Faith & Fellowship: North Adams Area Church News

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A roundup of worship services, community meetings, and special events hosted by local congregations in the North Adams area. 
 
Blackinton Union Church
1373 Massachusetts Ave. North Adams, 01247 1-413-664-9642
 
Blackinton Union Church is a welcoming, non-denominational, family-centered, church in North Adams where everyone is invited to belong. Whether you've been in church your whole life or are just starting to explore your faith, you'll find a place here. Join us Sundays at 10:00 AM for a meaningful, encouraging service focused on hope, love, and growing in your relationship with God. 
 
Join us this Sunday, April 12th, for food and fellowship after the service. All are invited. 
 
At Blackinton Union Church, church isn't just a place—it becomes family! 
 
First Congregational North Adams
134 Main Street, North Adams, MA 01247.  (413) 663-9940
 
We are an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. Worship services are held on Sundays at 10 am in person and live on Zoom. Communion is served on the first Sunday of each month. A children’s program is offered once a month.  Ongoing activities include a monthly book discussion group held after worship and our Threads of Connection knitting/fiber arts group that meets on Wednesdays from 1:30-3:30 pm. 
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Jillian Tatro's Killer Guilty of First-Degree Murder

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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 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
 
In a statement, Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue said his thoughts were with Tatro's family and that her son "demonstrated tremendous poise and courage during his testimony in the trial."
 
"Ms. Tatro was a victim of domestic violence. The most dangerous time in a victim of domestic violence life is when they are prepared to leave," he said. "We know that Jillian was planning to leave on the Tuesday following her murder. Her death is a tragic example of lethal consequence of domestic violence and the lasting impact these crimes have on families and communities."
 
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.
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