Jones Block Auction in Adams Postponed

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04:20PM / Thursday, January 24, 2013Print Story | Email Story

The foreclosure auction of two downtown buildings was postponed after the developer filed in bankruptcy court.

ADAMS, Mass. — The scheduled foreclosure auction of the Jones Block was postponed until March after the developer filed bankruptcy.

A handful of potential bidders and onlookers were gathered outside the buiding at 49-51 Park St. in the frigid air for the start of the auction at 1 p.m. on Thursday. But instead auctioneer Corey Fisher of Aaron Posnik & Co. declared that the auction had been postponed to March 15 at 1 p.m.

The result was the same for companion building at 39-45 Park, set to be auctioned at 1:30. It, too, was postponed to March 15 at 1:30 p.m.

A representative for mortgageholder Hoosac Bank declined to comment on the change of plans, but it was apparently sidelined by the buildings' owner Samel Adams Enterprises LLC filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

According to documents filed in the court yesterday, "At a meeting of the members of Samuel Adams Enterprises LLC, held on Jan. 23, 2012, by the unanimous vote of the members, it was unanimously approved that the limited liability company shall file a Chapter 11 petition ... ."

Adams Jones Block Scheduled for Auction

Samuel Adams was the limited liability company established by developer Gerardo "Gerry" Sanchez to own and renovate the two buildings. It has a mortgage for $700,00 on the Jones Block and $384,000 on the Carlow building, both taken out from Hoosac Bank in 2008.

The bankruptcy court filing puts the value of the two buildings at $2.125 million and lists only Hoosac Bank as the creditor holding secured claims with a value of $1.28 million. The company estimates its assets at between $1 million and $10 million.

Sanchez, head of Polonia Architectural Restorations, has had his ups and downs. While his company is known for its successful restoration projects, he also ran into bankruptcy trouble in the past and was forced to sell his holdings, according to a 2004 article in the Times-Herald Record of Middletown, N.Y.

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Adams Prudential Committee Evaluating Truck Replacement

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Thursday, September 03, 2026

ADAMS, Mass. — The Fire Department's Engine 2 is suffering from rust and the Prudential Committee needs to decide if it should be fixed or run until it can be replaced.

Fire Chief David Lennon told the Prudential Committee on Monday about the condition of the 20-year-old truck and acknowledged it's going to be an costly endeavor.

"If we choose to do this, it's going to be so expensive that it would have to be put out for multiple people to look at and possibly bid on, but moreover, we have to look at what the long-term plans are to decide if we want to spend that money on that truck," he said. "If we're going to replace it on its usual schedule, which would be in under 10 years now, so we have to decide."

Lennon said his thought was that it was similar to getting a medical diagnosis: since they've got one opinion, "it'd behoove us to get a second opinion to see.

"We see that it's rusting, but is that rust going to be completely detrimental to running that for the period that we want to run it for, and have somebody else look at it now," he said. "As far as who that would be, I don't know, but I think that's what we should discuss and see moving forward."

The committee set a workshop for Friday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m.

Superintendent John C. Barrett said he plans to install a new system and water main for the Adams Housing Authority's 64 one-bedroom units in the Columbia Valley facility, which will mean a new suppression system for all of the buildings.

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