Adams Street Fair Returns to Support First Responders

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Street Fair is set to return on July 14, from noon to 6 pm at the Adams Visitors Center. 
 
First held in 2021, this community event was created to raise funds for the town's first responders who supported the community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The festivities will kick off with a First Responders Parade at 11:30 am, starting at Renfrew Field and traveling down Columbia Street. An opening ceremony will follow immediately after the parade, setting the stage for the day's events.
 
There will be live performances from two bands: Tame the Rooster will play from 12:30 to 2:30 pm, followed by Whiskey City from 4 to 6 pm. A special dance performance is scheduled from 3 to 3:30 pm.
 
The Kidfest area will host a variety of activities for children, featuring illusionist David Garity from 1 to 4 pm and juggler Bryson Lang at 2:30 pm. Additionally, wrestling fans can catch the "Adams Street Showdown" presented by Truly Independent Wrestling at 2 pm on Hoosac Street.
 
This year's fair will also include a car show and numerous vendors offering a variety of goods and services. 

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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
"The transient nature of this population right now is like nothing I've ever seen," Dean said. 
 
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