Nomination Papers Available for Clarksburg Election

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There's five days left to run for office and five seats that need to be filled. 
 
The deadline to obtain nomination papers is this Friday, April 5, by 5 p.m. As of March 29, no one has taken out papers for the following seats: 
  • Select Board, one-year term
  • School Committee, three-year term
  • Planning Board, five-year term
  • War Memorial Trustee, three-year term
  • Moderator, one-year term
The town election is May 28. To take out papers, contact Town Clerk Carol Jammalo at 413-663-8255 or ClarksburgTClerk@gmail.com.
 
Reposting: CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Nominations are open for elective office in Clarksburg. The annual town election will be held on Tuesday, May 28. 
 
Two seats on the Select Board are up for election: a three-year seat currently held by Karin V. Robert and a vacant one-year seat. 
 
Robert plans to run for re-election in May for the full term. She was elected in 2018 to complete the last year of a three-year term. Danielle Luchi of Middle Road has indicated she will run against Robert for the three-year term. 
 
The one-year term up for election would also complete the last year of a three-year term that had been held by Kimberly Goodell, who resigned at the end of last year.
 
A three-year term for School Committee will also be vacant as Patricia Preguber, currently chairman, has indicated she will no run for re-election after seven years on the committee. She was first elected in 2013 after being appointed to complete a term the year before. 
 
Also up for election are a five-year seat on the Planning Board currently held by Audry Matys, who has not taken out papers so far; a three-year seat on the Board of Health held by Michael G. Rivers; a three-year seat on the library board of trustees held by Patricia Denault; a three-year seat on the War Memorial board of trustees held by Edward J. Denault; a one-year term as tree warden, held for many years by Ernest Dix; a one-year term as moderator held by Bryan Tanner; a three-year term on the McCann School Committee held by Richard Bernardi; and a three-year term as town clerk held by Carol Jammalo. 
 
Nomination papers may be obtained by leaving a message for the town clerk at 413-663-8255 or ClarksburgTClerk@gmail.com. The last day to obtain papers is Friday, April 5. 

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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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