Blustery, Snowy Weather for Veterans Day

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veterans Day will dawn chilly and a possible frosting of snow as the jet stream dips across the eastern half of the country. 
 
AccuWeather says this will be the coldest weather since last winter and that this cold sweeping across the Great Lakes will result in the first round of "significant" snow. 
 
Snow showers are predicted along the Green and Berkshire mountain ranges to the Connecticut border. 
 
The New England Storm Center is predicting up to an inch, with rain turning to snow overnight as temperatures drop.  
 
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., says a low-pressure system will track north across eastern New England, bringing rain that will changeto wet snow towards dark. Blustery and cold conditions along with lake-effect snow showers and flurries will arrive Tuesday with below normal temperatures continuing through the week. 
 
Winds gust of 35-45 mph expected across parts of the Berkshires, Mohawk Valley, New York's Capital Region, eastern Catskills, and Taconics on Tuesday. There's a possibility of sleet along the transition line and higher terrains could see up to 2 inches of snow cover. 
 
Scattered rain and snow showers will persist Wednesday into Thursday, with additional disturbances, before  high pressure builds in late in the week for dryer and warmer conditions for the weekend. 
 
Channel 13 News' weather team was predicting passing snow showers on Tuesday and Wednesday and "blustery and chilly" through the middle of the week. 
 

Winter weather advisories are up for northern Vermont as rain changes to snow this evening behind the cold front. Additional snow showers are likely tomorrow afternoon as well. 1-3" is most likely with up to 5-6" for high elevations & summits #VTwx

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— New England Storm Center (@nestormcenter.bsky.social) November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Clarksburg Students Write in Support of Rural School Aid

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

Mason Langenback calculated that Clarksburg would get almost $1 million if the $60 million was allocated equally.
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Eighth-graders at Clarksburg School took a lesson in civic advocacy this week, researching school funding and writing letters to Beacon Hill that call for fully funding rural school aid. 
 
The students focused on the hardships for small rural schools and their importance to the community — that they struggle with limited funding and teacher shortages, but offer safe and supportive spaces for learning and are a hub for community connections.
 
"They all address the main issue, the funding for rural schools, and how there's a gap, and there's the $4 million gap this year, and then it's about the $40 million next year, and that rural schools need that equitable funding," said social studies teacher Mark Karhan.
 
A rural schools report in 2022 found smaller school districts cost from nearly 17 percent to 23 percent more to operate, and recommended "at least" $60 million be appropriated annually for rural school aid. 
 
Gov. Maura Healey has filed for more Chapter 70 school aid, but that often is little help to small rural schools with declining or static enrollment. For fiscal 2027, she's budgeted $20 million for rural schools, up from around $13 million this year but still far below the hoped for $60 million. 
 
Karhan said the class was broken into four groups and the students were provided a submission letter from Rural Schools Advocacy. The students used the first paragraph, which laid out the funding facts, and then did research and wrote their own letters. 
 
They will submit those with a school picture to the governor. 
 
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