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Louison House Annual Meeting Shows Hope, Progress

The past year has been one of significant change for the Louison House. New director, new board members and, quite literally, a trial by fire for its Victorian headquarters. So Thursday morning the nonprofit shelter for the homeless held its first annual breakfast meeting in some time to share what Louison House has been doing with the community and its many area partners.

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Murder-Mystery Dinner to Benefit Louison House Education Programs

Pull out your scrunchies and lace gloves and don't cut that mullet — you'll need to be totally rad if you want to solve a murder in a hair band. "Totally '80s, Totally Murder Mystery Dinner" this Friday at 6 p.m. at Mingo's Sports Bar and Grill will dip into 1980s nostalgia for an evening of entertainment that will also help fund educational programs at Louison House.

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North Adams Housing Supports Louison House Plans

The authority agreed earlier this year to transfer the Church Street home to Louison House for $1 but the final closing has not taken place. In the meantime, the family shelter was forced to move into the building after a fire on June 26 damaged the Adams residential shelter.

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Adams Firefighters Donate to Louison House

The Fire Department raised and donated $900 to the Louison House. The Fire Department held a spaghetti dinner at Bounti-Fare to raise money for the nonprofit family shelter that suffered water and fire damage at its Adams building several months ago.

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Flood House Open to Displaced Louison House Residents

Residents displaced by the recent fire at Louison House in Adams will be able to stay in Flood House. The Housing Authority Board of Commissioners approved Thursday a temporary emergency lease agreement with the shelter's operator, Family Life Support Center Inc., to house the families and individuals left homeless after last weekend's fire.

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Bashevkin Tapped Interim Director of Louison House

Exiting his post last summer, Bashevkin is ready to roll-up his sleeves and work for an organization that he is quite familiar with and passionate about during this transition.

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North Adams Housing Authority Receives Favorable Audit

North Adams Housing Authority Executive Director Jennifer Hohn reported that the fiscal 2015 audit came back with no financial findings. "We have no financial findings which is the most important," Hohn told the housing authority commissioners Monday. "There are no questioned costs."
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