Alcombright Running for Second Term

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mayor Richard Alcombright has made it clear before he's planning on a second term. On Friday, he'll make it official.

The mayor will have a formal announcement on his candidacy on Friday, April 8, at 5 p.m. in the new Eagle Street Pocket Park.

The former city councilor and McCann School Committee member was elected in November 2010, ousting Mayor John Barrett III, who was trying for a record 14th term. His re-election campaign kickoff is almost exactly two years to the day he first announced he would seek the office.

The mayoral election and that of the nine councilors will be held in November. So far, no one other candidate has announced his or her intention to run for the Corner Office.

A number of the city councilors are expected to run for re-election and council gadfly Robert Cardimino said in January he would mount a run for the council after being passed over for the vacant seat of just-elected state Rep. Gailanne Cariddi. David Lamarre, 2010's "10th councilor," was appointed to complete Cariddi's term; he said he would know by the time nomination papers are due whether he would run again.