Family Bingo at the Adams Free Library

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ADAMS, Mass. — Join the Adams Free Library for a free evening of Bingo for the entire family on Thursday, July 31. 
 
Winners will receive $50 vouchers to local restaurants, and the grand prize is a family ride on the Hoosac Valley Ice Cream Explorer Train.
 
"Adams is a very supportive community, and businesses were happy to provide a gift card to a local restaurant for a neighborhood family," said Emily Brannan, the Children's Librarian. "Tonight's Bingo event is all about local businesses supporting local families who support reading at the Adams Free Library." 
 
The following businesses participated in purchasing the gift cards: Adams Specialty Printing, Daily Grind, Friends of the Adams Council on Aging, St. John Law Offices, Steeple view Reality, and the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum. Additionally, the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum generously provided four tickets on their Hoosac Valley Explorer Ice Cream Train.
 
Families are invited to call (413)743-8345 and register for our "Free Family Bingo Night" at the Adams Free Library on Thursday, July 31 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. 
 
An adult must accompany children under 8 years of age. Library events are free and open to the public. Attendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Adams Free Library.
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Adams Applies for CDBG Grant to Address Blight

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town continues its efforts to address blight in the community by applying for funds through the Community Development Block Grant, as it has done years prior.  
 
The Select Board recently approved the grant application requesting $950,000 to fund the highly anticipated Winter Street reconstruction and the town's Adams Housing Rehabilitation Program. 
 
CDBG is a federally funded competitive grant program administered by the state. It can be used for activities that address blight, housing, beautification, demolition and economic development.
 
The need for these funds is substantial as towns work to balance addressing high-cost infrastructure repairs with limited state and federal funding, such as Chapter 90, said Donna Cesan, community development director. 
 
"Adams is one of the poor communities in the commonwealth.  Here in the Northern Berkshires, we're still recovering from the '60s and the loss of our manufacturing base, so it's been a slow recovery," she said. 
 
Cesan has been working with the town for more than 20 years and during that time has seen improvements but there are still setbacks, including the rising costs to address the communities needs. 
 
"To continue to work on projects like this to improve the community. So, I think Adams is very deserving of this. I think the community needs this," she said. 
 
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