Learn Ukulele Summer Event at Adams Free Library Aug. 9

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ADAMS, Mass. Families and children of all ages are invited to join the Adams Free Library hosting Julie Stepanek’s Learn Ukulele summer event at 3 p.m. on Aug. 9.

Join Julie Stepanek at the Adams Free Library as she shows the fundamentals of ukulele playing. To register, call (413)743-8345.

Those in attendance learn how to tune, strum and read chords. After a short lesson, guests should be able to play songs. No experience necessary. Bring your own ukulele or borrow one of hers.

“Read Beyond the Beaten Path” is sponsored by The Adams Free Library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

An adult must accompany children under 8 years of age. Library events are free and open to the public. Attendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Adams Free Library.

Conctact the Adams Free Library at (413)743-8345 or www.adamslibraryma.org for more information.

 


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Adams Raises Transfer Station Permits

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen on Wednesday raised transfer station permit fee for the coming fiscal year to cover a gap in operations. 
 
The board set a fee of $125 for a permit that include three sheets, or 24, bag tags. Replacement and additional permits will remain at $10 and bag tags at $1.60, or $8 for a sheet of five. 
 
The permit went from $75 to $100 last year.
 
"The driving factor, of course, for the transfer station is the cost of the removal of the materials. That would be the municipal solid waste, or MSW, commingled with your glasses, your plastics and your papers," said Town Administrator Jay Green. 
 
With estimates for May and June, the projected total cost is $81,000, of which $71,000 is removal and the balance labor. 
 
This past year saw 564 permits sold  raising $56,400, replacement and additional permits brought in $890, and 7,690 bag tags $12,304. 
 
That raised in total $69,500, some $11,000 short. 
 
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