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The Cemetery Commission is looking to replace or upgrade its current garage and maintenance shed at Bellevue Cemetery.

Engineer Drawing Up Bellevue Garage Plans

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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An older wooden garage and shed is considered too decrepit to repair.
ADAMS, Mass. — The town has hired engineers to draw up multiple plans for a possible new or extended maintenance garage at Bellevue Cemetery.
 
"I met with the engineer and we toured the site, took a look around and they prepared a proposal which I signed," Mazzucco told the Cemetery Commission on Thursday. "They will get the different cost estimates and look at the code concerns."
 
Earlier this year, the town administrator asked the commission if it would be willing to use cemetery funds to either build a new maintenance garage at Bellevue or update, repair and extend the current cement block structure.
 
The town also must knock down a dilapidated shed and will need space.
 
Mazzucco said the entire process may take a few weeks.
 
"I am hoping to have something ready for the October meeting and I’m hoping to get something done before winter," he said. 
 
The commission is looking at three options: new construction, fix the current garage and add some new sheds or add on to the current garage.
 
As for the white shed in disrepair, Mazzucco expects it to be taken down sooner than later. 
 
"It's still there but it’s going," he assured the commissioners. "It is a matter of the day they are ready to get rid of it, they will knock it down. We are not using it anymore and if we need temporary storage for part of the season we can make it work."  
 

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Adams Free Library Pastel Painting Workshops

ADAMS, Mass. — Award-winning pastel artist Gregory Maichack will present three separate pastel painting workshops for adults and teens 16+, to be hosted by the Adams Free Library. 
 
Wednesday, April 24 The Sunflower; Wednesday, May 8 Jimson Weed; and Thursday, May 23 Calla Turned Away from 10:00 a.m. to noon.  
 
Registration is required for each event.  Library events are free and open to the public.
 
These programs are funded by a Festivals and Projects grant of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
 
This workshop is designed for participants of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Attendees will create a personalized, original pastel painting based on Georgia O’Keefe’s beautiful pastel renditions of The Sunflower, Jimson Weed and Calla Turned Away. All materials will be supplied. Seating may fill quickly, so please call 413-743-8345 to register for these free classes.
 
Maichack is an award-winning portraitist and painter working primarily in pastels living in the Berkshires. He has taught as a member of the faculty of the Museum School in Springfield, as well as at Greenfield and Holyoke Community College, Westfield State, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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