Browse past news stories for Silvio O Conte Middle School in North Adams, MA.

• North Adams Ward 1 polling place changes (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 04:04:45 pm
  North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- With only a week left until the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the city clerk’s office is busily preparing for the day, which will bring a new polling site for voters in Ward 1. "With the election coming up, we just want to remind voters of the changes that will be happening this year," City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau said Monday.
• Sewer fees put on hold for now (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 06:49:39 am
  North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- Residents will have to wait until after the Nov. 3 election to find out whether or not the current City Council will move forward with a proposed sewer-usage fee. Michael Bloom, head of the council’s finance subcommittee, asked that the matter be pushed back until Nov.
• Doors closed on insurance grievance hearing (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 07:19:06 am
  North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- Allegations brought forth by the local teachers union that the city hasn’t paid its fair share of health insurance costs will go before the city’s School Committee next month, but the grievance hearing won’t be public. "I just want to clarify that it will take place in executive session because it’s a labor issue," School
• Conte Middle School Honor Roll (The Sunnyvale Sun)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 02:44:50 pm
  Wednesday, May 27 NORTH ADAMS — The honor roll for the third quarter at Silvio O. Conte Middle School has been announced.
• A new scene Former Conte students prepare for back-to-school (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 04:34:49 am
  North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- Despite all the changes to the configuration of the North Adams Public Schools over the last few months, Superintendent James E. Montepare is looking forward to all the new opportunities that lie ahead for the district’s students. "It’s a very exciting time," he said Monday.
• Alleged dealer pleads not guilty (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on July 3, 2009 at 02:53:36 pm
  PITTSFIELD -- An alleged mid-level crack cocaine dealer from Manhattan, N.Y. who is believed to have direct ties to a Bronx-based drug ring distributing crack cocaine in the northern Berkshires, pleaded not guilty to numerous drug charges in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday.
• Silvio O. Conte Middle School Teachers will be given new homes after closing (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 02:50:29 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- When the North Adams Public Schools reopen in September, teachers from Silvio O. Conte Middle School will be settling into new classrooms at one of the three elementary schools or at Drury High School.
• Three retiring Sullivan Elementary School teachers will leave big shoes to fill (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 01:07:57 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- Sullivan Elementary School will lose nearly 100 years of collective experience on Friday, when three longtime teachers -- Bernadette Eastman, Maureen Catelotti and Mary Jane Desmarais -- put away their books and lesson plans for the final time.
• Wireless initiative delivers (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 03:05:49 pm
  PITTSFIELD -- When the first shipment of Apple iBook laptops arrived at Silvio O. Conte Middle School in October 2005, many were skeptical that the Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative’s $5.3 million pilot laptop program wouldn’t be more than another classroom distraction.
• Alleged dealer busted in sting (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 11:20:28 am
  NORTH ADAMS -- An alleged mid-level crack cocaine dealer from Manhattan, N.Y., is being held in the Berkshire County House of Correction on $50,000 cash or $500,000 surety bail, after he and three others were arrested in a sting on Monday that resulted in the confiscation of 195 grams of crack cocaine and over $19,000 in cash.
• Drury band commissions orignial music score (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 06:05:28 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- Teenaged angst, uncertainty, fear and hope were the inspirations for a new six-minute music score that will make its debut Thursday at Drury High School’s annual spring concert.
• And the band plays on (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 01:59:38 pm
  Teenaged angst, uncertainty, fear and hope were the inspirations for a new six-minute music score that will make its debut Thursday at Drury High School's annual spring concert.
• Students lend help to Humane Society (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 11:05:29 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- With the help of students from Silvio O. Conte Middle School, third graders in Robyn Lawson’s class at Brayton Elementary School got a chance to record public service announcements encouraging people to support the Berkshire Humane Society.
• 'No layoffs this time' (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on April 15, 2009 at 01:55:18 pm
  Mayor Barrett cuts $220,200 from the city budget through attrition and unfilled positions. NORTH ADAMS — Although $220,200 was slashed from the city's current budget during Tuesday night's City Council meeting, nobody will lose their job.
• North Adams budget slashed, jobs spared (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on April 15, 2009 at 01:45:11 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- Although $220,200 was slashed from the city's current budget during Tuesday night's City Council meeting, nobody will lose their job.
• Conte school to close (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 05:40:09 pm
  NORTH ADAMS — The city's three elementary schools will have a few more faces in the halls this fall, as the sixth- and seventh-grade classes are returned to the neighborhood schools in September.
• Officials angry over stimulus (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 21, 2009 at 01:09:41 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- Local officials are seething about Thursday's announcement of $168 million in federal stimulus funds for education -- the bulk of which they say will go to help wealthy towns and cities that routinely fail to meet the state's required minimum contributions.
• Seeking school solutions (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 05:22:01 am
  NORTH ADAMS -- About 100 parents and students gathered in the Sullivan Elementary School cafeteria Wednesday night to voice their support and concerns to city and school officials about a proposal to close Silvio O. Conte Middle School to help the city address budget cuts for the coming fiscal year.
• North Adams parents seeking school solutions (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 6, 2009 at 02:03:42 pm
  NORTH ADAMS -- About 100 parents and students gathered in the Sullivan Elementary School cafeteria Wednesday night to voice their support and concerns to city and school officials about a proposal to close Silvio O. Conte Middle School to help the city address budget cuts for the coming fiscal year.
• Snow closings pile up (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 3, 2009 at 08:15:22 am
  SAVOY -- As plows cleared away several inches of snow Monday morning, the classrooms at Savoy Elementary School remained dark, adding yet another day to the school's June calendar -- their seventh -- and forcing school officials to rethink the traditional school year.