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Sniezek, Wojcik to Receive 'Frankie' Awards

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ADAMS, Mass. -- Teams are wanted to participate in the 10th annual Frank A. Zoltek Memorial Golf Tournament.
 
The event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 4, at Forest Park Country Club.
 
The four-person teams will head out in two shotgun starts, at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
 
The event will feature a hole-in-one contest sponsored by K&M Motors and motivate with the annual "Frankie" awards dinner.
 
This year's winners Frankie Award for Passion in Coaching are Ron Wojcik and Paul "Tito" Sniezek.
 
Ron Wojcik has been the girls basketball coach at Hoosac Valley since 2011, leading the Hurricanes to five league titles, four Western Mass Championships and three appearances in the state championship game.
 
Prior to that, he was an assistant boys basketball coach at Taconic and Lenox and the head boys coach at Pittsfield, leading the Generals to four Western Mass semi-finals and two Western Mass finals.
 
Sniezek is an assistant baseball coach at MCLA and longtime coach in Adams and Cheshire.
 
He was a junior varsity baseball coach (1994-2015) and softball coach (1991-93) at Hoosac Valley and a middle school girls basketball coach at Adams Memorial Middle School. He has coached youth sports as a volunteer at various levels since 1976.
 
The cost for the event is $70 per person. For $50, you can play golf with a cart and enjoy lunch. For $20, you can register for the awards dinner only.
 
Registration forms are available at Forest Park Country Club or contact Ed Noel at enoel43@verizon.net.
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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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