Plans of local investors to buy Gen. Cable building are stalled

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Â Â Â Â Plans of local investors to buy the General Cable building on Water Street for businesses and possibly housing, are stalled, according to organizer Stuart Shatken. Â Â Â Â Shatken said yesterday that "we weren't able to come to terms," with General Cable, and that they have been informed by the company that "they are in negotiations with someone else." Â Â Â Â The building houses the operations of Tripod, which employs 66 people, but is moving those jobs to Waltham where Lycos, its parent corporation, is located. Â Â Â Â "We've all been stopped dead in our tracks," Shatken said yesterday. Â Â Â Â General Cable official Lisa Lawson at the company headquarters in Allen Heights, Ky., did not return a telephone call seeking information yesterday. Â Â Â Â Shatken said he heard only that General Cable is in negotiations with "someone from Massachusetts, but not from this area." Â Â Â Â "It's a mystery to us," he said. "It's disappointing, because we had a lot of good-spirited people, a community-based group, involved in the scrimmage." Â Â Â Â Earlier, Shatken had said that Tripod's move to Waltham would not affect the group's plans for the building, seen as a linchpin for the development of Water Street. Other prospective tenants would take up Tripod's slack, Shatken had said.

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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:32PM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course.

The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication.

"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."

LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates.

"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.

The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.

"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back.

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