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The Adams Express and Mobil Station opened last month and held its grand opening on Saturday with the help of Board of Selecmen members.
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Adams Officials Welcome Adams Express And Mobil Station

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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ADAMS, Mass. — Town officials welcomed the Adams Express and Mobil Station into the community with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday.

"We just want to say thank you very much for your continued investment in Adams we are really excited for you," Selectwoman Christine Hoyt said Saturday morning.

Just over a year ago, RSP Petroleum came before the town with plans to demolish the former Goodwill property at 160 Howland Ave. and build a gas station and 5,000-square-foot convenience store with a deli and drive-through. 

Since then, the former standing property was demolished and the site was paved and overhauled. Workers worked through the winter and the store officially opened this summer.

The facility is open 24 hours and sells various amenities including beer and wine.

"Business has been very good picks up just about every day," owner Pierre Kareh said. "People are impressed with the space and we just about have everything,"

Kareh said patrons seem to really enjoy the deli that serves locally inspired sandwiches such as the Greylock, The Ramble, and the Susan B. It's local connection can also be seen with the mural above the registers that shows a landscape of Adams landmarks including Mount Greylock.

The Express is the first new gas station in the town in years and first of a modern size and service; the three existing ones date to at least the 1970s and 1980s. A fourth, a small Mobile station, closed a couple years ago.

Selectman Joseph Nowak wished Kareh continued success.

"I have known Pierre for a long time, and he is a hard-working guy," Nowak said. "Never late for work when I walk by he's always the first one there. I wish you the best."

A raffle was held at the opening ceremony and deli meat samples were given out.


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Mount Greylock Advisory Council Hopes to Clarify Role With State

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Advisory Council hopes that a new state division will help clarify its role and foster more communication.

On the agenda for Wednesday's quarterly meeting was "Does Council have a voice in Boston?"  Members have cited a disconnect with the Department of Conservation and Recreation when it comes to items concerning the mountain.

"We're supposed to be an advisory council, and things are coming down from the state, and we didn't even know about it," Chair Heather Linscott explained.

A day before the meeting, she received an email from DCR's Director of Partnerships Paul Fahey, who is aware of the council's concerns and shared how the department is structuring a policy and public affairs team to provide this kind of support. He stepped into the position earlier this year.

"It seems important to set up a path for future success for engagement between the Advisory Council and DCR on our common goals, rather than a continued discussion of the previous role the Council played," Fahey wrote.

"Our team is happy to work with you on this."

Based on his understanding of the council's history, "It appears clear that there was never any statutory basis for the establishment of the Council or its role. It was set in other ways in the past, both by DCR (and its predecessor agency, DEM) and other regional entities."

When county government was dissolved, many of these organizations and groups went with it.

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