Snow Emergency Cancellations & Closings

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A number offices and venues are closed or opening later in the day because of the snowstorm.

Call ahead before traveling to ensure your destination is open. An estimated foot or more of snow is expected to fall by tonight. State officials are encouraging people to stay home and off the roads if possible.

Schools across the region have announced closures for Monday as another storm system pummels the Northeast.

Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered non-essential state workers not come in and is encouraging businesses allow employees to work from home if possible.

A snow emergency in North Adams run at 6 p.m. Sunday through noon Tuesday; in Lenox, from 10 a.m. Monday through 3 p.m. Tuesday. No parking on municipal streets; residents should clear their sidewalks within 24 hours of the storm.

Pittsfield has declared a snow emergency beginning at 6 p.m. Monday and running through 7 a.m. Wednesday. Residents may use the 3-hour parking spots overnight in the municipal parking garages; vehicles left on the streets or parked in the open areas of the municipal parking lots between midnight and 7 a.m. may be towed at the owners' expense. North Street parking is allowed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.

North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright is asking residents to be patient as the extended snowfall will require extra attention.

Any cancellations can be sent to info@iberkshires.com.

Closed or canceled for Monday
• School districts

• Berkshire Community College

• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

• Williams College administration offices and children's center.

• Richmond Town Hall; trash pickup delayed to Tuesday.

• United Cerebral Palsy Association of Berkshire County

• Sen. Downing's coffee & conversation at Clarksburg Town Hall

• Pittsfield trash pickup canceled

•  BerkshireRides is not operating

•  Ecu-Health Care

• Adams Community Bank delays opening at all branches until 10 a.m.

• Berkshire Museum

• Norman Rockwell Museum

Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:15PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024

Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public access channels should be supported and made more available to the public — and not be subject to a charge.

 

More than three dozen community members in-person and online attended the public hearing  Wednesday on public access and service from Spectrum/Charter Communications. The session at City Hall was held for residents in Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg and North Adams to express their concerns to Spectrum ahead of another 10-year contract that starts in October.

 

Listening via Zoom but not speaking was Jennifer Young, director state government affairs at Charter.

 

One speaker after another conveyed how critical local access television is to the community and emphasized the need for affordable and reliable services, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly. 

 

"I don't know if everybody else feels the same way but they have a monopoly," said Clarksburg resident David Emery. "They control everything we do because there's nobody else to go to. You're stuck with with them."

 

Public access television, like the 30-year-old Northern Berkshire Community Television, is funded by cable television companies through franchise fees, member fees, grants and contributions.

 

Spectrum is the only cable provider in the region and while residents can shift to satellite providers or streaming, Northern Berkshire Community Television is not available on those alternatives and they may not be easy for some to navigate. For instance, the Spectrum app is available on smart televisions but it doesn't include PEG, the public, educational and governmental channels provided by NBCTC.