Deadline Approaching for North Adams Election

03:08PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The deadline is fast approaching to get nomination papers in for the city election in November.

Papers with the signatures of 50 registered voters for mayor, City Council and city and McCann school committees are due by Tuesday, July 29, by 5 p.m. The city clerk's office will be open until 5 p.m. that day.

As of Wednesday, there are two candidates for the two-year term for mayor. Incumbent Jennifer Macksey, running for a third term, is being challenged by newcomer Scott Berglund. Both have submitted their papers and had their signatures certified. A third candidate, Richard Greene, took out papers but has not returned them.

Seven of the nine City Council incumbents are running for two-year terms: Lisa Blackmer, Keith Bona, Peter Breen, Andrew Fitch, Peter Oleskiewicz, Bryan Sapienza and Ashley Shade. All have been certified except Fitch, who has not yet returned his papers.

Eight potential challengers have taken out papers for council and Aprilyn Carsno, Virginia Riehl and Lillian Zavatsky have had their signatures certified. CarrieAnn Crews, Alexa MacDonald, Ronald Sheldon, Joshua Vallieres and Thomas Wallace have not yet returned papers.

The council seats are at large and the nine highest vote-getters will be seated for the 2026-28 term.

School Committee incumbents Emily Daunis, David Sookey and Richard Alcombright have taken out papers running for re-election; so far only Sookey has returned his for certification. Also taking out papers are Chelsey Lyn Ciolkowski and Eric Wilson, who has had his signatures certified.

Incumbents Gary F. Rivers and Tyler Gibeau have returned papers for the two seats on the McCann School Committee.

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North Adams Water Line Break Shuts Off Service on Ashland; McCann Dismisses Classes Early

Staff Reports iBerkshires
10:52AM / Friday, October 30, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A water main that broke Friday morning has affected water service south of Main Street along Ashland and Church streets and caused McCann Technical School to close early.

The break occurred shortly before 9 a.m. near the Roots Teen Center; Ashland Street between Summer Street and American Legion Drive was closed to traffic to allow crews to work on repairs.

"The way it was coming out, we were hoping it was a sprinkler line for the old Nassif's, but there's no sprinkler line in there, so it's a main line," said Commissioner of Public Services Timothy Lescarbeau. "We're trying to get it isolated. Once we get isolated, everything's coming back."

This break is causing areas of the city to have little to no water pressure.

McCann Technical posted that its Tea Room would be closed and then announced early dismissal for 11:15 a.m. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has cancelled all classes.

The Water Department was opening connections around the affected area to close off the gates and redirect the flow until the line could be repaired. Water was flowing out of a hydrant past the post office and streaming down American Legion Drive.

American Legion Drive is open but the work crews are now in the intersection of Ashland and Summer Street and traffic will be disrupted. The city is asking that motorists and pedestrians avoid the affected area whenever possible "to allow our crews to work safely and efficiently."

For questions or concerns, contact the Water Department at 413-662-3157. In the event of an emergency, contact the Dispatch Center at 413-664-4944, Ext. 1.

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