Letter: Breen Has Right Experience for North Adams Council

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To the Editor:

Well, I just voted, and I gave my first vote for City Council to Pete Breen. Why, you ask?

No other new candidate has the experience and devotion and has been as generous with their time. Over the past 40 years, Pete has served on many boards and commissions. He has worked for a variety of employers including MCLA, where Pete was a facilitator and instructor for technology and curriculum development and assistant registrar. Pete took that experience over into the town of Adams, where he implemented the town's entire computer system, serving as the town's technology administrator. Pete then went farther south, where he was a member of the adjunct faculty at BCC for four years.

Shifting gears into education, Pete taught computer science at Hoosac Valley for 12 years, while also serving in the district office and as the pupil transportation officer.



After retiring from compensated work, Pete set his sights on volunteering in North Adams serving on the License Board Commission and serving as the North Adams representative for the Northern Berkshire Vocational School District, and finally, Pete's current passion, serving on the Hoosic River Revival Board.

That's why I gave my first vote to Pete Breen. And I hope that you do too.

David Willette
North Adams, Mass.

 

 


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North Adams Airport Commissioners Get Update on Hangar Project

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Airport Commission received an update on a new hangar construction project that is expected to go out to bid in March.
 
Peter Enzien of Stantec, the airport's engineer, reported Tuesday that preliminary work is progressing on the proposed six-unit hangar project. Enzien said survey work is complete, noting the site is a simple, flat plot of land.
 
"It is a big, wide-open, flat area, so it did not take them long," he said.
 
Enzien said he is waiting on the results of some soil borings, noting that a potentially high clay composition could cause some hiccups.
 
"The soil here is not good; there is a lot of clay here. We are hopeful we can do a conventional foundation system," he said. "It is a fairly light building. It is just a pre-engineered metal building."
 
Enzien said although the design process has begun, he will be able to change plans if the soil results come back unfavorably.
 
The proposed 147-foot hangar, which will be funded through state and federal funds, will run along the east side of the Shamrock Hangar from east to west. Enzien noted that although the plot looks flat, some grading will still have to take place.
 
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