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ADAMS — The race is on to fill two seats on the Select Board. There now are three candidates willing to fill them. Voters will have to choose two from among them during the May 3 election. Incumbent John Duval has filed for reelection to another three-year term. The other open three-year seat was held by the late Jim Bush. Howard Jay Rosenburg, a Kundalini Yoga teacher and life coach at Anahata Schoolhouse on Summer Street, also has filed as a candidate for the Select Board. And the owner of Haflinger Haus Restaurant on Commercial Street, Donald R. Sommer, has declared his candidacy.

Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Little River received $1 million in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in South Carolina received $1.2 billion in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was Prisma Health-Upstate with a total of $131 million. The average loan size in the city was $51,829 while the state's average loan amount was $258,718. O...

  "They are in excellent shape, to be honest," John Barrett said Wednesday. "We don't have any problems."   Chairwoman Christine Hoyt said she asked Barrett to come before the board after non-working hydrants created challenges for North Adams firefighters in two winter structure fires this year.   "This seems to be a topic in some of our neighboring communities," she said. "We thought it would be a good reminder of the health of some of our own infrastructure."   North Adams has 631 fire hydrants of which more than 500 are fully functional. Around 55 need to be fully replaced and...

ADAMS — With the March 15 filing deadline approaching, four incumbent candidates already have declared their intent to run for reelection in the town’s May 3 contest. Haley Meczywor has filed to run for reelection to a three-year term as town clerk, James Loughman will seek another three-year term as library trustee, and Bruce Dale Shepley has filed to run again for a three-year term on the Cemetery Commission and the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee. There are two open seats on the Select Board. Incumbent John Duval is expected to run for another three-year t...

  The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday asked Town Administrator Jay Green to continue investigating shifting Town Hall hours to add a half day on Friday.   "I think you are hearing from us that you are on the right path," Chairwoman Christine Hoyt said. "We look forward to hearing back from you."   In 2016, Town Hall shifted to a four-day-a-week schedule with extended hours to make up a 35-hour workweek.     "Aside from the tax rate, this is the No. 1 item I am asked about," Hoyt said. "When is Town Hall going back to a five-day workweek? This comes up an awful lot."