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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Nor'easter Set to Drop Foot of Snow Over Berkshires

06:42PM / Saturday, February 21, 2026

Here we go again.

A powerful Nor'easter is set to drop up to a foot of snow over the region, right on the tail Friday's storm that dropped up to 6 inches in some areas.

The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a winter storm warning beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday through 7 p.m. on Monday for the Berkshires, eastern New York, Southern Vermont and northern Connecticut.

Heavy snow expected with total accumulations between 8 and 14 inches with some locally higher totals possible over the high peaks of the Catskills. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

The storm center was lining up to hit New York City but has been shifting north. Southern Berkshire could see a few more inches that North County, unless the storm moves further north.

Vermont schoolchildren will be starting their winter vacation Monday but Berkshire kids will be headed back to school. But they might be getting an extra vacation day -- Greylock Snow Day has an 80 percent probability for of delays, a 75 percent chance for closures in South County.

With the storm sweeping in by Sunday afternoon, we'll be on the lookout for any cancellations. This post will also be updated if new information becomes available.

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