Northern Berkshire Community Coalition Hosts National Night Out Events

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Neighborhoods throughout North Adams and Adams are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide on Tuesday, Aug. 4, for the 32nd annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event.

National Night Out is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch and co-sponsored by Northern Berkshire Community Coalition's programs, Northern Berkshire Neighbors and nb21. In all, over 37 million people in 15,000 communities around the nation are expected to participate in America’s National Night Out Against Crime.

National Night Out is designed to heighten crime/drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime efforts; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Locally, this is where residents can go to participate in National Night Out:

* Renfrew Park, Adams, 4-7 p.m.: Music, food, games, prizes, Adams Police and Fire departments


* UNO Playground on Bracewell Avenue, North Adams, 5-7 p.m.: Ice Cream Sundae Party, NAPD, NAFD, North Adams Ambulance

* Greylock Valley Back Field, North Adams, 6-8 p.m.: Substance Abuse Prevention & Intervention, Music, BBQ, games, NAPD, NAFD, North Adams Ambulance

* Mohawk Forest, North Adams, 4:30-6:30 p.m.: Freeze-Out Crime, games, contest, NAPD, NAFD, North Adams Ambulance

* Brayton Hill, North Adams, 4-8 p.m.: Food, fun, and making our neighborhood safe, DJ, games, NAPD, NAFD, North Adams Ambulance

For more information, contact Annie Rodgers at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition at 413-663-7588.

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Dalton Town Meeting May 6 Preview

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — Voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, May 6, will decide 22 articles, including articles on sidewalks and the authorization of a number of spending articles, including an approximate $22 million budget. 
 
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at Wahconah Regional High School. Town meeting documents can be found here.
 
A little more than a dozen voters attended the nearly two-hour town meeting information session on Monday. 
 
"That budget is going up about 8 percent from what it was last year. Sounds like a lot, it is a lot, the majority of that is coming from increases in insurance, and schools, and other things the town does not have direct control over," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said.
 
"So, the actual town increase is a little under 4 percent. Everything else we're at the mercy of outside forces."
 
Of the $22 million budget, $10,537,044 is the assessment for the Central Berkshire Regional School District and about $10 million is the town operating budget.
 
"Last year, that part of the budget went up 10 percent. So, we're going in the right direction. It's not as low as we'd necessarily like to see, but I think both the Select Board and the Finance Committee did a great job this year of trimming away where they could," Hutcheson said. 
 
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