Bank Employees Raise $13,000 for Alzheimer’s Association

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ADAMS, Mass. — A team of employees from Adams Community Bank joined the community and participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in Cheshire on Sept. 20.

The walk has become an annual event that the employees participate in.

“Our employees offer their personal time to participate in the walk and contribute to all the fundraising events that go along with it. This demonstrates a strong commitment to our neighbors and the residents of Berkshire County and represents the bank’s true community spirit,” said Charles O’Brien, president and CEO. “The goal of the team was to raise $12,000. They are thrilled to have surpassed that goal and have made a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association for $13,969.”


Adams Community Bank’s team donation represents the largest corporate team donation in Berkshire County and Western Massachusetts. They also had the largest team with 36 members.

The team, led by Dawn Lampiasi and Nancy Hubbard, raised the money through various efforts. They hosted a chicken dinner at Mingo’s as well as a Paint & Sip event at the Cheshire Rod & Gun Club. Also helping to raise funds was the “Dress down for Charities” program at Adams Community Bank, when employees pay to “dress down” and all money collected is donated to the charity of choice.

Adams Community Bank is an independent, community savings bank located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and headquartered in Adams.

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Adams Sees No Races So Far

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — With less than a week left before nomination papers are due, there are currently no contested seats.
 
Only selectman incumbent John Duval has returned papers. Selectman Howard Rosenberg has decided not to seek re-election. 
 
Rosenberg, who was elected in 2021, said he has chosen not to run again to make room for younger candidates.
 
"I feel strongly, we need younger people running for public office,  as the future of our town lies within the younger  generation. The world is so fundamentally different today and rapidly changing to become even more so. I believe we need people who are less interested in trying to bring back the past, then in paving the way for a promising future. The younger generation can know that they can stay here and have a voice without having to leave for opportunities elsewhere," he said.
 
The only person to return papers so far is former member the board Donald Sommer. Sommer served as a selectman from 2007 to 2010 and before that was a member of the School Committee and the Redevelopment Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for selectman in 2019 and again in 2021 but dropped out of before the election.
 
Incumbent Moderator Myra Wilk and Town Clerk Haley Meczywor have returned papers for their respective positions.
 
Assessor Paula Wheeler has returned papers and incumbents James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko have returned papers for library trustees.
 
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