Weather Advisory: Snow, Rain, Wind on the Way

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hope everyone enjoyed Wednesday's blue skies and Thursday's warmer temperatures because a "bomb cyclone" is about to go off. 

Wet conditions continue to advance northeastward #nywx #ctwx #mawx #ctwx as coastal storm intensifies. Rainfall amounts the past 6-hours upstream have been over one-half of an inch. Some snow across the higher terrain remains possible this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/CY87jjYOVk

— NWS Albany (@NWSAlbany) March 21, 2019

Rain today..some mixing in the mountains but the bigger problems come tomorrow! Friday= Rain and a rain/snow mix in the Capital District while the mountains and higher elevation have steady, heavy snow. Strong winds will be a problem Friday-Saturday. Stay tuned & stay updated! pic.twitter.com/1tGWkyRmLy

— Jess Briganti (@JessBriganti) March 21, 2019

Our updated #AccuWeather storm snowfall map in cm's and inches. Highest amounts will likely be in the high elevations of the northern Adirondacks. Amounts will be very elevation dependent (typical for early spring). pic.twitter.com/OcJLqSJQSW

— Brett Anderson (@BrettAWX) March 21, 2019

North Adams Hopes to Transform Y Into Community Recreation Center

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:19AM / Thursday, May 02, 2024

Mayor Jennifer Macksey updates members of the former YMCA on the status of the roof project and plans for reopening. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city has plans to keep the former YMCA as a community center.

 

"The city of North Adams is very committed to having a recreation center not only for our youth but our young at heart," Mayor Jennifer Macksey said to the applause of some 50 or more YMCA members on Wednesday. "So we are really working hard and making sure we can have all those touch points."

 

The fate of the facility attached to Brayton School has been in limbo since the closure of the pool last year because of structural issues and the departure of the Berkshire Family YMCA in March.

 

The mayor said the city will run some programming over the summer until an operator can be found to take over the facility. It will also need a new name. 

 

"The YMCA, as you know, has departed from our facilities and will not return to our facility in the form that we had," she said to the crowd in Council Chambers. "And that's been mostly a decision on their part. The city of North Adams wanted to really keep our relationship with the Y, certainly, but they wanted to be a Y without borders, and we're going a different direction."

 

The pool was closed in March 2023 after the roof failed a structural inspection. Kyle Lamb, owner of Geary Builders, the contractor on the roof project, said the condition of the laminated beams was far worse than expected. 

 

"When we first went into the Y to do an inspection, we certainly found a lot more than we anticipated. The beams were actually rotted themselves on the bottom where they have to sit on the walls structurally," he said. "The beams actually, from the weight of snow and other things, actually crushed themselves eight to 11 inches. They were actually falling apart. ...