Letter: Jennifer Macksey for Mayor

Letter to the Editor12:30PM / Sunday, October 24, 2021Print Story | Email Story

To the Editor:

Jennifer Macksey is quite simply the best mayoral candidate for North Adams. As any of Jen's coworkers, current or former, will tell you, Jen is a strong independent woman who has been successful in every position she has held. I have personally seen her incredibly strong work ethic and she puts her whole heart into everything she does — just imagine what she will do for the city she loves.

What an incredible benefit to have our new mayor walk into City Hall with the knowledge of how city government works. She will brainstorm with all the city departments to figure out what needs to be prioritized and get to work on it. There will be no long learning curve.

I find it disturbing that the only reason I hear to not vote for Jen is that she will be our former mayor's "mouthpiece." For those of you who have made that statement, you obviously don't know Jen.

She is as passionate about this city as anyone I have ever met. Safety, jobs, education and housing are all on the top of her to-do list and she wants to work with the citizens of the city to improve them all.

If you are on the fence about who to vote for, I urge you to talk to Jen, she welcomes any and all conversations. I also urge you to watch the 10/21/21 debate.

I support Jen Macksey and urge you to do the same, she will make this city proud.

Rebecca Cellana
North Adams, Mass.

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Mass Voters Return Incumbents to Office

Staff Reports iBerkshires
10:44PM / Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Voters sent a strong message on Tuesday, with Democrats flipping seats across the country and easily returning the state's Democratic leadership to office.

The Berkshire delegation cruised to victory with no opposition; U.S. Rep. Richard Neal was returned to Congress to represent the 1st Mass District for a 20th term, defeating independent Nadia Milleron a second time.

The Associated Press called the gubernatorial race for Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll a minute after the polls closed — and with zero precincts reporting.

Healey was leading Republican Michael Minogue by 2 to 1 with 20 percent reporting about 10:30 p.m. Independent Andrea James was a distant third with less than 4 percent.

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey will also return to the Capitol, with Republican challenger John Deaton conceding. By 10:30, Markey was leading 67 percent to Deaton's 28. Trailing were Joe Tache of the Socialist Labor Part and independent Shiva Ayyadurai with less than 3 percent each.

Voting reports were coming in very slowly on Tuesday night. We'll do a more in-depth review on Wednesday of how the Berkshires voted.

The only local race was for the Mount Greylock School Committee. In this case, voters had to write in the candidates names and addresses because a ballot error left the names off. It's expected to take time for a handcount in both Williamstown and Lanesborough so the results may not be confirmed until very late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.

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