Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser to Support Families Affected by North Adams Fire

ADAMS, Mass. — A pancake breakfast fundraiser will be held on Saturday, April 19, from 8:00 AM to noon at the Greylock Glen Center, located at 135 Gould Rd. in Adams.

The event will benefit the LaCosse and Cantoni families, who experienced total loss in a recent house fire in North Adams. The LaCosse family also suffered the loss of their four-year-old daughter in the incident.

The pancake breakfast aims to provide community support to both families as they navigate the process of healing and rebuilding. All proceeds from the event will be directly donated to the LaCosse and Cantoni families.

Adams Selectmen Candidates Talk Taxes, Roads, Growth at Forum

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
07:01AM / Saturday, April 26, 2025

Joseph Nowak is running for a sixth term on the Board of Selectmen.

ADAMS, Mass. — Taxes, roads, housing and economic development, and tourism were on the agenda at a candidate forum on Thursday.

 

The three candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectmen — Joseph Nowak, Jay Meczywor and Jerome Socolof — answered questions during the 90-minute forum at the former Firehouse Cafe.

 

It was hosted the Adams Democratic Committee and Adams Concerned Citizens, and recorded for Northern Berkshire Community Television. Peter Wagner was moderator and the questions were supplied or informed by residents.

 

Nowak is running for a sixth term on the board; Meczywor, chair of the Finance Committee, is making his first run for office and Socolof his second. Incumbent Richard Blanchard declined to run again. 

 

The candidates mostly agreed on the town's needs but varied on the solutions. 

 

They concurred that road conditions and a high tax rate are concerning, but noted the difficulties of making changes when there's been little growth and high poverty. 

 

"Ultimately, the roads have to be a top two or three priority in Adams," said Socolof. "If we want to pursue economic growth, if we want to bring people here, to continue to develop new housing opportunities, if we want people to come to Adams, either as a destination for a vacation or relocation effort ... all of that is going to be contingent upon addressing the caliber of the roads."