House Approves $7M for Cultural Facilities Fund

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NORTH ADAMS â€“ The House of Representatives voted Thursday to allocate $7 million to the Cultural Facilities Fund through supplemental budget that closes the books on fiscal 2007, according to state Rep. Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams. "The Cultural Facilities Fund has provided monies for the Berkshire Athenaeum, the Berkshire Museum, Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Hancock Shaker Village Inc.," said Bosley. "These cultural organizations expose the residents of Massachusetts to many cultural activities, such as music, art, theater and film. They also draw many people from outside our border, bolstering our tourism industry.â€ Dan Hunter, executive director of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities,said, "The additional $7 million for the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund will grow our economy, create jobs and strengthen our cities and towns â€” it is an investment in our cultural and historic legacy as well as in our economic future." On behalf of the statewide cultural community, MAASH thanks Speaker Sal DiMasi, Rep. Dan Bosley, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies and the entire Berkshire delegation for their vision and leadership," he continued. "Today, we made this fund whole, and are hopeful that other venues will be able to benefit," said Bosley. "We owe Speaker DiMasi a debt of gratitude for understanding that these cultural facilities are important and valued economic engines in our economy."

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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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