Police are seeking anyone who may have witnessed a motor vehicle-pedestrian accident last Tuesday night shortly before 11 p.m. on Main Street in front of Cumberland Farms.
The accident sent a 53-year-old North Adams man to Berkshire Medical Center, where he was treated for head cuts and a broken leg. He was subsequently identified as Ronald Sheldon of Houghton Street. Sheldon was transported to BMC by Village Ambulance.
Kacee Sweet, 19, of Cold Spring Road, was westbound in a 1995 Jeep Wrangler when, Sweet told police, she heard a thud from the passenger side of the jeep. Sweet stopped, got out, and saw a man sitting by the shoulder of the road. Sweet ran to help him and summoned a Cumberland Farms clerk to call for help.
The accident is under investigation, and police are asking the operator of the car behind Sweet to call them, as that person may have witnessed the accident. No charges have been filed.
Public Meetings
A schedule of public meetings in or about Williamstown, as provided by Town Clerk Mary C. Kennedy, 458-9341, from official postings. Meetings are held at the Municipal Building, 31 North St., unless otherwise indicated:
Wed. Aug. 7: sign commission, 5 p.m.; Thurs. Aug. 8: mpsc, 7:30 p.m.; Tues. Aug. 14: Planning Board, 7:30 p.m.; Wed. Aug. 14: recreation committee, 7 p.m.; ConCom, 7:15 p.m.
Note: the Selectmen's meeting scheduled for the 12th has been rescheduled for the 19th.
Harper Center
Elder Services Nutrition Program serves hot meals. Please call 458-8250 or 458-5156; 48-hour notice is appreciated. Voluntary donations for van transportation are 50 cents one way from Williamstown and $1 one way from North Adams. Service is available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Wed., Aug. 7: 1 p.m. bridge.Thurs., Aug. 8: 10 a.m., tai chi; 11 a.m., van to Wal-Mart; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., crafts. Fri., Aug. 9: 10:30 a.m., exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., bingo. Sun., Aug. 11: 11:30 a.m., lunch. Mon. Aug. 12: 10:30 a.m., exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., line dancing. Tues., Aug. 6: 9 a.m.,oil painting; 9:45 and 10:45 a.m., van to Stop & Shop; 1:15 p.m., Friendship Club .
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North Adams School, Finance Committee Endorse $22M School Budget
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Finance Committee on Wednesday recommended a fiscal 2027 spending plan of $22 million that had been approved by the School Committee on Tuesday.
The spending plan of $22,393,775 is an increase of $757,554 over this year, or 3.5 percent. It will be funded through the Chapter 70 state education grant estimated at $16,796,682 (based on the governor's budget); school-choice funds of $1,446,419, up $506,411; and local funding of $4,150,673 (also based on the governor's budget), up $161,942 or 4.06 percent.
Based on new numbers from the House and Senate, the city's portion could drop to $4,049, 353.
"A lot of our advocacy this year is around Chapter 70 and the various funding formulas," said Superintendent Timothy Callahan during the public hearing preceding the committee meeting. "We as a School Committee, but certainly I as an individual and other members of the administrative team, have participated in various sessions to advocate for more funding from Chapter 70, a massive part of our district budget."
Chapter 70 is critical to the school budget, with nearly 80 percent of its funding coming through the state.
Business Manager Nancy Rauscher explained to the Finance Committee that the schools have "hugely benefited from that over the last few years, with significant increases" based on the district's needs and community profile.
"This is the first year that we've been considered a minimum aid district," she said. "What that means is you're held harmless. You're still getting what you were given ... but the addition is just a minimum eight addition. This year, it's $75, per student. So it literally is 75 times the number of students, and at that time it was 1,192 students, when they did this."
Waste treatment plan supervisor Brad Furlon warned the Finance Committee last week to expect a future 500 percent increase in sludge disposal.
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The fund had grown immensely over the past 25 years, raising some $1.75 million during that period. But the 1960s would see the fund grow even more in both fundraising and the agencies it supported. click for more
As a long line of officials grabbed their shovels for the ceremonial dirt toss, the old school was being taken apart behind them and forms for the footings for the new school were being installed across the way.
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