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Local Veterans Replace St. Stans Flag and Pole

The new pole was installed over Labor Day Weekend.

ADAMS, Mass. — Members of Adams American Legion Post 60, North Adams American Legion Post 125, and the American Legion Riders installed a new pole and hoisted a new flag at St. Stanislaus Kostka School over Labor Day Weekend.

"Everyone in our community has been talking about the new flag and pole," said St. Stans Principal Chris Bersaw. "We are very excited to have it and grateful to the American Legion."

Bersaw said the previous pole was blown over during a severe winter storm last year.

"We were looking into options to replace it when Jill reached out to us with the generous offer from the American Legion to purchase a new pole and flag for us," he said, referring to Jill Naugle of the American Legion Riders.

Post 60 purchased the pole and flag, installing them with assistance from Post 125 members and the Legion Riders.

Bersaw noted that the eighth-grade class has been assigned the duty of caring for the flag as part of their civics studies this year.

"St. Stan's has deep respect and appreciation for our nation's veterans and this gift helps our students recognize the importance of our flag and history," Bersaw said.

Adams Town Meeting Members Approve All Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
07:51PM / Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Kyle Danforth and Patrick Kennedy state the case for the tax exemption they were seeking for their recycling business. 

ADAMS, Mass. — Town meeting members on Wednesday night approved a tax exemption for a local business, the partial funding recension of a previously approved project and a $173,000 boost in the fiscal 2027 budget to account for additional personnel costs.

Some 98 of the town's 150 town meeting members attend the hourlong special town meeting in the Memorial Building gymnasium. All three articles on the warrant passed unanimously.

 

The item that faced the most discussion was Article 3, granting Dream Green Recycling a seven-year special tax assessment agreement.

 

The business, owned by Kyle Danforth, Dan Haskins, and Patrick Kennedy, has operated from leased facilities at 15 Printworks Drive in Adams and a 10,000-square-foot facility in Pittsfield. The partners recently purchased the Adams building.

 

The vote gives Dream Green Recycling with a temporary exemption from real estate taxes during its expansion under the following schedule:

• Fiscal years 2027 & 2028: 100 percent 
• Fiscal year 2029 & 2030: 75 percent
• Fiscal year 2031: 50 percent
• Fiscal year 2032 & 2033: 25 percent

The hope is to expand its Adams facility and consolidate its Pittsfield operations by, eventually, moving all of it to Adams.

 

Part of the agreement requires the owners to execute its intention to renovate and upgrade its facility at 15 Printworks Drive, with an estimated capital investment of approximately $1.2 million to $1.8 million and add 12 jobs.

 

Over the last couple of years, the town's tax bill has left the owners operating "pretty much paycheck to paycheck," Danforth told the town meeting members.  

 

The agreement will help ease some of that financial pressure as the company moves forward with its expansion, including the costs of purchasing new equipment, hiring additional employees and growing its operations, Danforth and Kennedy explained.