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A moose wandering through Adams on the rail trail was removed to a safer location Monday morning.

Moose Removed From Ashuwillticook Rail Trail

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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The young bull moose recovering from his relocation from Adams. 
ADAMS, Mass. — Local emergency services and state environmental police officers removed a moose that was hanging around the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in the downtown area. 
 
According to a post on the Adams Alert Hose Company's Facebook page Monday morning, a moose was spotted making its way down the rail trail.
 
Firefighters and Highway Department and Adams Ambulance personnel helped state Environmental Police and MassWildlife officials and the town's animal control officer to immobilize the moose and move it from the bike trail off Albert Street.
 
From there a bucket loader was used to place the moose into a pickup truck for relocation.
 
"The moose will be taken to a safe location and hopefully live a long life," wrote the Alerts. "Thank you to all who assisted."
 
Moose are known to highly sensitive to tranquilizing agents. According to environmental police, officers "specially trained in the chemical immobilization of animals were also on scene."
 
"The moose, a young bull weighing approximately 700 pounds, was subsequently transported to an undisclosed rural location where it was monitored until it fully recovered from the effects of the immobilization agent," said environmental police. 
 
Photos surfaced on Facebook of the moose making its trek and Adams residents spotted it near Columbia Street. A second moose has been sighted along the trail in Cheshire. 
 
According to information the state's Division of Fisheries and Wildlife webpage, moose will sometimes follow waterways or forest paths to more densely populated areas.
 
The website states that you should not approach or pursue a moose. This will only stress the animal and could cause it to bolt into traffic or into people.
 
It is recommended that you contact the MassWidllife District Office at 413-684-1646 or the Environmental Police at  413-367-0011 and leave the moose alone. 
 


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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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