Artic Blast to Hit Berkshires

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires will be in the Chill Zone on Saturday night as temperatures are expected to dip as low as 15 degrees below zero.
 
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a wind chill advisory beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday through 10 a.m. Sunday. 
 
The areas affected include all of Berkshire County, parts of the eastern New York Catskills in western Greene and Ulster counties.
 
Temperatures Saturday will be in the teens; the breezy frigid conditions will be dangerously cold. 
 
Cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken, according to NWS, plushe the combination of cold temperatures and gusty winds will lead to dangerously cold wind chills into early Sunday morning. The coldest wind chills will occur in
the higher terrain areas.
 
Anyone going outside should dress accordingly and don't leave pets outside.

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Clarksburg Holds Information Session CPA Warrant Article

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — An informational meeting on the Community Preservation Act will be held on Wednesday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at the Clarksburg Elementary School.
 
Voters at the annual town meeting on May 29 will be asked to approve adoption of the state law which will allow the town to collect a 3 percent surcharge on property taxes for use for affordable housing, open space and recreation, and historic preservation. A percentage of the funds collected by the town are matched by the state.
 
The Historical Commission requested the question be placed on the town meeting warrant. Passage at town meeting would put the CPA on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. 
 
The slide presentation by commissioners will cover what the act is and what adopting it would mean to residents and the community. This will be followed by Q&A.
 
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