image description — This three-bedroom home on Oak Hill in North Adams has had a number of updates, including a new roof.

Friday Front Porch Feature: A North County Gem

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:22PM / Friday, September 18, 2026Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Are you looking for an updated private home to spend your days in? 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 175 Oak Hill.

This 1998 home has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms and is 2,156 square feet with about an acre of land.

The house features a two-car garage that leads into an open concept design with wood and tiled floors. The living room features a wood pellet stove next to the tiled kitchen that leads out to a deck.

A sunroom will keep you cozy through any season, with automatic shade skylights that were installed just last year.

Recent updates to the home include a new asphalt shingle roof, vinyl siding, hot water heater, furnace, vinyl windows, and gutters.

It is on the market for $539,000; the listing is with Dante Cellana at Burnham and Gold Real Estate.

You can find out more about this house 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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North Adams Unveils Renovated Armory Basketball Court

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Friday, October 16, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two years after a sprinkler malfunction flooded half of the North Adams Armory's gym, and after a lengthy back-and-forth with the insurance company, the city has unveiled the gym's long-awaited new flooring.

Children, families, and elected officials gathered Friday to break in the court during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. While 9-year-old Noah Morrissey scored the first basket, the city obtaining the funding to replace the gyms flooring was a score of its own.

When the city first submitted its claim to the insurance company, Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association, it was initially denied, prompting the city to file another claim, Mayor Jennifer Macksey said.

"We pushed harder on them. Then they came back and said they wanted to replace half the floor. How do you replace half of a basketball court?" she said.

So, the city challenged the insurance company's vice president to visit the gym and to do a few laps on it, after which he saw what the paperwork couldn't convey: the gym floor had dead spots and ripples, meaning the entire floor needed to be replaced.

The city brought in Dupee Flooring to help make its case to the insurance company for a full replacement. Once approved, the company installed a new subfloor to level the surface and refinished the court lines.

Following the $300,000 renovation, the gym now has layouts for three pickleball courts, one volleyball court, and a basketball court. It is also the home of North Adams Youth Basketball League and other teams from Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School in Adams and Buxton School in Williamstown.

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