North Adams Firefighters to Appear in Cancer Commercial

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — We know everyone will be tuned into Game 1 of the World Series tonight — or recording it if they're at the mayoral debate at McCann Technical School — so keep an eye out for city firefighters. 
 
The Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts are putting together a television commercial about breast cancer awareness to be shown right before the game. The union and its members have been donning pink whenever possible to show their support during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
 
Some professional units around the country have been barred from wearing pink because of uniform restrictions, but the North Adams department has made their shirts "regulation." 
 
We wrote an article about the department's shirts that caught the eye of PFFM, which asked if the firefighters would like to appear in the commercial. Yes, they would, the firefighters replied. So the photographs iBerkshires took to run with their article a couple weeks has been sent on for expected inclusion the commercial.
 
Shaun Hayden, who spearheaded the department's involvement, said he was informed the commercial will air twice prior to the game's start. 
 
"They told me that it will run in the last set of commercials before the start of the game," he said. 
 
Game 1 starts at Fenway Park on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on your local FOX affiliate. The Sox play the first two games at home against the Cardinals before heading to St. Louis on Saturday for Game 3.

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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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