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North Adams Mayor Tom Bernard announced today he will not seek re-election.  Elected Mayor in November of 2017 he started his first of two terms in January

3:36 With municipal elections looming in the fall, North Adams, Massachusetts Mayor Tom Bernard tells WAMC he will not seek a third two-year term. One day after delivering his annual state of the city address, Bernard explained to WAMC why he’s stepping aside after four years leading the city of around 13,000. BERNARD: The biggest one is the feeling that we have really important work ahead of us as a city over this year. You know, it's work, as I said in the State of the City last night, that didn't get as didn't get done as deeply as I certainly had wanted to going into 2020. And I want to...

5:00 It’s a busy week for North Adams, Massachusetts municipal politics. On Monday, Mayor Tom Bernard delivered his State of the City address. The next morning, he told WAMC he won’t run for a third two-year term this year. Soon after, City Council Vice President Jason LaForest confirmed what he described as “an open secret,” telling WAMC that he will pull papers for the mayoral race in April. LAFOREST: Certainly I have the background as a city councilor, I have been involved in municipal government at the state level through the Massachusetts Municipal Association. I'm on the – up ...

4:55 In his virtual state of the city address Monday night, North Adams, Massachusetts Mayor Tom Bernard covered the COVID-19 pandemic, infrastructure concerns and the Black Lives Matter movement. Bernard’s address comes in the final year of his second two-year term at the helm of Berkshire County’s second city. “As I reflect on the year just past, and on the years ahead for North Adams, I am filled with immense gratitude for the countless people in our city, who have demonstrated the powerful truth of Dr. King's statement that everybody can be great because everybody can serve,” said...

North Adams Mayor Tom Bernard announced today he will not seek re-election.  Elected Mayor in November of 2017 he started his first of two terms in January