NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A meet and greet for candidates running for City Council and School Committee and McCann School Committee will be held on Sunday, Oct. 17.
The event will be held beginning at 1 p.m. under the big tent in Courtyard A at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The mingle is free and open to the public. All candidates running for City Council and school committee were invited.
This informal gathering is being sponsored by iBerkshires.com and the North Adams Chamber of Commerce, and is being hosted by Bright Ideas Brewing.
The public is encouraged to attend and speak one-on-one with the candidates. The candidates will also have an opportunity to introduce themselves and speak about their reasons for running for office; this portion of the event will take place after 1:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be available at Bright Ideas and other entities on the museum campus. Face coverings outside are optional but required indoors.
iBerkshires and Northern Berkshire Community Television have also recorded five conversations with candidates for City Council and North Adams School Committee. These will be broadcast on NBCTC at various times over the next month and are available on iBerkshiresTV.
The MCLA Political Science Club and iBerkshires are hosting a mayoral debate on Thursday, Oct. 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Church Street Center. This event is open to the public; face coverings are required. This debate will be recorded for later broadcast on NBCTC.
The election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The deadline to register to vote is Wednesday, Oct. 13, until 8 p.m. in the city clerk's office or online. Applications for an absentee/mail-in ballot are available in the city clerk's office or by download from the state website. Early voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 19, through Oct. 28 during business hours in the city clerk's office.
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Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session.
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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.
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