Editorials

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Saturday May 4, 2013 In Adams' four-way race for two seats on the Board of Selectmen -- being decided in the Monday, May 6 local election -- we support the voices of experience and endorse Joseph Nowak and Donald Sommer. The roster of hopefuls in this cycle all bring promising qualities to the table.   Full Story
 
Monday, April 29, 2013 Tuesday is fast approaching, and that day, the voters of North Adams have a critical issue to decide in the special election on the funding for the Conte School Renovation Project. We have already endorsed the plan to turn Conte into a K-7 elementary school for a variety of reasons - all and more of which are detailed in the myriad letters to the editor we have   Full Story
 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Though raised in Adams, there was a time in the not-too-distant past when I walked a piece of Boston's Boylston Street daily on my way to work in the Clarendon Building, just outside of Copley Square. I crossed each day, filled with all the hope and determination of a man in his 20s, the same sidewalk the world saw streaked in the blood of innocent bystanders Monday   Full Story
 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 NORTH ADAMS The debate over the Conte School renovation has been roiling recently, and tonight's information session on the matter represents a great opportunity for voters to continue their education before the April 30 vote on financing the school building project. We encourage voters to be there from 6:30 to 7:30 p.   Full Story
 
Saturday March 30, 2013 WILLIAMSTOWN The stakes have gotten higher in the lively debate revolving around the town's affordable housing shortage, The Spruces Mobile Home Park and the Lowry and Burbank conservation properties. The town has been awarded a $6.13 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to purchase and demolish the Irene-ravaged and flood-prone Spruces,   Full Story
 
Friday March 22, 2013 NORTH ADAMS With the borrowing order to transform the former Silvio O. Conte Middle School into an elementary school going to a vote on April 30, we’ve been overjoyed with the flow of opinion that has made its way to our newsroom. This is an important conversation that needs to be had in the days leading up to April 30, and we’re happy to play   Full Story