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Clues Revealed for Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt, a traditional feature of Fall Foliage Festival Week, starts today. 

This year, the committee has revealed that along with the leaves there will be a lucky leaf with a grand prize. The leaves will be yellow except for the lucky leaf, which will be orange. The person who finds the orange leaf will be the grand-prize winner.

The leaves have been hidden throughout the Northern Berkshire area. Today's clues give the answer to the location of the leaves. When a leaf is found it must be brought to the Mayor's Office of Tourism at 6 West Main St. to claim his or her prize. One prize per household please.  Prizes are generously donated by area merchants. 

A second set of clues will be announced in the event of unclaimed leaves. The committee says the leaves are well hidden and suggests participants should search the area they believe they should be thoroughly. 

As always, the leaf committee has included an invisible leaf hunt for homebound residents. Participants are asked to mail a postcard with the number of the clue and answer with their name address and phone number, to the Mayor's Office of Tourism, 6 West Main St. North Adams MA 01247. 

Only mailed postcards will be accepted. In the event of a tie, the earliest postmark will determine the winner. 

Answers to the clues and names of the winners will be announced at the conclusion of the event. 

The first set of clues are:

   1. Crazy universe

   2. Between cars and pins

   3. Sunbathe in the village beautiful

   4. Village tubes

   5. Hot or cold beverage

   6. Gentlemen's worship

   7. A model earth?

   8. Camel stop

   9. Ben's TLC

  10. Weenie roundup

  11. Superman's cake

  12. Cheshire memorial

  13. Cat's tavern

  14. No basketball, no swimming, no sports here!!!!

  15. Doggie repairs

  16. Cob job

 Clues for the invisible leaf hunt are:

   1. In days of old when hubby was told,

      "you must do the grocery shopping,"

      It was a rewarding task, for wifey to ask.

      'Cause her perks would be many,

      with hubby's every spent penny.

      From trinkets to lamps

      Wifey paid for them with books of green stamps.

   2. In days gone by there was a store

      Where teens could congregate.

      Ice cream cones, candy and more,

      Were purchased for your special date.

   3. If Italian food is what you craved

      There was a special restaurant to go.

      All of their many patrons raved

      So this eatery you are sure to know.
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Winter Storm Warning Issued for Berkshires

Another snowstorm is expected to move through the region overnight on Friday, bringing 5 to 8 inches of snow. This is updated from Thursday's winter weather advisory. 
 
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has posted a winter storm warning for all of Berkshire County and parts of eastern New York State beginning Friday at 4 p.m. through Saturday at 1 p.m. 
 
The region could see heavy to moderate snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour overnight, tapering off Saturday morning to flurries.
 
Drivers should exercise caution on Friday night and Saturday morning, as travel conditions may be hazardous.
 
Saturday night should be clear and calm, but warming temperatures means freezing rain Sunday night and rain through Monday with highs in the 40s. The forecast isn't much better through the week as temperatures dip back into the teens with New Year's Eve looking cloudy and frigid. 
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