Sears Hometown Store Closing in North Adams

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05:17PM / Monday, January 30, 2012Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Sears Hometown Store will close at the end of March, according to a report last week in North Adams Transcript.

The store opened in 2010, two years after Sears first started searching for a local entrepreneur to own and operate the smaller-scaled home store.

The Sears offers appliance, televisions, tools, and snow removal and garden equipment among othe items. Neal LaComb, who also oeprates a Hometown Sears in Hadley, opened the store with the intention of selling it but couldn't find a buyer. Sears Holdings took over the property last year.

The national retailer has seen declining sales that past few years and announced it was closing more than 100 regular Sears and Kmart stores this year. Most Hometown Stores are independently owned.

The North Adams store is the second in the former Kmart building to close within the last few months. Staples shuttered its store after five years in the plaza, citing poor sales.

There are Sears Hometown Stores in Great Barrington and in Bennington, Vt. The Nort Adams location is having a going-out-of-business sale through March 27. It was named a "Premier Dealer" store, among about 20 percent of the 1,100 Hometown Stores, for its performance, customer service and community involvement.

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North Adams Water Line Break Shuts Off Service on Ashland; McCann Dismisses Classes Early

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10:52AM / Friday, October 30, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A water main that broke Friday morning has affected water service south of Main Street along Ashland and Church streets and caused McCann Technical School to close early.

The break occurred shortly before 9 a.m. near the Roots Teen Center; Ashland Street between Summer Street and American Legion Drive was closed to traffic to allow crews to work on repairs.

"The way it was coming out, we were hoping it was a sprinkler line for the old Nassif's, but there's no sprinkler line in there, so it's a main line," said Commissioner of Public Services Timothy Lescarbeau. "We're trying to get it isolated. Once we get isolated, everything's coming back."

This break is causing areas of the city to have little to no water pressure.

McCann Technical posted that its Tea Room would be closed and then announced early dismissal for 11:15 a.m. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has cancelled all classes.

The Water Department was opening connections around the affected area to close off the gates and redirect the flow until the line could be repaired. Water was flowing out of a hydrant past the post office and streaming down American Legion Drive.

American Legion Drive is open but the work crews are now in the intersection of Ashland and Summer Street and traffic will be disrupted. The city is asking that motorists and pedestrians avoid the affected area whenever possible "to allow our crews to work safely and efficiently."

For questions or concerns, contact the Water Department at 413-662-3157. In the event of an emergency, contact the Dispatch Center at 413-664-4944, Ext. 1.

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