North Berkshire Trick or Treat

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Trick or Treat in Northern Berkshire County will look different this year and residents have been asked to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines Saturday, Oct. 31.
 
Trick or treat is a go in North Adams and residents who wish to participate are asked to practice caution and follow the Centers for Disease Control guidelines.
 
Residents are encouraged to hand out candy in contactless ways and to wear protective masks.
 
Trick or treat hours in North Adams will be from 5:30 to 7 pm and residents who wish to not participate this year have been told to keep their outside lights off.
 
This is the city's official statement on trick or treat.
 
In Adams, door-to-door trick or treat has been discouraged, and instead, town employees will deliver candy to neighborhoods via police, fire, DPW, and forest warden vehicles.
 
Vehicles will drive through neighborhoods playing Halloween music. Masked and gloved town employees will hand out candy, that was donated, to costumed residents.
 
Residents are encouraged to decorate their homes and dress in costumes.  
 
Trick or treat will start at 5:30 and end at 7.
 
Here is the town's official statement on Halloween. 
 
Williamstown is allowing trick or treat but residents are asked to adhere to standard COVID-19 recommendations.
 
Trick or treat in Williamstown will start at 5:30 and end at 7 pm.
 
Williamstown's official statement on Halloween can be found here.
 
The Fire Department will be stationed in different locations Cole Ave. and Southworth Street starting at 5 pm to hand out glow bracelets to help improve trick or treater visibility.
 
All communities are discouraging Halloween parties or other activities considered high risk in regard to the transmission of COVID-19.
 
 

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Macksey Updates on Eagle Street Demo and Myriad City Projects

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The back of Moderne Studio in late January. The mayor said the city had begun planning for its removal if the owner could not address the problems. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Moderne Studio building is coming down brick by brick on Eagle Street on the city's dime. 
 
Concerns over the failing structure's proximity to its neighbor — just a few feet — means the demolition underway is taking far longer than usual. It's also been delayed somewhat because of recent high winds and weather. 
 
The city had been making plans for the demolition a month ago because of the deterioration of the building, Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday. The project was accelerated after the back of the 150-year-old structure collapsed on March 5
 
Initial estimates for demolition had been $190,000 to $210,000 and included asbestos removal. Those concerns have since been set aside after testing and the mayor believes that the demolition will be lower because it is not a hazardous site.
 
"We also had a lot of contractors who came to look at it for us to not want to touch it because of the proximity to the next building," she said. "Unfortunately time ran out on that property and we did have the building failure. 
 
"And it's an unfortunate situation. I think most of us who have lived here our whole lives and had our pictures taken there and remember being in the window so, you know, we were really hoping the building could be safe."
 
Macksey said the city had tried working with the owner, who could not find a contractor to demolish the building, "so we found one for him."
 
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