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The North Adams City Council has approved a tax increment financing proposal for Tourists, a popular hotel and event space seeking to redevelop the Blackinton Mill. ....
LENOX â After an extended shutdown required by an asbestos cleanup project, the Lenox Memorial Middle and High School building reopened on Tuesday with full, all-day classroom learning for all grades. The school had been operating with a hybrid model until it was closed on March 16 after a fierce windstorm caused small quantities of debris containing the fire-retardant substance to fall from the ceiling into a number of classrooms and offices, as well as part of the cafeteria. Remote-only education continued until this week, when school officials got the all-clear following completion of the work by Gem Environmental of North Adams. EcoGenesis Corp., a Pittsfield environmental consultant, tested the air on Sunday and gave an all-clear. ....
LENOX â After identifying a series of savings and newly available grant funding, the School Department has met Town Administrator Christopher Ketchenâs target limiting the proposed education budget for the next fiscal year to a 3 percent increase. During a resumed School Committee public hearing Monday night, Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Melissa Falkowski presented a reduced operating budget total, including benefits and incorporating revenue from school choice and other sources, of $14,198,000. The previous budget proposed last month, reflecting a 4.7 percent increase over the current year, came to $14,444,000. By the numbers Highlights of the newly revised 2021-22 Lenox School Department budget proposal, compared with spending for the current fiscal year: ....