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The sun was shining and the temperatures in the 80s on Main Street on Tuesday.

Mid-October to Feel More Like Summer

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After a frost scare a couple weeks ago, the weather this week will be more like summer than autumn. 
 
Accuweather says some areas may break records for warm temperatures for October from a high pressure system building across New England.
 
"As a high pressure system begins to shift into a position just off the Eastern Seaboard on Friday, it will usher in some unusually warm air for mid-October," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Carl Babinski.
 
Temperatures will range 10 to 20 degrees above normal but a cold front and wet weather arriving this weekend will bring a more seasonable chill to the air. 
 
The National Weather Service out of Albany, N.Y., is predicting days in the lows 70s this week and nights in the high 50s. The week will be partly cloudy with rain arriving Saturday night and cooler air in the 50s and low 60s on Sunday. 
 
The somewhat sunny weather will provide a few days relieve from the precipitation that's inundated the region this summer. September's monthy rainfall ranged from 6 to 9 inches across the Berkshires compared to an annual average of 4 to 5 inches. 
 
The U.S. Drought monitor has about 11 percent of the Northeast experiencing abnormally dry conditiohns and 3 percent moderate drought, according to Accuweather. 
 
Another tip from Accweather: "With Halloween a little over two weeks away, pumpkin carving enthusiasts may want to wait a week or so to set their jack-o'-lantern outside, as unseasonable warmth may hasten pumpkin deterioration."
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Clarksburg Sees Race for Select Board Seat

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town will see a three-way race for a seat on the Select Board in May. 
 
Colton Andrews, Seth Alexander and Bryana Malloy returned papers by Wednesday's deadline to run for the three-year term vacated by Jeffrey Levanos. 
 
Andrews ran unsuccessfully for School Committee and is former chairman of the North Adams Housing Authority, on which he was a union representative. He is also president of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council.
 
Malloy and Alexander are both newcomers to campaigning. Malloy is manager of industrial relations for the Berkshire Workforce Board and Alexander is a resident of Gates Avenue. 
 
Alexander also returned papers for several other offices, including School Committee, moderator, library trustee and the five-year seat on the Planning Board. He took out papers for War Memorial trustee and tree warden but did not return them and withdrew a run for Board of Health. 
 
He will face off in the three-year School Committee seat against incumbent Cynthia Brule, who is running for her third term, and fellow newcomer Bonnie Cunningham for library trustee. 
 
Incumbent Ronald Boucher took out papers for a one-year term as moderator but did not return them. He was appointed by affirmation in 2021 when no won ran and accepted the post again last year as a write-in.
 
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