Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser to Support Families Affected by North Adams Fire

ADAMS, Mass. — A pancake breakfast fundraiser will be held on Saturday, April 19, from 8:00 AM to noon at the Greylock Glen Center, located at 135 Gould Rd. in Adams.

The event will benefit the LaCosse and Cantoni families, who experienced total loss in a recent house fire in North Adams. The LaCosse family also suffered the loss of their four-year-old daughter in the incident.

The pancake breakfast aims to provide community support to both families as they navigate the process of healing and rebuilding. All proceeds from the event will be directly donated to the LaCosse and Cantoni families.

Adams Officials Seek Action on Decaying Harmony Street House

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:41AM / Saturday, May 16, 2026

The town's owed more than $72,000 in taxes and interest since 2011 but the owners have died and the heirs don't want it.

ADAMS, Mass. — The town is re-initiating legal steps to address a neighborhood eyesore on Harmony Street. 

 

Neighbors of the property located at 6 Harmony St. have expressed concerns surrounding the deteriorating and unsafe condition of the conventional single-family residence.

 

"This is a house that is sort of collapsing in on itself. It's probably in need of demolition," said Town Administrator Nicholas Caccamo. 

 

To do that, there are two steps that need to occur — the creation of the Board of Survey and the appropriation of funds, he said. 

 

"We'd be moving an article to town meeting for an appropriation for slum and blight costs that demolition might occur," Caccamo said. 

 

"So, that's an item that we'll be bringing forward, as requested by the board, for consideration when you sign the warrant.

 

The town does not own the property. It previously attempted to place a lien on the property for $16,167.08 in unpaid taxes accrued between 2011 and 2017.