North Adams Council Holding Public Nuisance Hearing

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A building at 160 Eagle St. will be the subject of a public hearing on Tuesday prior to the regular council meeting.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers to determine whether a building in the rear of 160 Eagle St. should be designated a public nuisance.

The residential structure owned by Michael Hernandez is not occupied and is in poor condition.

In the regular meeting to follow the public hearing, Police Officers Brad Vivori, Trevor Manning and Joshua Zustra will be sworn in, as will reserve Officers Jonathan Beaudreau and Nicholas Richards, and reserve firefighters Collin Boucher, Casey Cook, Brad Sacco and Tyler Bolte. The mayor has made a practice of publicly swearing in public safety personnel either officially or ceremonially at City Council meetings.

Also on the agenda is a request to borrow up to $160,000 for technology upgrades, including $78,000 for a new voice over information protocol system for City Hall and Public Safety facilities. The upgrade will allow for caller ID, conferencing, message management, voicemail for all employees and other abilities. According to the mayor's office, the savings will be about $1,200 a month.

Covered in the $160,000 is the replacement of 34 outdated Dell work stations ($20,805); disaster recovery, planning and backup for all IT ($39,911); and faxing over IP, which will allow faxing from every work station ($11,278).

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Camden Righi went 3-for-5 with a double Tuesday to lead the Mystic Schooners (5-1) to a 12-2 win over the North Adams SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball action at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
Parker Camelo was 2-for-3 at the plate for North Adams, which scored both its runs in the bottom of the ninth.
 
North Adams used six pitchers in the loss. James Morr and Joe LaPrade each provided an inning of no-hit relief.
 
The SteepleCats (0-3) are at Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday night.
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