Senator Mark Sets Community Office Hours for April

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The staff of state Sen. Paul Mark, D-Peru, will host a number of community outreach events during April.
 
District Director Jon Gould and Constituents Service Director Casey Pease will be available to meet with constituents in the communities of Adams, Great Barrington, North Adams and Pittsfield during this month's staff office hours. 
  • Adams: April 4 & 18, Tuesdays, from 9 to noon, Town Hall, 8 Park St.
  • Great Barrington: April 3 & 17, Mondays, from 9 to noon, Town Hall, 334 Main St.
  • North Adams: April 4 & 18, Tuesdays, from 1 to 4, MCLA Alumni Relations Building, 228 E. Main St.
  • Pittsfield: April 5, 6, 19 & 20, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 9 to noon, senator's district office, 773 Tyler St.
Residents of any of the 57 municipalities in the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin & Hampshire Senate District are encouraged to visit one of the following locations to ask for assistance with issues involving any state agency or to share ideas on current or potential state legislation. Appointments are not needed. 
 
In addition to the regularly rotating office hours, the senator plans to visit every community for coffee and conversation-type events. The senator and his staff will also hold office hours in Southwick Town Hall on the second and fourth Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m.; at Buckland Town Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays from 9 to 11; and the Williamsburg Town Offices on the second and fourth Tuesdays from 1 to 3. 
 
The senator can contacted at Paul.Mark@masenate.gov, contact  or call the offices during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. The State House office, where the budget and policy, media relations, and scheduling functions are handled, can be reached at 617-722-1625. The Pittsfield office can be reached at 413-464-5635.
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North Adams Officials to Revote School Committee Members

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — City and school officials will meet a second time to vote in two new members of the School Committee. 
 
The joint convention of the City Council and School Committee will be held on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the City Hall conference room and via Zoom. 
 
Damon Grimes and Paul Moriarty were jointly elected on Monday to fill two seats vacated by resignation. They were two of four candidates standing for election.
 
Mayor Jennifer Macksey, chair of the School Committee, said she had received in inquiry about the votes, which were done by secret ballot.
 
"I have been advised that voting by ballot was not permissible in this circumstance," she said, after consulting the School Committee's attorney Adam Dupere and city solicitor KP Law. 
 
To ensure the validity of the votes and conduct of the election, the joint convention will reconvene and formally confirm the selection of Grimes and Moriarty.
 
"I apologize for the inconvenience of having to reconvene," the mayor said in a statement. "My intention in using a ballot was to address concerns raised following our previous convention, when some members expressed discomfort with publicly voting for or against individual candidates. 
 
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