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David Nicholas of Bounti-Fare holds the first place plaque for this year's Chowder Cookoff
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Lining up for chowder.
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Winterfest attendees got to choose their favorites.
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North Adams Chowderfest Winners for 2016

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — More than 3,000 samples of chowder were served between noon and 2 at Saturday's Winterfest.

The 60 degree temperatures on Main Street drew hundreds to line up outside 85 Main, where 11 restaurants and food service departments were scooping up their signature dishes for the annual Chowder Cook-Off.

More than 400 ballots were cast for People's Choice awards, with favorite Boston Sea Foods taking first place with 76 votes.

Coming in second with 55 votes was newcomer Grazie, which just opened in North Adams, and North Adams Commons took third with 44 votes.


Another frequent fan favorite, Bounti-Fare, took first with the judges this year for its hearty seafood chowder with NoCo Pastaria's tomato-based version in second place and '6 House Pub of Williamstown in third.

Judges were Mayor Richard Alcombright, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition Director Adam Hinds and iBerkshires.com Editor Tammy Daniels.
 
The festival also included wagon rides, hot cocoa, a bonfire on Holden Street and several (melting) ice sculptures.

Sponsors were Greylock Federal Credit Union, MountainOne Bank, Scarafoni Associates, and First Hartford Realty Corp.


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Clarksburg Sees Race for Select Board Seat

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town will see a three-way race for a seat on the Select Board in May. 
 
Colton Andrews, Seth Alexander and Bryana Malloy returned papers by Wednesday's deadline to run for the three-year term vacated by Jeffrey Levanos. 
 
Andrews ran unsuccessfully for School Committee and is former chairman of the North Adams Housing Authority, on which he was a union representative. He is also president of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council.
 
Malloy and Alexander are both newcomers to campaigning. Malloy is manager of industrial relations for the Berkshire Workforce Board and Alexander is a resident of Gates Avenue. 
 
Alexander also returned papers for several other offices, including School Committee, moderator, library trustee and the five-year seat on the Planning Board. He took out papers for War Memorial trustee and tree warden but did not return them and withdrew a run for Board of Health. 
 
He will face off in the three-year School Committee seat against incumbent Cynthia Brule, who is running for her third term, and fellow newcomer Bonnie Cunningham for library trustee. 
 
Incumbent Ronald Boucher took out papers for a one-year term as moderator but did not return them. He was appointed by affirmation in 2021 when no won ran and accepted the post again last year as a write-in.
 
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