Adams Street Fair Going 'Really Big' for Fifth Anniversary

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:22AM / Friday, February 21, 2025Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Street Fair is marking its fifth year with fireworks, more entertainment and a nod to the '80s.

The fair, which raises funds for first-responders, was approved by the Selectmen on Wednesday for a Sept. 13 date.

"The reason why we're doing this early is because it's our fifth anniversary," said founder and organizer Joseph Martin. "So we're going really big this year. We have fireworks. ...

"We have a stage coming from Pittsfield, because this year we have for our main entertainment ... we have a band from Connecticut."

Martin said the fair had just booked Sticky Sweet, a Def Leppard tribute band that played at the Stationery Factory in Dalton on Saturday. A local band will open for the group and ventriloquist Al Getler, who appeared last fall at the Cummington Fair, will perform three family shows.

The fair will run from 2 to 8 p.m., which will give people time to find a good place to watch the fireworks at 9 p.m.

"The reason why we wanted to do this early is we have buttons now that we're going to be selling in different places," Martin said. "They're $1 a piece. ... we have months, months and months to sell them. So we we made up 10,000 buttons. And on the bottom, you'll see they have numbers. So at the street fair at eight o'clock, we're going to pull three numbers."

The winner will get $300, second prize $150 and third prize $50. Proceeds will benefit first responders. Martin said a circus is also planned for July 29 and 30 and the group is in talks with the Adams Police Association and the Diocese of Springfield to bring a carnival to the Mill Street Field.

"We just have to get everything approved and and the money goes to the Adams Police Association and the Adams Street Fair," Martin said. "So we got a lot going on."

The fair was approved for use of the Visitors' Center, Depot Street and the west end of Hoosac Street and use of the Valley Street Field for fireworks, signage and a Sunday entertainment license. The fair is set for Saturday, Sept. 13, with a rain date of Sunday, Sept. 14. The fair has some other permits/licenses to get prior to the event.

ProAdams was also approved for use of the Visitors' Center for the annual Thunderfest on Saturday, March 22, and a one-day liquor license for Bounti-Fare to serve at the event from noon to 5 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, March 23.

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North Berkshire School Study Encouraging Stakeholders to Take Survey

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Saturday, October 03, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The consultants behind the education study for North Berkshire are hoping for solid responses to its recently released survey.

The survey, released last week, can be found here.

"Our goal is somewhere between 5 and 10 percent overall survey responses, which is somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 responses," project manager Jake Eberwein told the steering committee for the North Berkshire Educational Sustainability Study at Wednesday's meeting at Hoosac Valley High School.

This is the next phase of the study of secondary education in North County being undertaken through state funding and conducted by Berkshire Educational Consulting Group, Berk12.

"Our first phase was project awareness, and that was really our you know attempt to meet the school committees, select boards, and we wrapped that up this past Monday in Williamstown," Berk12 researcher Brendan Sheran said. "And certainly, we'll be doing more of that going back out probably in the midyear or springtime. But in terms of info gathering, really, the data collection — that's where we are now."

The community survey was launched through sharing on social media, the group's stakeholder list, the press, and the district partners, which are distributing it to educators, parents and students. The window is expected to close on Friday, Oct. 9, but Sheran said they can be flexible with the date.

The survey takes about seven to 10 minutes and is open to those in the Hoosac Valley Regional and Mount Greylock Regional school districts and in North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida and Savoy.

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