April Snow in the Forecast

Main Street in North Adams on Wednesday.

Say goodbye to this burst of spring — Mother Nature prefers a little chaos in her work.

Latest on the Storm.....
The Breakdown.

TONIGHT: M.cloudy-A Shower or two.

THURSDAY: Rain becoming more widespread by Mid Day....towards evening...HIGHEST elevations may mix with some wet snow. pic.twitter.com/UWGsN8JjzV

— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) April 14, 2021

WINTER STORM WATCH for heavy wet snow for the Higher Elev to the east-Berkshires and Vermont Green Mountains...mainly above 1500 feet will have the Highest Totals.
Classic Elevation Storm...
Valley Floor Coating to an inch possible on the grass....over 2,000 feet.....up to a foot pic.twitter.com/kupu3ppRgL

— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) April 14, 2021

A late-season Nor'easter is getting set to take aim at the Northeast on Friday

Unlike in the dead of winter, cold air will be marginal. Snow totals will HIGHLY depend on elevation

1,000' feet may mean the difference between a FOOT
of snow & all rain pic.twitter.com/CYZtO0wOSF

— Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) April 14, 2021

How about the snow potential? Still looks best across the Monadnock Region and northern Worcester Hills. Could get some 6"+ totals in the higher elevations of the Berkshires and Greens! While snow will be in the air on Friday, most of the accumulating takes place overnight. #wbz pic.twitter.com/8XReahIp7f

— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) April 14, 2021

Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:15PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024

Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public access channels should be supported and made more available to the public — and not be subject to a charge.

 

More than three dozen community members in-person and online attended the public hearing  Wednesday on public access and service from Spectrum/Charter Communications. The session at City Hall was held for residents in Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg and North Adams to express their concerns to Spectrum ahead of another 10-year contract that starts in October.

 

Listening via Zoom but not speaking was Jennifer Young, director state government affairs at Charter.

 

One speaker after another conveyed how critical local access television is to the community and emphasized the need for affordable and reliable services, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly. 

 

"I don't know if everybody else feels the same way but they have a monopoly," said Clarksburg resident David Emery. "They control everything we do because there's nobody else to go to. You're stuck with with them."

 

Public access television, like the 30-year-old Northern Berkshire Community Television, is funded by cable television companies through franchise fees, member fees, grants and contributions.

 

Spectrum is the only cable provider in the region and while residents can shift to satellite providers or streaming, Northern Berkshire Community Television is not available on those alternatives and they may not be easy for some to navigate. For instance, the Spectrum app is available on smart televisions but it doesn't include PEG, the public, educational and governmental channels provided by NBCTC.