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North Adams Police Temporary Quarters Nearly CompleteBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:44PM / Thursday, February 16, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Police Department expects to be moving into its temporary quarters next month. Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday that the renovations at the former juvenile are "about 95 percent complete" and that the furniture will be arriving this week. "Our hope is to have all the communications and everything run by March 1, but I will say that's a soft date," she said. "We're doing a little bit of a dance with Verizon right now. But we're hoping very soon that we could at least take all of you through." The relocation is a short-term solution to the deficiencies of the 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Dances, Festivals, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:49PM / Thursday, February 16, 2023 | |
 Warm up to some events Berkshire County will be having this long weekend including festivals, community nights, and dance parties. Friday Free Community Night Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield In celebration of the beginning of "Ten Days of Play," the museum will open its doors Friday evening for free from 5:30 until 7:30. Visitors can get a first look at the daily play areas, along with a Storybook Time in The Art of Storytelling exhibits. More information here. Jeff Pitchell’s Legends Live On The Stationery Factory, Dalton Award Winning singer and songwriter Jeff Pitchell and his band Texas Flood will be performing at 0 Comments
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Adams New K9 'Adam' Will Greet the Community Friday| 12:31PM / Thursday, February 16, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — The police force's new K9, dubbed "Adam," will be with his handler Officer Curtis Crane at Adam's Hometown Market on Friday, Feb. 17, from 11 to noon. Adam is the first K9 fully funded as a direct result of the Hometown Foundation's Police K-9 Awareness Fundraiser. The fundraiser collected in-store donations at the register in all 18 Adams Hometown Market locations to collectively fundraise for the Adams K-9 Fund, which resulted in the purchase of K9 Adam. This donation is the first of its kind and, according to the foundation, shows how the community can come together behind an important cause to create a tangible 0 Comments
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BArT Ballers Battle But Bow Out in League SemisiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:52AM / Thursday, February 16, 2023 | |
 HARDWICK, Mass. -- The short-handed Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School basketball team Wednesday put up a fight for 32 minutes but could not overcome Eagle Hill in the semi-finals of the River Valley Athletic League tournament. Despite 23 points from Corey Lynch and 14 from Sam Touray, the Wolf Pack fell, 62-43, to its long-time rival to the east. BArT coach Robert Daugherty said his day started with the news that senior and top inside defender Ivan Chen was medically unavailable for the road trip. That was a big blow for BArT, which dropped a one-point decision to Eagle Hill earlier this year and faced the challenge of matching 6-foot-4 Hampton Carver 0 Comments
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Adams Names First Police Department CorporalBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Thursday, February 16, 2023 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — The town has chosen a 20-year veteran of the police force to take the newly created position of corporal. Joshua Baker was formally confirmed in the post at Wednesday's Select Board meeting, surrounded by his colleagues and with family in the audience. "It just shows how this whole community supports each other and law enforcement," said Police Chief F. Scott Kelley. "The new police position allows more advancement for the officers of APD but also strengthens the supervisory levels between patrol officers and sergeants." Town Administrator Jay Green said the decision to create the position — which is higher than a 0 Comments
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North Adams Council OKs Police Cruiser Funds, Short-Term Rental OrdinanceBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:02AM / Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city is taking possession of two new cruisers ordered two years ago. The City Council on Tuesday authorized the transfer of $109,582.13 from the Parking Meter Reserve Account to pay for the vehicles. Mayor Jennifer Macksey said the 2020 cruisers will replace two that have more than 100,000 miles on them. One is from 2103 and the other a 2017. "We currently have a balance of roughly $206,000 In the Parking Meter Reserve. Once we take out $109,000, we have a balance of roughly $96,000," the mayor said. "That is a little alarming. They were ordered way back when, it is happening and appropriated. And the bill 0 Comments
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City Woman Wins Hometown Holidays Gift Basket |
Jonathan Secor had some help in pulling the winning ticket.
Congrats to Janet O'Neill of North Adams who won the big Hometown Holidays gift basket on Thursday. O'Neill won some $1,300 worth of gift certificates and merchandise.
The drawing could be entered by spending $50 downtown during the Thursday night Hometown Holiday events. Jonathan Secor of MCLA Gallery 51 said 62 people had entered the contest (including the editor of iBerkshires &mdash amazing how much cat toys cost nowadays).
Secor contacted O'Neill who was excited and surprised at winning. "No, I'm not kidding," Secor assured her
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