Adams Election Nomination Papers Available

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ADAMS, Mass. — Nomination papers for elected offices in the Town of Adams are available in the Town Clerk's office as of Jan. 27, 2026.

Offices on the May 4, 2026 Annual Town Election ballot will be 1 Moderator for a term of one year, 1 Selectman, 1 Assessor, 1 Board of Health Member, 2 Library Trustees, 2 Park Commissioners, 1 Cemetery Commissioner, 1 Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District Committee Member, and 1 Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee Members for a term of three years, and 1 Redevelopment Member for a term of four years, 1 Board of Health Member for a term of 2 years and 1 Planning Board Member and 1 Housing Authority Member  for a term of five years, and Town Meeting Member seats for various terms of office.

Candidates seeking to run for office should contact the Town Clerk's Office to pick up nomination papers. All signatures must be ink signatures, no electronic signatures are allowed. Completed nomination papers must be returned to the Board of Registrars for certification no later than Monday, March 16, 2026. Questions regarding running for town office can be addressed by reaching out to the Town Clerk's Office at 413-743-8300 Ext. 176.


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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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