Letter: Letter Writer Has Confidence in Restaurant Architect

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To the Editor:

In your article, "Porches Inn Gets OK to Proceed With River Street Demolition, New Restaurant," I was pleased to see that the project will be designed by the firm MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple, a Canadian firm.

I have crossed paths with Brian MacKay-Lyons over a period of more than 40 years. His award-winning work has consistently been of the highest quality and especially responsive to its setting. I have complete confidence that the Porches is doing North Adams a great service.

Sincerely,

Howard Itzkowitz
North Adams, Mass.

Architect (retired), Professor Emeritus, Southern Polytechnic State University

 

 

 

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Clarksburg Awards Bid for Middle Road Work

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday awarded the contract for paving and drainage improvements on south Middle Road. 
 
Rifenburg Construction Inc. of Troy, N.Y., had the winning bid of $1,142,420. 
 
The other four bids were Clayton G. Davenport Trucking of Greenfield, $1,373,700; Palmer Paving of Brewster, N.Y., $1,193,983; Warner Bros. of Sunderland, $1,280,782.50; and J.H. Maxymillian Inc. of Pittsfield, $1,470,056.
 
The estimate for the project was $1,113,165. Bids were opened on June 15 for review. 
 
The town received a $1 million MassWorks grant last fall to address resurfacing and drainage from the Four Corners south to the town line. A couple years ago, another MassWorks grant provided funding to redo Middle Road from River Road to Wood Road. 
 
The work will cover 3,950 feet, or about three-quarters of a mile. 
 
Bidding documents anticipated a start date near the end of July.
 
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