Workshop on â€œWind Power for Homes and Farmsâ€

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Pittsfield - The public is invited to attend an informational workshop, â€œWind Power for Homes and Farmsâ€ on Tuesday, November 29th at the Berkshire Athenaeum, One Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the forum will be from 7:00 â€“ 8:45 p.m. The meeting is free, and is sponsored by the Center for Ecological Technology (CETsm) with support from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC). Pre-registration is encouraged. This workshop is co-sponsored by the Berkshire Renewable Energy Collaborative and the Berkshire Co-op Market. Public interest in wind energy has grown as local wind projects have been in the news. On November 29th, community members can learn more about small-scale wind technologies for their homes, farms and small businesses. Sally Wright from the University of Massachusetts Renewable Energy Research Laboratory will discuss how wind turbines work, what is a good site, what are the zoning and permitting issues, and what financial incentives are available. She will provide information about a rebate program from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to help homeowners and farmers pay for renewable energy systems. For further information or to pre-register, please contact Amy Johns at 413-445-4556 ext 14 or email amyj@cetonline.org. CET is a non-profit community organization serving western Massachusetts. Founded in 1976, CET works in the areas of energy and resource conservation, renewable energy and environmental education. CET is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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North Adams Officials to Revote School Committee Members

Staff reports06:31PM / Friday, October 09, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — City and school officials will meet a second time to vote in two new members of the School Committee.

The joint convention of the City Council and School Committee will be held on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the City Hall conference room and via Zoom.

Damon Grimes and Paul Moriarty were jointly elected on Monday to fill two seats vacated by resignation. They were two of four candidates standing for election.

Mayor Jennifer Macksey, chair of the School Committee, said she had received in inquiry about the votes, which were done by secret ballot.

"I have been advised that voting by ballot was not permissible in this circumstance," she said, after consulting the School Committee's attorney Adam Dupere and city solicitor KP Law.

To ensure the validity of the votes and conduct of the election, the joint convention will reconvene and formally confirm the selection of Grimes and Moriarty.

"I apologize for the inconvenience of having to reconvene," the mayor said in a statement. "My intention in using a ballot was to address concerns raised following our previous convention, when some members expressed discomfort with publicly voting for or against individual candidates.

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