North Adams First Friday Focuses on 'Flower Power'

• The First Baptist Youth Group and NAMAZING Initiative will lead a cleanup and replanting of grass and flowers in the Eagle Street pocket park. Meet under the Mohawk Theater Marquee at 5:00 pm.
• North Adams' dysFUNKcrew dance group will help us celebrate Flower Power as well as their 10th anniversary with a variety of dances and beats Under the Mohawk Theater Marquee on Main Street at 8:00 pm.

• Savvy Hive: Tea Tasting hosted by Molly & Herbs and Babe Botanics. 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | 53 Main Street.
• Common Folk Artist Collective: Button Making station during craft night. 6-8 pm | 12 Holden Street
• Gallery 51 will host Catherine Monahon for an artist talk and mini-installation of their work from the Conversations with the Material World (CwtMW). CwtMW consists of four sculptures and four soundscapes. Visitors are allowed and encouraged to touch the art as they listen. Gallery 51/MAC: Arts Lab: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | 49/51 Main Street
• Installation Space: ENMESHED Opening Reception 4:00 pm-8:00 pm | 49 Eagle Street
• Bear and Bee books: "Make your own flowers, create the world you want to live in!" All gardening and activism books will be 10 percent off at the Bear and Bee | 28 Holden Street
• The Plant Connector is offering free mini eucalyptus shower bouquets, paper flower arts, and free seed bomb kits. 5:00 pm-8:00 pm | 73 Main Street
• Hearts Pace mocktails and live music. Mocktails start at 6:00 pm and live music goes from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm | 15 Eagle Street
• Alison Pebworth will open her 40 Eagle Street Studio and Project Space with a new Spring window display and Alethea Morrison will return to Dispense more Kindness from her Listening Booth from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm | 40 Eagle Street
• Megan Karlen of ConscientiousCloth is offering $5 for 15 minutes of weaving. Loom will activate every 20 minutes starting at 2:00 pm. Start signing up on Thursday, May 4. | 77 Main Street
• WallaSauce is hosting a flower patch event. Bring a garment, pick a flower-themed patch for $5 each and they will sew it on. Some basic upcycled garments will be available for purchase if participants don't have anything on hand. | 77 Main Street.

North Adams Council Sets School Debt Exclusion Vote

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Council President Bryan Sapienza holds up an application to work as a poll worker for the upcoming elections. The form can be found under 'Becoming an election worker' under city clerk on the city website or in the city clerk's office. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council gave final approval on Tuesday for the mayor to borrow $65,362,859 for a new Greylock School to serve Grades prekindergarten through 2.

 

This second reading of the order, approved last month, was adopted unanimously.

 

This final adoption paves the way for two community forums and a debt exclusion vote scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Elizabeth's Parish Center. Passage of the debt exclusion vote will allow the city to raise funds beyond its levy limit for the life of the loan. 

 

City Clerk Tina Marie Leonesio said the city has about 1,400 requests for mail-in ballots for all elections and that in-person early voting will start the Saturday before. 

 

The first forum is Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. at Greylock; officials will provide an overview of the project and tours of the school. Zoom participation is available here. Northern Berkshire Community Television will also record the forums for later broadcast.

 

The second forum is Thursday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m. at Brayton Elementary School. The Zoom link is the same and those attending in person can also take a tour of the building.

 

The Massachusetts School Building Authority will pick up about $41,557,218 of the cost, the city about $20 million and the $3 million balance is expected to come from federal energy grants. The 30-year tiered loan for $20 million is expected to have its highest impact in 2029 when it will add $270 to the average tax bill, or about $22.50 a month.