Adams Narrows Town Administrator Search to Three Finalists

Staff Reports 09:58AM / Wednesday, October 15, 2025Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. — The Select Board has named Nicholas Caccamo, Dillon Maxfield, and Peter White as the three finalists who will interview before the board next weekend for the Town Administrator position.

The names of the candidates were officially listed on the Select Board's regular meeting agenda, posted ahead of their meeting on Wednesday. The board is seeking a permanent replacement for the town's top administrative post.

Nicholas Caccamo, of Pittsfield, is currently serving as the Town Administrator for Williamsburg. Caccamo is also a former Pittsfield City Councilor, having stepped down from the council in 2021 to take the Williamsburg role. Peter White, also a Pittsfield resident, is the current Pittsfield City Council President.

The third finalist, Dillon Maxfield, is from Amherst. He is involved in Amherst town government and works for the town of Easthampton as an Associate Planner.

Interviews will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 8 a.m. in Adams Town Hall.

The search for the new administrator was aided by Groux-White Consulting LLC of Lexington, with the town having authorized then-interim Town Administrator Kenneth Walto to enter into the contract.

Groux-White Consulting sent out 400 invitations and brochures and contacted every manager in Western Mass. 27 managers from border communities in Vermont and New York State were also contacted.

The vacancy was created when former Adams Town Administrator Jay Green was hired as the Lenox Town Manager in 2024. Currently, Librarian Holi Jayko is filling the role of Interim Town Administrator.

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Adams Zoning Board Talks Signage Bylaw

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
02:47PM / Saturday, August 29, 2026

ADAMS, Mass. — For more than a decade, the Zoning Board has deliberated over several matters involving its "restrictive" sign bylaw.

Now, the board is developing a proposed amendment that would make the bylaw less constraining for businesses while preserving the town’s character and protecting neighboring properties.

The current bylaw has been in effect since around 1986, and for the past 10 to 15 years, it has sparked controversy nearly every year when a new sign is proposed for installation in town, said board member David Rhinemiller.

When it was developed in the 1980s, the goal was to preserve the town’s 1950s and 1960s-era character, he said.

As part of the process, the town surveyed residents about their vision for the community, and the overall feedback favored maintaining that aesthetic, which was then reflected in the zoning bylaws, including restrictions on internally illuminated signs, Rhinemiller said.

The board hopes to make the baseline of the bylaw more realistic and acceptable to modern businesses while ensuring it protects the safety and comfort of the surrounding area, board members said.

"The way our current bylaws are written, virtually anything that somebody might want to do to change the sign regulations to accommodate their business is subject to meeting the requirements of a variance, which we all know is very difficult to do," board member Raymond Gargan Jr. said.

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