ADAMS, Mass. — The 8,400 Bag Share Challenge has reached the halfway point thanks to the help of C.T. Plunkett School students and parents.
"This is amazing and I didn't think there was going to be this much interest…I think right now we are 4,400 in," Leni Fried, who is spearheading the challenge, said Thursday in the Plunkett cafeteria.
A steady flow of children and parents partook in the initiative to create reusable grocery bags out of recycled materials. With a plastic bag ban in effect, multiple groups have signed on to the challenge to help make a bag for each resident.
Fried said she thinks it is important for everyone to understand the difference between recycling and reusing.
"Recycling is the end of the line and we want people to go beyond that and reuse and think in terms of this instead of just buying something new," she said. "Every time we buy something new we add to the pollution."
She added that she also thinks it's beneficial for kids to spend time with their parents and make something with their hands.
"I think it is important for kids to work with their hands because school is not just about sitting at a desk and learning," she said. "That way we need to be more practically oriented orientated as a culture I think we lost a lot of that."
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Adams Picks Select Board Candidates; Cheshire Nixes Appointed Assessor
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — Voters chose incumbent John Duval and newcomer Ann Bartlett for the two open seats on the Selectmen.
Bartlett, a co-owner of the former Red Carpet Diner, garnered the most votes at 791, more than 300 above the other three challengers, and Duval was returned for another three-year term with 685.
Incumbent Howard Rosenberg's decision sparked a five-way race for the two seats. Coming in third was Jerome Socolof with 465, Mitchell Wisniowski with 446 and former board member Donald Sommer with 367.
All results are unofficial.
Wisniowski did win a seat on the Parks Commission and Michael Mach outpolled challenger Timothy Kitchell Jr. 887-407 to stay on the Planning Board.
Frederick Lora appears to have bested Jennifer Solak as Adams representative to the Hoosac Valley Regional School District by 10 votes. The unofficial tally is 814-804, with Lora gaining 674 votes to Solak's 620 in Adams; the voted flipped in Cheshire with Solak winning 184-140 but not enough to overcome the gap. Robert Tetlow Jr., running unopposed, was returned as the Cheshire representative.
Write-ins for Board of Health and Redevelopment Authority, which had no candidates, were still being tallied.
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