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Hi-Jinx Night is set this Monday.

Adams Hi-Jinx Night Postponed to August

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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UPDATE: Hi-Jinx Night has been cancelled for Monday because of the threat of thunderstorms. It has been rescheduled for Monday, Aug. 28, from 6 to 9 p.m.
 
ADAMS, Mass. — Rain or shine, Hi-Jinx Night returns to Park Street on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m.
 
The annual street fair expects more than 50 vendors along with live entertainment.
 
Organizer Annmarie Belmonte said all donations and funds raised at this year's street fair will be donated to Hoosac Valley Football Booster Club and to a scholarship fund create in the name of Kaliq Sherman.
 
"Anyone wanting to make a donation to the booster club or the scholarship can do so by finding the donation tables in front of the diner on Park Street to help us help them," she said. "We will have a 50/50 set up also."
 
Sherman was killed in a car accident earlier this year.
 
More recently known for a time as the Susan B. Anthony Days Street Fair, Belmonte and Joe Martin, along with a group of volunteers, took over coordination of the event last year. It had been run by the town's Event Committee, which dissolved a couple years ago.
 
Park Street will close prior to the beginning of the event and Route 8 traffic detoured. Booths for organizations and commercial vendors will line the street from the library to the post office. 
 
There will be face painting, music, giveaways, information, demonstrations, Hoosac Valley football's "pie in the face" booth, a variety of foods, and crafters and vendors.
 
"They range from handmade to direct sales as well as food and informational vendors," Belmonte said of this year's lineup. "Pony rides are back again this year."
 
A complete list can be found on the Hi-Jinx Facebook page.
 
As for entertainment, Riot Boi Entertainment will DJ and Omer Black will do a magic show.
 
"We have had the pleasure of being introduced to a few great entertainment people who were willing to donate their time to make this a great day," Belmonte said. 
 
(If there are thunderstorms Monday, the event will be rescheduled.)
 

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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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