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North Adams City Councilor Found in Violation of Open Meeting LawStaff Reports,
04:55PM / Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council was found to be in violation of Open Meeting Law regarding an email sent by Councilor Keith Bona last fall. Councilor Marie T. Harpin filed the complaint after Bona relayed a message from David Carver, a real estate developer, about the tax shift the council was debating to all its members and to the media. Bona is chair of the Finance Committee and said he thought it important that his fellow councilors receive the email and a summary of the phone conversation he had with Carver before the council meeting of Nov. 22. The tax shift had been discussed at a previous City Council meeting and then at a Finance 0 Comments
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Adams Community Bank Holds Annual Meeting| 12:34PM / Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — The annual meeting of the Community Bancorp of the Berkshires, MHC, the parent company of Adams Community Bank, was held on April 12, 2023, at Charles H. McCann Technical School in North Adams. The meeting included a review of the 2022 financial statements for the Bank, highlighting another year of growth in assets, loans, deposits, and net income. During his remarks, Charles O'Brien, President and CEO of Adams Community Bank, presented an overview of the year's results. "Adams Community Bank reached record levels in many key areas, including growth in assets, loans, and deposits to $931 million, $751 million, and $797 million, 0 Comments
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North Adams Vacant Downtown Window Art Project| 08:12AM / Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— This June, North Adams' downtown vacant storefront windows are set to receive a new collection of artwork from local artists, with the intention of beautifying the city. Existing artwork will be printed on banners which will fill each available street-level window. Artists from all mediums including, but not limited to drawing, painting, graphic design, fiber, ceramics, sculpture, photography, are encouraged to apply, and will receive a stipend for their contributions if their work is selected. "These banners are an amazing way for local artists to gain recognition for their art, and they add so much life to the empty windows 0 Comments
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North Adams Council Hears Concerns Over Family Shelter ProposalBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:55AM / Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | |
Laini Sporbert and Daniel Bosley, at left, alumni of the college, question the suitability of the Berkshire Towers as a shelter and the proposal's impact on the stability of the college. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A number of residents at Tuesday's City Council meeting spoke out against a proposal by the state to use the Berkshire Towers as a temporary shelter for unhoused families. Neighbors of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts say they are concerned about a lack of transparency and the unknown impacts that 50 to 75 families will have on the community's resources and the college. "I'm not against providing housing for anyone who needs it. 0 Comments
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Letter: Many Unanswered Questions Related to Family Homeless ShelterLetter to the Editor,
06:00PM / Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | |
 To the Editor:
As a social worker and professional who attempts to provide greater access to quality mental health care and equitable resource facilitation to underserved families, I have serious concerns about the development of a homeless shelter at [Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts], directly impacting North Adams. I have had reservations about asserting my opinion and how it may appear to others, as this is a difficult position to take in my profession. Regardless, we need to call for some critical community conversations with MCLA prior to the action(s) they propose to fill a vacant building.
Make no mistake, I am not opposed to providing shelter to those in need, nor do I
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MCLA Ending Year With Surplus, Sees Uptick in Fall ApplicationsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:49PM / Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will end the year with more than $1 million to the good but is expected to come up a short in fiscal 2024. "Our best estimate, we're going to end fiscal year '23, our best estimate right now from what we can see, at about $1.5 million, which will go to reserves," Joseph DaSilva, vice president of administration and finance, told the college trustees last week. The projection is based on a combination of increased revenue from tuition and fees this past year and from not filling a number of full- and part-time positions. DaSilva gave updates on three reports given to the Fiscal 0 Comments
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Northern Berkshire 'Baseball Bonanza' Returns Saturday EveningCommunity submission,
09:09AM / Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Northern Berkshire Youth Baseball will hold its second annual Baseball Bonanza on Saturday at 4:30 on Fallon Field. The event will feature skills competitions for the league's majors and minors age divisions, a skills competition and home run derby for seniors in the Babe Ruth program and a home run derby for high school players. Musicians CJ Field will perform, and there will be a penny auction, food trucks and "adult beverages" in the nearby Greylock Pavillion. Lights will be provided by the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department. The event is free and open to the public. 0 Comments
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Some "did-you-knows" about estate plansSubmitted by Edward Jones,
08:34AM / Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | |
 If you've done any estate planning, or even if you're just familiar with it, you probably know the basics — that is, a comprehensive estate plan can help you pass on assets to your family while also achieving other goals, such as designating someone to take care of your affairs if you become unable to do so. But you may not know about some other estate-planning issues that could prove important in your life: Power of attorney for students – Children heading off to college may be considered legal adults in many states. Consequently, you, as a parent, may not have any control over medical treatment if your child faces a sudden, serious illness or is involved in an 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Saat Hindustani'| 04:14PM / Monday, April 24, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, April 27 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute screens "Saat Hindustani" in its auditorium in the Manton Research Center. Artist Suneil Sanzgiri introduces the film and addresses its historical context and the film's relation to his own practice, including his trilogy of short films currently on view at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, as well as his forthcoming first feature-length film, Two Refusals. According to a press release: One of the only films made about the liberation of Goa from Portuguese colonialism, Saat Hindustani (1969; 2 hours, 24 minutes) was made nine years after the Goan independence and 0 Comments
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Best Stretches To Do Before Gardening| 08:22AM / Monday, April 24, 2023 | |
 With longer, warmer days finally here, flower beds and vegetable gardens are calling out for our attention. From raking and pruning to weeding and gathering downed limbs, even just an hour or two of effort can leave your yard looking terrific. But, if you don’t adequately prepare your body for the physical exertion the work requires, you can end up achy and sore for days, or worse yet, injured, and unable to tend to your yard and garden at all. To avoid this uncomfortable fate, take a few minutes to ready your major muscle groups prior to activity and to help those same muscles cool down when you’re done. Some simple stretches to do both before after gardening 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: April 21| 08:19AM / Monday, April 24, 2023 | |
 April 21, 2023 Weekend Warriors Take Note With warmer days finally here, flower beds and vegetable gardens have our attention. Don't end up achy and sore from physically exerting yourself in the garden. Check out these seven stretches to make yard work easier on your 0 Comments
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Letter: Homeless Families at MCLA a Misguided EffortLetter to the Editor,
07:00PM / Friday, April 21, 2023 | |
 To the Editor:
It has been 24 years since Mass MoCA opened and I'm still waiting for the seismic shift in our economy and downtown that MoCA's developers promised. Main and Eagle Streets are still largely empty and depressing. While MoCA has certainly helped in many ways, its presence has failed to impact our downtown. Why?
Because North Adams does not suffer from a quick-fix acute illness. But rather, it has a very real chronic disease, poverty. The cure for this disease is societal, far beyond the ability and efforts of any single poor city or single state economic development project, like MoCA.
One thing is certain, purposefully concentrating more poor people in already poor
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