ADAMS, Mass. — iBerkshires will host a forum for the Board of Selectmen candidates on Tuesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. at the Adams Visitors Center.
All five candidates — Ann M. Bartlett, John Duval, Jerome Simon Socolof, Donald R. Sommer and Mitchell Wisniowski — have indicated they plan to attend. There are two seats open on the Board of Selectmen in the May 6 town election.
The forum will be moderated by iBerkshires Editor Tammy Daniels and recorded for later broadcast on Northern Berkshire Community Television.
The candidates will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves at the beginning of the forum and time to address the audience at its conclusion. Daniels will ask the questions but residents my submit questions or topics of interest they would like addressed to info@iberkshires.com.
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Adams Town Meeting Members Approve All Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
Kyle Danforth and Patrick Kennedy state the case for the tax exemption they were seeking for their recycling business.
ADAMS, Mass. — Town meeting members on Wednesday night approved a tax exemption for a local business, the partial funding recension of a previously approved project and a $173,000 boost in the fiscal 2027 budget to account for additional personnel costs.
Some 98 of the town's 150 town meeting members attend the hourlong special town meeting in the Memorial Building gymnasium. All three articles on the warrant passed unanimously.
The item that faced the most discussion was Article 3, granting Dream Green Recycling a seven-year special tax assessment agreement.
The business, owned by Kyle Danforth, Dan Haskins, and Patrick Kennedy, has operated from leased facilities at 15 Printworks Drive in Adams and a 10,000-square-foot facility in Pittsfield. The partners recently purchased the Adams building.
The vote gives Dream Green Recycling with a temporary exemption from real estate taxes during its expansion under the following schedule:
Fiscal years 2027 & 2028: 100 percent
Fiscal year 2029 & 2030: 75 percent
Fiscal year 2031: 50 percent
Fiscal year 2032 & 2033: 25 percent
The hope is to expand its Adams facility and consolidate its Pittsfield operations by, eventually, moving all of it to Adams.
Part of the agreement requires the owners to execute its intention to renovate and upgrade its facility at 15 Printworks Drive, with an estimated capital investment of approximately $1.2 million to $1.8 million and add 12 jobs.
Over the last couple of years, the town's tax bill has left the owners operating "pretty much paycheck to paycheck," Danforth told the town meeting members.
The agreement will help ease some of that financial pressure as the company moves forward with its expansion, including the costs of purchasing new equipment, hiring additional employees and growing its operations, Danforth and Kennedy explained.
Some 98 of the town's 150 town meeting members attend the hourlong special town meeting in the Memorial Building gymnasium. All three articles on the warrant passed unanimously.
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