Three New Stabilization Accounts on Clarksburg Warrant

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Voters will be asked at the annual town meeting to create three stabilization funds and transfer money from the school stabilization account to establish them.

Town meeting is Wednesday, May 18, beginning at 7 p.m. at the elementary school. The town election is on Tuesday from noon to 7 at the Senior Center.

Town officials are asking to take $50,000 from the school fund and put it aside in accounts for a police cruiser, Department of Public Works truck and the replacement of the Senior Center well.

The school fund was created to begin saving for a new building but there has been no movement in that direction. The fund has about $100,000 in it now.

Also on the 24-article warrant is a town budget of $1.03 million, up from $968,000 this year. The bulk of the increase, $40,000, is in higher insurance costs. The following article uses $30,000 from free cash to lower the tax rate.

Voters will also decide a school budget of $2.36 million and a McCann Technical School assessment of $183,000.

Also on the warrant is authorization to try again for a $500,000 state road grant to pave West Cross, Middle and Daniels roads, to buy a DPW truck, to institute a meals tax and to transfer the first of three $10,000 payments from the sewer fund to the general account.

There are no races in this year's election. On the ballot are incumbents Selectwoman Lily Kuzia, School Committee member Jeffrey Levanos, War Memorial Trustee Joseph Bushika III and Library Trustee Linda Hurlbut, all seeking three-year terms, and Moderator Bryan Tanner for a one-year term and Planning Board member Thomas Jammalo for a four-year term.

There are candidates for a five-year Planning Board seat, three-year Board of Health seat and for tree warden for one year.

Clarksburg Town Warrant for FY2012
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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.
 
The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner. 
 
This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.
 
They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.
 
Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system. 
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