| | | Well, North Adams, the future is upon us, but before we take those first big steps we should take a moment to look back.
For 26 years, Mayor John Barrett III gave his blood, sweat and tears in the hope of making North Adams a better place for all of us to live. Whether you agreed with his style and decisions or not does not matter on this day.
Full Story Thank You, Mayor John Barrett, for all you have done for the last 26 years.
North Adams has become a wonderful place to live and visit. You have made this a destination place and also a safe place for us to raise our children.
You have poured your heart and soul in to this city, and we appreciate it.
Full Story Thank you to all the people of North Adams who took the time to talk with and vote for me this election season as I ran for City Council.
Although I did not get a seat on the council, I am proud to have received the support of 19 percent of the voters, based on my ideas and ongoing work in the city, rather than on name recognition from lawn signs or advertising.
Full Story Why are we being told by Speaker Pelosi and Dr. Dean what a wonderful bill the House has come up with? People who have a pre-existing condition or are now sick and uninsured will be dead by the time it takes effect in 2013.
With states being allowed to opt out for the public option, the very states where people are the poorest and have the greatest need will not be part of the public option
Full Story Over the last eight years, I have learned a lot about change and, importantly, a community’s appetite for it.
Change represents risk -- the risk of failure or the risk of finding out that what you believed to be true is not. Change can represent cost, though too often we don’t question the cost of not changing.
Full Story If you are looking for a little adventure, something fun to do, or looking for the perfect unusual gift, consider taking a local scenic flight with Shamrock Aviation, located right in North Adams at the Harriman Airport.
My wife and I did just that on Monday the 26th. It was a beautiful sunny fall day.
Full Story OK, we know everyone is probably tired of hearing about health insurance. Some people say, "You are lucky to have it at all." However, there are over 500 of your family members, neighbors, co-workers and friends who are City employees and retirees that have been taken advantage of by the corner office for what, in fact, might be decades.
Full Story This Tuesday, a mayor will be elected. It may be who you voted for; it may not. There is no denying the love and commitment either candidate has for the city of North Adams or the drive we all have for keeping North Adams
the community we have created together.
A mayor is only as strong as the community that supports him.
Full Story I am writing this endorsement for Mayor John Barrett who, in my opinion, has and will continue to be a person of the utmost integrity and caring for the residents of North Adams.
My family has been visiting this great city for the past 12 years and has been afforded the utmost friendship and hospitality anybody could ask for.
Full Story As one who grew up in a neighboring town, attended college at MCLA, lived in Hometown America (Plymouth) for 25 years and have resided in North Adams with my elderly mother for the past two-plus years, I’m an interested and objective citizen who has always tried to stay abreast of city politics.
Full Story How can one tell when a leader and members of a community are in a dangerously co-dependent relationship? When their voices tremble in fear and when they vehemently believe that the power to control their fate rests solely in the hands of that leader. When there is a real or perceived addiction by a leader to position.
Full Story To the voters of North Adams: Believe me, people, in today’s financial crisis you don’t want the mayor of our city to call Boston and have the person who answers say, "WHO?"
They know who John Barrett is. Vote for Barrett on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Verne Bosworth
North Adams
Oct. 28
Full Story When talking about Dick Alcombright, one hears the same words again and again: honesty, fairness, integrity, open-mindedness, ethics, discipline, fiscal responsibility and leadership.
It does not matter whether people are discussing his career in banking, his role as a board member for the YMCA, his eight years as a city councilor, his 16 years working with the McCann School Committee or his
Full Story Though I have not lived in North Adams for 31 years, having moved to Charlotte, N.C., after college, I know Mayor John Barrett’s tremendous record as mayor of North Adams, and I wanted to add my opinion to those of others who have shared theirs during this campaign.
I visit North Adams as often as possible and was home earlier this month.
Full Story It would be nice to think that Mayor John Barrett had more power over the businesses on Main Street and he could turn them all into gold mines, but he doesn’t and he can’t! He doesn’t own Main Street. This is the free enterprise system, as I’m sure you’ve seen on TV.
But, he really can’t win down there!
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