image description — Selectwoman Christine Hoyt stands with new Ale House owners Robert Williams, Jen and Bill Lander, and Selectmen James Bush and Joseph Nowak.

Adams Ale House Holds Grand Opening

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
07:10PM / Wednesday, August 08, 2018Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Ale House held its grand reopening on Tuesday night with help from members of the Board of Selectmen.

The pub on Hoosac Street had been closed for nearly a year before new owners Robert Williams and Jen and Bill Lander opened in July. The restaurant now has a full menu and weekly live entertainment.

Selectmen arrived on Tuesday with a pair of giant scissors in hand and a red ribbon to officially wish the new Adams Ale House owners the best of luck. The board's making a tradition of celebrating the opening, and reopenings, of new businesses with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.

"We would like to thank you for investing in our town and we wish you the best of luck," Selectwoman Christine Hoyt said. "Congratulations."

The former Saints Hall was purchased and renovated by Erik Pizani and Nathan Girard in 2013. It was closed last year for what the owners said was re-staffing and renovations but never reopened.

Williams and the Landers took over after Girard informed the Selectmen in February that he planned to lease the building.

They stuck with the Adams Ale House name and held a soft opening in July to test the waters but since then have expanded their menu and offerings.

"It has been good. We are now serving lunch and we now have a full menu," Jen Lander said. "Everyone has been patient with us and we have been getting good reviews, so it has been a good process."

Lander added that they will also hold a bingo night and there will be weekly live entertainment. More information can be found on the restaurant’s Facebook page.

Williams said the town has been very accommodating.

"They have been wonderful," he said. "We couldn’t have asked for a better community to come into."

Lander added that the townspeople themselves have been very supportive.

"Adams has been great throughout this entire process and the town itself has been wonderful," she said. "The customers themselves are happy to have us back and that has been a wonderful feeling to be new to the area but as though you have been welcomed home."

The Adams Ale House is located at 8-10 Hoosac St. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11:30 to 10, with the bar open until midnight. For more information: adamsalehouse.com.

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North Berkshire School Study Encouraging Stakeholders to Take Survey

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Saturday, October 03, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The consultants behind the education study for North Berkshire are hoping for solid responses to its recently released survey.

The survey, released last week, can be found here.

"Our goal is somewhere between 5 and 10 percent overall survey responses, which is somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 responses," project manager Jake Eberwein told the steering committee for the North Berkshire Educational Sustainability Study at Wednesday's meeting at Hoosac Valley High School.

This is the next phase of the study of secondary education in North County being undertaken through state funding and conducted by Berkshire Educational Consulting Group, Berk12.

"Our first phase was project awareness, and that was really our you know attempt to meet the school committees, select boards, and we wrapped that up this past Monday in Williamstown," Berk12 researcher Brendan Sheran said. "And certainly, we'll be doing more of that going back out probably in the midyear or springtime. But in terms of info gathering, really, the data collection — that's where we are now."

The community survey was launched through sharing on social media, the group's stakeholder list, the press, and the district partners, which are distributing it to educators, parents and students. The window is expected to close on Friday, Oct. 9, but Sheran said they can be flexible with the date.

The survey takes about seven to 10 minutes and is open to those in the Hoosac Valley Regional and Mount Greylock Regional school districts and in North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida and Savoy.

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