North Adams Library Names DiLego as Assistant Director

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Kim DiLego

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Longtime Youth Services Librarian Kim DiLego rose to the top of a field of candidates and will be named to replace Robin Martin in a combined position of assistant director/reference librarian for the North Adams Public Library.

The selection committee, including Harris Elder and Hulda Jowett from the Board of Trustees and Mindy Hackner and Carole Perras from the library staff, sifted through 22 submissions and interviewed six strong candidates. Although each of the candidates brought something valuable to consider, DiLego was the unanimous choice based on her 20 years of experience at the library, her familiarity with library procedures, and the depth of her local history knowledge.  

“When you have someone with her skills and abilities, it’s almost a foregone conclusion that she is first choice,” said Hackner.


Hackner notified the other candidates of the group’s decision by phone on Tuesday.

DiLego earned her masters of library information science from the State University of New York Albany campus in August of 2005 and her bachelor of arts degree from Westfield State University in 1989. She has been employed by the City of North Adams and the library since 1998. She and her husband Paul have one daughter Maia.

She will be working with Martin until assuming her new duties on May 9.


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Macksey Updates on Eagle Street Demo and Myriad City Projects

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The back of Moderne Studio in late January. The mayor said the city had begun planning for its removal if the owner could not address the problems. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Moderne Studio building is coming down brick by brick on Eagle Street on the city's dime. 
 
Concerns over the failing structure's proximity to its neighbor — just a few feet — means the demolition underway is taking far longer than usual. It's also been delayed somewhat because of recent high winds and weather. 
 
The city had been making plans for the demolition a month ago because of the deterioration of the building, Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday. The project was accelerated after the back of the 150-year-old structure collapsed on March 5
 
Initial estimates for demolition had been $190,000 to $210,000 and included asbestos removal. Those concerns have since been set aside after testing and the mayor believes that the demolition will be lower because it is not a hazardous site.
 
"We also had a lot of contractors who came to look at it for us to not want to touch it because of the proximity to the next building," she said. "Unfortunately time ran out on that property and we did have the building failure. 
 
"And it's an unfortunate situation. I think most of us who have lived here our whole lives and had our pictures taken there and remember being in the window so, you know, we were really hoping the building could be safe."
 
Macksey said the city had tried working with the owner, who could not find a contractor to demolish the building, "so we found one for him."
 
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