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Spring Snowstorm Could Drop 1-3 Inches on North County

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Northern Berkshire may be in for an April snowstorm as an Alberta Clipper moves across the Midwest and into northern New England.
 
The tip of the storm reaching into North County and Southern Vermont could mean 3 inches or more in the higher elevations and sudden drop in temperatures within 24 hours. 
 
According to Accuweather, the storm could turn into a "bomb cyclone" from Thursday to Friday. 
 
"A bomb cyclone is a storm that strengthens so rapidly that the central barometric pressure plummets to 0.71 of an inch of mercury or more in 24 hours," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
 
Even if the storm doesn't manifest, at minimum, it will mean cold temperatures, gusty winds and precipitation throughout Berkshire County.
 
As the storm enters northern New England on Thursday, precipitation will initially begin as plain rain or a mix of rain and snow in many locations. A push of colder air and a surge of deeper moisture will be the impetus for snow to begin in earnest across the region.
 
Snow will rapidly become heavy in nature over much of the area late Thursday into early Friday morning.

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Clarksburg FinCom, Select Board Agree on $1.9M Town Operating Budget

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town is looking at an operating budget of $1,859,413 for fiscal 2025, down a percent from this year largely because of debt falling off.
 
Town officials are projecting a total budget at about $5.1 million, however, the School Committee is not expected to approve a school budget for two more weeks so no final number has been determined.
 
Town officials said they've asked the school budget to come in at a 2 percent increase. Finance Committee member Carla Fosser asked what would happen if it was more than that. 
 
"Then we would need to make cuts," said Town Administrator Carl McKinney, adding, "I'm a product of that school. But at the same time, we have a town to run to and, you know, we're facing uncertain weather events. And our culverts are old, the roads are falling apart. ... ." 
 
The assessment to McCann Technical School is $363,220, down about $20,000 from this year.
 
The major increases on the town side are step and cost-of-living raises for employees (with the exception of the town clerk at her request), the addition of a highway laborer, an increase in hours from 16 to 24 for the town accountant, and insurance and benefits that are about $70,000. There is a slight increase for employee training and supplies such as postage.
 
Select Board Chair Robert Norcross at Wednesday's joint meeting with the Finance Committee, said the town's employees are hard-working and that wages aren't keeping up with inflaction.
 
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