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The two structures are now on display at the Adams Visitors Center.
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The Mount Greylock replica won.
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The competition is on New Years Eve.
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The entire structure is made out of homemade gingerbread and candy.
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The Hoosac Tunnel replica even featured a train.
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The displays have grown to be so impressive that the family no longer destroyed them at the end of the night.

Adams Family Donates Gingerbread Displays To Senior Center

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The Hoosac Tunnel came just short of winning the family competition.

ADAMS, Mass. — A sweet tradition is on display at the Adams Visitors Center.

Each year the Coons family hosts a gingerbread house competition on New Years Eve.

The night had previously concluded with a "gingerbread smash" where they destroyed all of their hard work.

However, the competition has grown so large and the structures have become too impressive not to share.

They donated the two top displays to the Council on Aging to show them off and they have been a "huge hit" among those at the senior center.

This year, Laurie and Todd Coons with their 4-year-old daughter Malia Coons came in second with their rendition of the Hoosac Tunnel.

Laurie's sister Michelle Bachand, Rita Gomes and their 5-year-old son Evan Bachard took the championship with a replica of the Mount Greylock summit.

The structures are made out of homemade gingerbread and completely edible candy.

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Adams Parts Ways With Police Chief

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town has parted ways with its police chief. 
 
K. Scott Kelley "is no longer employed by the Town of Adams," according to interim Town Administrator Holli Jayko. 
 
The Board of Selectmen voted on Sept. 8 to put the police chief on a paid leave of absence but town officials have declined to answer repeated questions about the nature of the absence other than to clarify it was not a "suspension."
 
His departure follows an executive session held by the Selectmen last Wednesday to discuss a personnel matter other than professional competence, including health or discipline, or dismissal. 
 
A request for further information on whether Kelley's leaving was through resignation or termination was not provided, or whether his contract had been paid out. 
 
"The Town does not comment on personnel matters and will have no further comment on this matter at this time," responded Selectmen Chair John Duval via email on Friday. 
 
Kelley, who moved here to take the post of chief in 2021, has reportedly sold his home. 
 
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