Clarksburg Election Deadline Approaching

11:59AM / Thursday, March 20, 2025Print Story | Email Story

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — There's very little time to get nomination papers in for the town election, which still has offices seeking candidates.

Town Clerk Marilyn Gomeau is reminding citizens that the deadline to return nomination papers with 25 signatures is Monday, March 24, at noon.

There's one three-year seat open on the Select Board as incumbent Robert Norcross is not running for re-election. Seth Alexander, who ran unsuccessfully for the board last year, has taken out papers but not returned them.

Alexander was elected as town moderator; he has taken out papers for re-election to a one-year term but has not returned them.

No one has taken out papers for two seats on the Planning Board and papers have been taken out for library trustee but returned.

Candidates who have returned their papers and will be on the ballot are: Mary Giron for School Committee; Kyle Hurlbut for tree warden; Edward Denault and Michael Rivers for War Memorial trustees; Michael Rivers for Board of Health; and Richard Bernardi for Northern Berkshire Vocational (McCann) School Committee.

Most of those on the ballot are incumbents. Gomeau said it was disappointing that so few people seemed interested in participating in town government, noting this is a problem in many small towns now.

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North Adams Unveils Renovated Armory Basketball Court

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Friday, October 16, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two years after a sprinkler malfunction flooded half of the North Adams Armory's gym, and after a lengthy back-and-forth with the insurance company, the city has unveiled the gym's long-awaited new flooring.

Children, families, and elected officials gathered Friday to break in the court during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. While 9-year-old Noah Morrissey scored the first basket, the city obtaining the funding to replace the gyms flooring was a score of its own.

When the city first submitted its claim to the insurance company, Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association, it was initially denied, prompting the city to file another claim, Mayor Jennifer Macksey said.

"We pushed harder on them. Then they came back and said they wanted to replace half the floor. How do you replace half of a basketball court?" she said.

So, the city challenged the insurance company's vice president to visit the gym and to do a few laps on it, after which he saw what the paperwork couldn't convey: the gym floor had dead spots and ripples, meaning the entire floor needed to be replaced.

The city brought in Dupee Flooring to help make its case to the insurance company for a full replacement. Once approved, the company installed a new subfloor to level the surface and refinished the court lines.

Following the $300,000 renovation, the gym now has layouts for three pickleball courts, one volleyball court, and a basketball court. It is also the home of North Adams Youth Basketball League and other teams from Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School in Adams and Buxton School in Williamstown.

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