On April 6, 2026, The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Adams Community Bank, Adams, Massachusetts, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Bancorp of the Berkshires, MHC and Community Bancorp of the Berkshires, Inc., entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank will merge with and into Adams Community Bank. The combined mutual banking organization will have approximately $1.5 billion in assets and 15 full-service branches throughout Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank has approximately $430 million in assets and five branches in Dalton, Great Barrington and Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Adams Community Bank has approximately $1.0 billion in assets and nine branches in Adams, Cheshire, Great Barrington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, North Adams, Pittsfield and Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Luse Gorman is serving as legal counsel to The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consists of Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi, Scott Brown, Max Seltzer and Keeler Fina.

Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more than 100 bank M&A transactions during the past seven years and on more bank M&A transactions than any other law firm in the nation over the past 20 years. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.