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The town is planning the renovation of the Town Common.

Adams Receives Eight Bids For Town Common Project

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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ADAMS, Mass. — The town has received eight bids for the Town Common renovation project.
 
WM.J. Keller & Sons Construction of Castleton, N.Y., came in with the lowest base bid of $233,535.30 and J.H. Maxymillian had the highest bid of $513,474.
 
The town decided to go forward with this project in conjunction with the Adams Suffrage Centennial Celebration and Susan B. Anthony's 200th birthday. This yearlong celebration was planned for 2020 but things have not gone as planned with a pandemic in full swing.  
 
Plans include the installation of a bronze statue of Susan B. Anthony, an Adams native. A fund drive held over the past year is paying for the statue, and will support the celebration of Anthony, which was to be held in conjunction this year with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment that assured women the right to vote. 
 
The celebration has been put off but the town plans to move forward with its part in renovating the one acre of public space in the center of Adams. 
 
The work will include grading, the installation of a new plaza, the foundation for the Anthony statue, paths, and a new gazebo.
 
 
The renovation was estimated at $450,000 and is largely being funded through a state Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities with town covering about a quarter of the cost. There will also be substantial landscaping work. 
 
The other six base bids are as follows: 
  • H.M. Nunes & Sons Construction, of Ludlow, $296,132.50.
  • Adams Excavating, $309,983.91
  • Mountain View Landscaping & Lawncare, of Chicopee, $319,750.
  • David J. Tierney Jr. Inc. of Pittsfield, $379,824.
  • Jack Goncalves & Sons, of Ludlow, $387,474.
  • SumCo Eco-Contracting, of Peabody, $392,840.
The town accepted bids Thursday, June 25.
 
The project was estimated to cost $450,000; $127,500 of which the town will be responsible for. The rest will be funded through a Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities grant.
 
Complete write-thru on July 7 at 12:36 p.m. to update article with missing information and correct who the actual low-bidder is. iBerkshires regrets the error. 

 


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Adams Sees No Races So Far

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — With less than a week left before nomination papers are due, there are currently no contested seats.
 
Only selectman incumbent John Duval has returned papers. Selectman Howard Rosenberg has decided not to seek re-election. 
 
Rosenberg, who was elected in 2021, said he has chosen not to run again to make room for younger candidates.
 
"I feel strongly, we need younger people running for public office,  as the future of our town lies within the younger  generation. The world is so fundamentally different today and rapidly changing to become even more so. I believe we need people who are less interested in trying to bring back the past, then in paving the way for a promising future. The younger generation can know that they can stay here and have a voice without having to leave for opportunities elsewhere," he said.
 
The only person to return papers so far is former member the board Donald Sommer. Sommer served as a selectman from 2007 to 2010 and before that was a member of the School Committee and the Redevelopment Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for selectman in 2019 and again in 2021 but dropped out of before the election.
 
Incumbent Moderator Myra Wilk and Town Clerk Haley Meczywor have returned papers for their respective positions.
 
Assessor Paula Wheeler has returned papers and incumbents James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko have returned papers for library trustees.
 
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