North Adams Mayoral Candidates to Meet in Second Debate

03:30PM / Wednesday, October 06, 2021Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The two final candidates running to be the first woman mayor of North Adams will debate on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the MCLA Church Street Center.

The event is open to the public; face coverings are required.

This debate is being sponsored by iBerkshires.com and the MCLA Political Science Club, and hosted by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Northern Berkshire Community Television will be recording the event for later broadcast. It will also be uploaded to iBerkshires' YouTube channel.

The two candidates, Lynette Bond and Jennifer Macksey, will be asked questions by a panel of journalists from iBerkshires, The Berkshire Eagle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and the MCLA Beacon. The moderator will be Adams Town Moderator Myra Wilk.

We'd also like to hear from the community and incorporate some of your questions into the debate. Please take a couple minutes to fill out this online survey by Friday, Oct. 15.

Macksey and Bond were the top vote-getters in the preliminary election held on Sept. 21. Both newcomers in terms of political office, they do have extensive experience in municipal and educational finance and planning.

Macksey is the current assistant superintendent for operations and finance for the Northern Berkshire School Union and the former treasurer for the city of North Adams. She also worked in finance administration at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and, as vice president, at the former Southern Vermont College. She holds a bachelor's in accounting and business management from Trinity College and a master's in higher education administration from Bay Path University.

Bond is director of development for grants and research for MCLA and was the grant coordinator and a project manager for the town of Adams, working in the Community Development Office. She also oversaw projects and operations at Columbia University and was a recruiter and economic development volunteer with the Peace Corps. She holds a bachelor of science from Iowa State University and a master's in nonprofit management from New School University.

The election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The last day to register to vote in the election is Wednesday, Oct. 13, online or by 8 p.m. in the city clerk's office; and the deadline to request a mail-in ballot is 5 p.m. on Oct. 27.

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Northern Berkshire United Way: War and Peace

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
09:38PM / Saturday, February 28, 2026

Northern Berkshire United Way is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Each month, we will take a look back at the agency's milestones over the decades. This first part looks at its successes and challenges during the war years.

The Community Chest started the decade on the upswing but ended with a decline in fundraising. A bright spot was its establishment of new agencies to help the citizens of North Adams and Clarksburg.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Community Chest ended its first decade on an upswing, even as the clouds were darkening over Europe.

But what goes up, must eventually come down.

The 1940 campaign drive again set a goal of $39,600 and volunteers toted up $23,000 at the first meeting.

James Hunter Machine was the first to attain 100 percent enrollment with annual gift of $6.13 per person for a total of $1,275. Some 200 businesses and organizations hit their red feather level of 100 percent, including all of the schools as well as State Teachers College.

The litany of businesses and organizations included long-gone establishments such as Simmons Funeral Home, Spofford Motors, McCann Ice Cream Co., C.H. Cutting, West End Market, Apothecary Hall, Florini's Italian Garden, and Pizzi's, along with still existing enterprises like Whitney's Beverage Shop, Cascade Paper and Mount Williams Greenhouse.

The now annual dinner was served by the Ladies Aid Society of First Congregational at the YMCA, and attendees were entertained by singers from the Advent Christian Church, directed by the Rev. Martin Ball and accompanied by his wife on the piano. "Assisting in useful capacities" were YMCA junior members Howard Goodermote, Roy Modlinger, Fred Myers, Norman Remillard, George Grenier, Wallace Konopka and Anthony Pessolano.

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