Select Board Seat Open in Clarksburg Election

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — There are no candidates yet for the Select Board with one week to go before nomination papers are due. 
 
Jeffrey Levanos, who was the only candidate in a special election in 2021, will not run for another term. 
 
Levanos had previously said he was done with public service after serving three terms on the School Committee and two on the Select Board, including being chairman of each at the same time for a period. But vacancies on the board twice had him running again. 
 
He ran as a write-in in 2019 to complete a term when no one stepped forward and on the ballot in the December 2021 election to complete a three-year term ending this year.
 
Also on the ballot this year are one-year terms for moderator and tree warden; three-year seats on the School Committee, Board of Health, Board of Library Trustees and War Memorial Committee; and one five-year term on the Planning Board. 
 
Nomination papers are now available in the town clerk's office. All signatures must be in ink; no electronic signatures are allowed. Completed nomination papers must be returned to the clerk's office for certification no later than Wednesday, March 27.

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Northern Berkshire United Way: 1950s Sees New Name, Same Mission

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Northern Berkshire United Way is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Each month, we will take a look back at the agency's milestones over the decades. This first part looks at its successes and challenges during the war years.
 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank Bond, a founding member of the community chest, had the honor of cutting a cake at the 1956 annual meeting to mark the 20 years since its establishment. 
 
The organization had successfully grown over the past 20 years and, by the end of the decade, would see its campaign drives pass the $100,000 mark and the number of agencies under its umbrella grow to 17. 
 
The community chest had also changed names, becoming a United Fund, a natural outgrowth of its establishment to bring multiple local social service campaigns under one umbrella, and would include both Clarksburg and Stamford, Vt.
 
But that impetus for its founding would continue to bedevil the United Fund as more organizations, some national, would continue to compete for local dollars. 
 
At the beginning of the decade, Executive Secretary Estelle Howard said there were still too many independent appeals and that "serious thought must be given to this problem."
 
"Competition for the contributors' dollar, for volunteer workers' time and for publicity are getting out of bounds," she said. 
 
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