North Adams Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre updates on the fire with Mayor Thomas Bernard, right, and Southwick Fire Chief Russ Anderson. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Dozens of firefighters labored through the day to bring a raging fire at a local scrap yard under control. Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre said the blaze has largely been contained but that crews will be working through the night to dig out the fires burning in the 100-foot long pile of automotive debris. He was hopeful it would be out by morning. There s a small area of fire still burning, we re still working to pull it apart. The pile is deep, and its rooted in the pile, said Lefebvre, speaking at the incident command center Tuesday evening. It s about a two-story pile of rubble.
NORTH ADAMS â Justin Kratz, principal of McCann Technical School, has named Stephen Perreault as valedictorian and Ciarra Kruzel as salutatorian for the Class of 2021. Both students will graduate with high honors on Wednesday, June 2.
Perreault, son of Linda and Michael Perreault, is a senior in the Automated Manufacturing Technology Program. He is the recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendentâs Award for Academic Excellence, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute medal, the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, and ranks first in his class with a 4.35 grade point average.
Perreault is a member of SkillsUSA and National Honor Society and volunteers at the St. John Paul II Parish Food Pantry. He will be attending RPI, majoring in engineering.
The annual town meeting will be held Wednesday, May 26, at 6:30 p.m. outside at the Community Center. The annual town election will also be held at the Community Center on Tuesday, May 25, from noon to 7 p.m. All candidates on the ballot are running unopposed. The proposed fiscal 2022 total budget is up 5.53 percent, or $252,310, over this year. The main drivers are the implementation of a preschool program, cost of living and contracted wage increases, and insurance. The town budget is $1,760,373, up $73,476 or 4.36 percent over this year. The final tally was amended at the Select Board meeting two weeks ago to include a 15-hour custodian position at $14.20 an hour.
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The garage s home on Curran Highway was built in 1987 with a group of other businesses, including Southside Sales & Service. Southside is planning to expand into Dean s space. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. A mainstay on Curran Highway for more than 40 years, Dean s Quality Auto & Truck Repair is lowering the garage doors for the last time this month. I don t regret any of it. It has been a good ride, and I have met a lot of nice people. It is just the next step in my career, owner Joseph Dean said. I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. I have been around it my whole life.