Letter: The Problem With Yes Vote for Greylock School

To the Editor:

I'll say it again and again, I think all the yay-sayers are missing the point of priorities in North Adams, why we moved to another town.

The brown water, the water breaks, sewage backing up in the streets, the constant flow of power outages, the huge potholes everywhere, closed roads/bridges, cement barricades left halfway in road passage ways for years, vegetation overgrowth throughout the roadsides, the multiple promises of attractions that never materialized, dilapidated buildings both city owned and privately left to rot, and on and on.

The major problem with your yes vote is no promises to fix any of these issues, just to spend more taxpayers' money, including mine when I support your local businesses with their passing on the tax burdens coming down the pike. This "average" $270 a year tax increase is only the beginning of all your increases yet to come! Because another new school is a tax liability that like the others that won't be kept up. No one will invest until they get this mess cleaned up.

Shawn Collins
Adams, Mass. 

Adams Selectmen Recognize Champion Hurricanes

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
10:06AM / Thursday, April 10, 2025

The Hurricanes after winning the state championship in Lowell last month.

ADAMS, Mass. — The Board of Selectmen cheered the Hoosac Valley High girls basketball team last week on their back-to-back District 5 state championships.

 

Selectman Joseph Nowak, who organized the recognition, said, "these Lady 'Canes have really shown what grit really is. And I've known these kids for such a long time, and I've seen them grow, and I've seen them mature. 

 

"And these kids aren't just good athletes. They're talented in a classroom, they're well versed, and they are taking a lot of activities within the school and as a community, we should be very proud of them."

 

He called each girl by name and her stand up for recognition along with coach  Jon Frederick and assistant coaches Kailynne Frederick and Trish Carlo. 

 

"So there's a look at our great team. And you know, it warms my heart that we can share something that's kind of fuzzy and happy," he said, instead of the back and forth the board sometimes gets into.

 

Chair John Duval said it was a big deal and noted how many other communities would see this on Northern Berkshire Community Television.

 

"I just think back 44 years now, when I was in a similar situation, when our football team won the championship ... every time that I meet with my fellow teammates since then, that's pretty much all we talk about is our championship team, and we feel pretty proud about that, and it's really was our glory days back then," he said. "So we are tied for life. ...