Ghosts and Legends With Jeff Belanger at the Adams Free Library

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ADAMS, Mass. — Emmy-nominated host of New England Legends and Travel Channel's Ghost Adventure writer to offer an evening of exploring alleged reagionial haunts and others from around the world.
 
On Oct. 21, at 6:30pm, Belanger will be offering a multimedia lecture at the Adams Free Library located at 92 Park St., Adams.  Belanger will also have autographed books available for purchase.  Library events are free and open to the public.  This program is best for ages 15 and up.  Registration is required.
 
According to a press release:
 
For the last 17 years, Belanger has searched the world for monsters, ghosts, and other paranormal legends that have seeped into our culture, folklore, religion, and even our history books.  
 
Belanger is a storyteller, adventurer, journalist, and one of the most visible explorers of the unexplained today.  He's the author of over a dozen books published in six languages, and he is the Emmy-nominated host, writer, and producer of the PBS and Amazon Prime series New England Legends and the weekly New England Legends podcast.  Belanger is the writer and researcher for the Ghost Adventures series, and he's been a guest on hundreds of television and radio networks and programs, including History, Travel Channel, Biography Channel, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, BBC, and Coast to Coast AM.
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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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