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Adams Officials Welcome Adams Express And Mobil Station

ADAMS, Mass. — Town officials welcomed the Adams Express and Mobil Station into the community with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday.

"We just want to say thank you very much for your continued investment in Adams we are really excited for you," Selectwoman Christine Hoyt said Saturday morning.

Just over a year ago, RSP Petroleum came before the town with plans to demolish the former Goodwill property at 160 Howland Ave. and build a gas station and 5,000-square-foot convenience store with a deli and drive-through. 

Since then, the former standing property was demolished and the site was paved and overhauled. Workers worked through the winter and the store officially opened this summer.

The facility is open 24 hours and sells various amenities including beer and wine.

"Business has been very good picks up just about every day," owner Pierre Kareh said. "People are impressed with the space and we just about have everything,"

Kareh said patrons seem to really enjoy the deli that serves locally inspired sandwiches such as the Greylock, The Ramble, and the Susan B. It's local connection can also be seen with the mural above the registers that shows a landscape of Adams landmarks including Mount Greylock.

The Express is the first new gas station in the town in years and first of a modern size and service; the three existing ones date to at least the 1970s and 1980s. A fourth, a small Mobile station, closed a couple years ago.

Selectman Joseph Nowak wished Kareh continued success.

"I have known Pierre for a long time, and he is a hard-working guy," Nowak said. "Never late for work when I walk by he's always the first one there. I wish you the best."

A raffle was held at the opening ceremony and deli meat samples were given out.

Adams Welcomes New Officer; Appoints Housing Authority Board Member

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, April 19, 2024

Officer Cole Desroches recently graduated from the Police Academy. 

ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen welcomed the newest member of the Adams Police Department, Officer Cole Desroches, on Wednesday evening. 

 

Desroches graduated from the Police Academy on March 22 in the top tier in his class. He's currently in the field training program and assigned to Sgt. Curtis Crane. He attended Hoosac Valley High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. 

 

"He's going to serve and protect the town of Adams very well," said Crane, who with Sgts. Matthew Wright and Gregory Onorato stepped in to introduce the new officer while Chief R. Scott Kelley was on vacation. 

 

"We don't often get an opportunity to kind of talk about, frankly, some of the positive things that are happening in town and one of the many things that I feel are positive with are the Adams Police Department," said Town Administrator Jay Green. "We are right now at full staff. We have a full complement of officers. We have a chief who just resigned a three-year contract. ... We have four very capable sergeants (including Donna Malloy)."

 

The force consists of the chief, the four sergeants, a full-time detective and 11 patrol officers. It also has a new position in Cpl. Joshua Baker who is responsible for training and keeping staff equipped. 

 

"We're on the cutting edge of ensuring that we have proper training in a very changing environment with law enforcement," continued Green. "And we have a nice complement of officers and we have a well-respected detective who handles some very complicated cases."

 

He called out the half-dozen officers who attended the meeting for the work they're doing as well as the K9 unit.