Polish Picnic In Adams This Weekend

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Parish Family of Saint John Paul II will hold it's Polka Picnic tradition on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Polanka Grounds on Mill Street, Adams. 
 
Gates open at noon with the Eddie Foreman Orchestra performing favorite dance tunes from 1-5. Traditional Polish foods and adult beverages will be available for purchase. The Adams Lions Club will be selling cookout fare and Crumb Bakery will be selling homemade treats.
 
Free games will be provided for children. Admission is $5.00/adult, free for children 12 and under. On-street and limited grounds parking will be available.
 

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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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