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This three-bedroom cape in Adams still has much of its original features like fireplace and hardwood floors, but also has a renovated bathroom, kitchen and boiler.

Friday Front Porch Feature: A Cozy Home in Adams

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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ADAMS, Mass. — Are you looking for a cozy single-family home? Then this is the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 84 North Summer St.

This 1950, two-story, three-bedroom cape is 1,260 square feet on less than an acre. It has a primary bedroom and renovated bathroom with shower on the first floor and two bedrooms upstairs. It also features a fireplace in the living room and wood floors throughout the rooms.

There's a detached one-car garage and a patio to enjoy mountain views.

The home is on the market for $349,900.

We spoke to Pauline Green with Steepleview Realty, which has the listing.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Outstanding views of Mount Greylock. The charm of a mid-century cape, many updates. 

What kind of buyer do you see this home being perfect for?

Perfect for someone who wants to live on the first floor (bedroom and bath) and a family home with additional bedrooms upstairs. 

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

The coziness. 

Are there any standout design features and/or recent renovations?

Kitchen and bath updates, new windows on the first floor, Buderus boiler, rebuilt side porch and patio. 

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

Convenient to everything, including the Ashuwillticook bike trail. Easy maintenance. 

You can find out more about this home on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.





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Mount Greylock School Committee Talks Elementary Math Instruction

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In the shadow of a community-wide discussion about math instruction at Williamstown Elementary School, the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Thursday heard a presentation about steps the district is taking to improve its program at both elementary schools.
 
Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Joelle Brookner talked with the committee about the district's move to the i-Ready math curriculum in grades K through 6 and how the first year of the curriculum's adoption already appears to be paying dividends.
 
Brookner first provided some background in how the district came to adopt the learning platform from publisher Curriculum Associates.
 
The process started when the district took a hard look at the pupils' performance in math and realized its former curriculum, Everyday Math, might need to be replaced.
 
Math instruction was a strong enough concern at the Williamstown school that its School Council this winter requested the addition of a full-time math interventionist to the faculty for the 2026-27 academic year.
 
Ultimately, that request did not make the cut when the administration produced a budget that was approved by the School Committee to send to town meetings in Williamstown and Lanesborough. But a group of concerned parents has announced its plan to make an amendment on the floor of the Williamstown annual town meeting Tuesday to add $120,000 to the town's assessment for the district in order to fund the position at WES.
 
At last Thursday's meeting, Brookner acknowledged the planned amendment and said that an interventionist, if added, would become "an integral part of the team" at the elementary school.
 
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