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Broken windows at the Berkshire Mill after a tree fell on Thursday afternoon.
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A tree down on at a house on East Main in North Adams on Wednesday night.
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A tree down on Cliff Street on Wednesday.
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A large tree blocking Middle Road in Clarksburg on Wednesday.
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An Adams firefighter cuts away a branch that punctured a car Thursday on Hoosac Street.

Adams' Berkshire Mill Damaged by Falling Tree

By Jeff SnoonianiBerkshires Correspondent
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A large tree at the corner of Hoosac and Columbia broke windows in the upper floor of the mill apartments. 
ADAMS, Mass. — A large tree blown down on Thursday afternoon has damaged the historic Berkshire Mill at Hoosac and Columbia streets.
 
Several upper windows on the west side of the building facing Hoosac Street were shattered. A car was also damaged by the tree that fell into Hoosac Street.
 
Police responded to close off the area and a Department of Public Works crew was cleaning up the debris. No word of any injuries. 
 
The street is currently closed at the Visitors Center and there is a back up of traffic on Columbia Street. Authorities expect the road to reopen by 6:30 p.m.
 
A number of trees and power lines came down around the Berkshires during the heavy wind and rain storm late Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. North Adams firefighters were busy as the severe weather blew through at about 11 p.m., with reports of transponder fires and trees coming down. 
 
The Fire Department's B shift was called in as police and fire dealt with trees or power lines in the road on Summit, North Eagle, College Avenue, East Main and Cliff streets in the late evening. A tree came down in a yard on North Eagle hitting a house and collapsing  a swing set. 
 
Clarksburg firefighters worked to remove a large tree that fell on Middle Road blocking traffic shortly after midnight on Thursday morning and a tree reportedly fell on car in Williamstown, severely damaging the vehicle. Wires were also down across New Ashford Road in Williamstown in the morning, causing traffic delays. 
 
The storm, described as a meteorological "bomb," caused widespread power outages across the state. More than 200,000 electrical customers were without power Thursday morning at 10, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, including some 5,600 Eversource customers in eastern Mass. 
 
Most of the outages in the Berkshire  were limited but parts of Southern Berkshire had 10 to 25 percent of customers without power, although more than three-quarters of Hancock was still without power at 6 p.m.

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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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