Adams Aggie Fair Returns For 41st Year

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The crowning of this year's Aggie Fair prince and princess will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.

ADAMS, Mass. — The 41st Adams Agricultural Fair kicks off this Friday, July 31, at Bowe Field, off Route 8.

The fair is packed with events for every age group, with exhibits, music, games, rides and much more. The small animal barn, large animal barn, exhibit hall and pavilion are open all weekend with lots of food and exhibits plus rides on the grounds.

The fair opens at 6 p.m. Friday with One Sharp Marriage, the popular knife thrower, as well as the children's pedal tractor contest sponsored by Maple Grove Equipment, dancing to Bits and Pieces and at 6:30 p.m. a big tractor pull. The Massachusetts Truck Pullers Association, out of Florence, will bring the Heartbreak II transfer sled with both street gas and diesel trucks to pull the sled. The general public is welcome to bring their truck and enter on Friday evening.

On Saturday, Aug. 1, the fair opens at 10 a.m. is jam-packed with judging of animals, crowning of the Aggie Fair prince and princess at 11 a.m., and the horse pull in the pulling area. At noon, Dr. Matt McConnell, sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony House, will play his harpsichord under the pavilion. Birds of Prey will be on stage at 1 p.m. with the popular Pups in the Air from Connecticut showing the athleticism of their trained dogs catching flying discs. They also will preform at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2.

Saturday is rounded out with animal judging, the ox pull at 11 a.m., Tommy T and Black Velvet at 5 p.m. and the Hot Shot Hillbilly Band at 7 p.m. Entertainment will fill the field all day.



Sunday the fair opens at 8 a.m. and features the popular ox pull at 11 a.m. as well as other events like Pups in the Air, Rumor country music, Adams K-9 demonstration and a sheep dog herding demo all leading up to the crash 'em up demolition derby at 2 p.m., rain or shine. New extra bleachers have been added this year for more seating.

Admission is $6 Friday and Saturday and $7 on Sunday. A three-day pass available at the gate for $15. Children 10 and under are $3 and children under 5 are free.

New this year, the night before the fair on Thursday, July 30, is Polish Night by the Berkshire Lodge of Masons selling Polish food of all types with DJ the Music Man for dancing under the pavilion. Admission $3.

For information call 413-743-1982 or go online.

 


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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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