NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — I didn't expect to see wildlife in the midst of the city but there it was — a deer on Main Street.
I was coming in through the, um, "Kmart" parking lot to get the office on Main Street very, very early one morning a couple weeks ago when I spotted a large brown creature out of the corner of my eye.
Nope, wasn't a dog. It was a very confused deer trying to figure out how its internal GPS landed it next to a bank. The deer high tailed it south across the parking lot to Summer Street. Hope it made it back to the green space.
Days later, I ran into another wild inhabitat of the city in same area. This time it was a small brown bunny sitting on the sidewalk on Ashland Street outside the cinemas. A baby from the look of it not long from the nest.
He scurried into the bushes and I scurried to my assignment, hoping he'd look both ways before crossing the street.
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:: Preliminary Election: Deadline to register is Wednesday, Sept. 7. (Office open from 8 to 8.)
:: General Election: Deadline to register is Tuesday, Oct. 18
Registration can be completed at the city clerk's office at City Hall.
Absentee ballots are now available at the city clerk's office for the Sept. 27 preliminary city election. Voters may come in between the hours of 8 and 4:30 weekdays. Written reguests for mailed ballots can be sent to City Clerk's Office, 10 Main St., North Adams, MA 01247. Deadline for absentee ballots is Monday, Sept. 26, at noon.
The preliminary election will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, to narrow the field of three mayoral candidates to two. The general election to select nine city councilors and a mayor will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8.