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Carr Hardware takes delivery of 200 trees in North Adams.

Signs of the Season: Christmas Trees Have Arrived at Carr

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It may seem too early in the season to decorate a Christmas tree, but for those who like to start a little early, Carr Hardware has you covered.
 
After all, the holiday is only 41 days away.
 
Carr Hardware received its annual delivery of trees on Wednesday afternoon that manager Don Disbrow said typically come from upstate New York or Vermont near the Canadian border.  
 
"I think people just want them decorated and ready to go and a lot of people like to decorate them Thanksgiving weekend right after Thanksgiving," he said, adding people start buying last 2 1/2  of November. "Once you get past the first week of December, it really picks up."
 
Disbrow said the North Adams store typically receive around 200 trees. This year, the delivery was of balsam and Fraser firs. 
 
"It's usually a mix -- every year it is different," he said. "They are really good quality trees … when we open them up, they fold right down. They are nice-looking trees."
 
Disbrow said the trees come in three sizes 5 to 6 feet tall, 6 to 7 feet, and 7 to 8 feet. He said a Carr employee will cut the bottom so customers have a fresh trunk.
 
There are always a few people who purchase a tree before Thanksgiving and try to make it last until Christmas, he said.
 
Disbrow has two simple words of advice for them: "Water it!"
 
"You are going to want to keep it watered for sure."
 

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Clarksburg Sees Race for Select Board Seat

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town will see a three-way race for a seat on the Select Board in May. 
 
Colton Andrews, Seth Alexander and Bryana Malloy returned papers by Wednesday's deadline to run for the three-year term vacated by Jeffrey Levanos. 
 
Andrews ran unsuccessfully for School Committee and is former chairman of the North Adams Housing Authority, on which he was a union representative. He is also president of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council.
 
Malloy and Alexander are both newcomers to campaigning. Malloy is manager of industrial relations for the Berkshire Workforce Board and Alexander is a resident of Gates Avenue. 
 
Alexander also returned papers for several other offices, including School Committee, moderator, library trustee and the five-year seat on the Planning Board. He took out papers for War Memorial trustee and tree warden but did not return them and withdrew a run for Board of Health. 
 
He will face off in the three-year School Committee seat against incumbent Cynthia Brule, who is running for her third term, and fellow newcomer Bonnie Cunningham for library trustee. 
 
Incumbent Ronald Boucher took out papers for a one-year term as moderator but did not return them. He was appointed by affirmation in 2021 when no won ran and accepted the post again last year as a write-in.
 
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