MCLA Opens Registration for Summer Course Sessions

08:16AM / Tuesday, March 31, 2026Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has opened registration for its 2026 summer courses, offering flexible and affordable learning opportunities for MCLA students, high schoolers, community members, professionals, and visiting college students.

MCLA will host two summer sessions with both in-person and online course options:

Session A: May 20 – July 2, 2026
Session B: July 6 – August 15, 2026

With more than 50 online courses available, MCLA's summer offerings are designed to accommodate the schedules of working adults, undergraduates, and high school students.

Courses provide a chance to get ahead on a major or minor, fulfill general education requirements, explore a new subject, catch up on coursework, prepare for graduate school, or even graduate early.

Visiting students home for the summer can also take advantage of MCLA's affordable rates to complete prerequisite courses and transfer credits back to their home institution. To explore available courses and register, visit mcla.edu/summer.

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Q&A with State Representative Challenger Andrew Fitch

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:01AM / Sunday, August 23, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Sept. 1, voters in the First Berkshire District will decide whether they want to send a new representative to Beacon Hill in Boston.

Andrew Fitch, currently a city councilor in the district's largest municipality — and the commonwealth's smallest city — is challenging former North Adams Mayor John Barrett III, who won the First Berkshire seat in a 2017 special election, in the Democratic Party primary.

There is no Republican on the primary ballot for the First Berkshire seat so the primary will effectively be the election for the seat.

The two candidates met for their only debate on Aug. 13 at Williams College. iBerkshires.com reached out to both candidates to follow up on some of the points raised in the debate and get their thoughts on some other issues facing the district.

Below are excerpts from a conversation with challenger Andrew Fitch:

Question: From the very beginning, you talked about the campaign as a listening experience, and this week you're continuing that with the bike tour …

Andrew Fitch: Knocking on doors that have never been knocked on before. … I was riding through, I believe it was Hinsdale coming into Windsor, and they started to yell at me, 'No!' And then the guy was like, 'Wait a second. That's Andrew Fitch.' They actually knew who I was, and they were actually wanting to chat with me.

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