to identify himself, was later identified as Kamari Acree of Springfield.
 
Ronnie Hart, of North Adams, and Acree were both arrested. 
 
According to police, the following evidence was located and seized:
  • Approximately (26 grams) of Cocaine/Crack Cocaine
  • Approximately (592 bags) of Heroin or (12 grams)
  • Digital Scales, Packaging Materials, Cutting Agents
  • $821 U.S. Currency  
Acree was arrested and charged with the following:
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 32 – Trafficking Cocaine 18-36 Grams
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 32 – Possession with Intent Distribute Class A Substance
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 40 - Conspiracy
Hart was arrested and charged with the following:
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 32 – Trafficking Cocaine 18-36 Grams
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 32 – Possession with Intent Distribute Class A Substance
  • M.G.L. Chapter 94C Section 40 - Conspiracy
 

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North Adams School Committee Filling Two Seats

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee is in need of new members to fill two unexpired terms until Jan. 1, 2028.
 
The candidates will be voted on by a joint convention of the School Committee and City Council on Oct. 5. 
 
In the two months since the last School Committee meeting, members Emily Daunis and Cody Chamberlain have resigned. 
 
The committee was expected to review the process at its Tuesday meeting but did not. A timeline provided by Mayor Jennifer Macksey, chair of the committee, states the calls for statements of interest will occur on Monday, Aug. 31, along with a pre-convention meeting notice. 
 
Statements of interest and nominations will be accepted via email to btassone@napsk12.org until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24; these will be disseminated to committee and City Council members four days later. 
 
Any resident of the city of North Adams who is eligible to vote is eligible to be elected to serve on the School Committee.
 
Daunis was elected in this way to the School Committee in 2020 to fill the unexpired term and elected to a four-year term in her own right the following year and again in 2025. 
 
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