Lenox Library to Host 'Understanding Your Ballot Program'

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LENOX, Mass. — Lenox Library and the League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire County will partner to offer a program entitled "Understanding Your Ballot" on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. 
 
This free event will take place in the main reading room of the Library, located at 18 Main Street, Lenox.
 
The program will review the questions that will appear on the November 2024 Massachusetts ballot:
  • Question 1: State Auditor's Authority to Audit the Legislature
  • Question 2: Elimination of MCAS as High School Graduation Requirement
  • Question 3: Unionization for Transportation Network Drivers
  • Question 4: Limited Legalization and Regulation of Certain Natural Psychedelic Substances
  • Question 5: Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers
Attendees will learn more about these ballot questions to help them feel ready to cast their votes on Election Day.
 
This program is offered as part of the Lenox Library's participation in the American Library Association's national "Reader. Voter. Ready."" campaign, the goal of which is to ensure communities are registered, informed, and ready to vote for federal, state, and local elections in 2024 and beyond. Lenox Library will host a series of events for all ages leading up to the general election. All events are non-partisan and intended to encourage everyone in our community to participate in our democracy.
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Adams' Green Finalist for Lenox Town Manager

LENOX, Mass. — The Town Manager Screening Committee has selected three finalists the select board will consider to fill the seat left by former Town Manager Christopher Ketchen.

Current Adams Town Administrator Jay Green was announced to the select board, along with former Pittsfield City Councilor Nicholas Caccamo.

The third candidate is Maryanne Crawford, a former Rhode Island town administrator.    

Finalist interviews will begin this weekend.

Ketchen stepped down in June after 10 years of leading the town.

Green, an attorney and former administrative officer for the city of North Adams, was a district manager for Amtrak when he was hired in Adams in 2019.
 
Caccamo served four two-year terms representing Pittsfield's Ward 3. He had worked in education in county schools and, at the time he stepped down from the council, said he was pursuing work in public service. He was hired by Williamsburg as its town administrator in 2021. 
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