TD Bank Closing Branches In Adams, Dalton

By Andy McKeeveriBerkshires Staff
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TD Bank is closing two branches in Berkshire County and consolidating them into existing offices.

ADAMS, Mass. — TD Bank is closing two Berkshire County branches.

The bank is closing its offices at 10 Center St. in Adams and merging it five miles away with the branch on Main Street in North Adams. The one on Main Street in Dalton will be merged into the Merrill Road branch in Pittsfield, four miles away.

"This was a difficult decision and was not taken lightly. We evaluate a number of factors when deciding to consolidate a location and make decisions that will allow us to best meet the needs of our current and future customer," said Lauren Moyer, spokeswoman for the company, in an email on Tuesday. "Customers will continue to do their banking just as they do today, but at a different location with features that provide a more consistent customer experience."

Moyer said the employees at the closed branches will be eligible for other positions and the company expects "to help many employees find jobs." Moyer said there are five to 10 employees in each branch, which it calls stores.



She added that a "decision has not been made on the future of the sites we are vacating."

Letters have already been sent out to customers. A letter to an Adams customer reads that the bank "will be moving into the existing store at 90 Main St., North Adams as of Nov. 16." The letter says the accounts will be automatically transferred to the other location.

On Monday, Adams Branch Manager James Truden confirmed the merger but referred all additional comments to the corporate office. The bank also has a branch in Great Barrington.


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Mural Honoring 54th Massachusetts at Center of Juneteenth Celebration

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – At a time when the nation remembers the liberation of the last enslaved people in the United States, the city Sunday remembered some of the heroes who made that freedom possible.
 
Pittsfield’s annual Juneteenth Celebration at Durant Park featured the unveiling of a new mural dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and, specifically, the Pittsfield residents who served in the nation’s first all-Black combat unit.
 
Reenactors from the contemporary 54th Regiment based in Boston were on hand to help with the dedication and read General Order No. 3, issued by the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, notifying residents of the frontier town that the Civil War – which ended in mid-April – was over and slavery was abolished throughout the now unified nation.
 
With that anniversary just a few days away, the NAACP Berkshire Branch hosted a daylong celebration that began with a flag raising at City Hall and freedom walk to Durant Park and included a community worship service, games, food and musical performances by local artists.
 
The president of the local NAACP chapter called the event, “Truly a day of freedom.”
 
“Truly a day for everyone to feel free, relaxed and safe as we celebrate, as a community,” Dennis Powell said.
 
Mayor Peter Mrachetti read a proclamation from the city to honor Juneteenth.
 
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