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Fall Foliage Parade Float Winners

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — 1Berkshire Announced the five float winners that lined up in he 67th Annual Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Parade took place on Sunday, Oct. 1. 
 
This year's theme was Once Upon a Time in North Berkshire, a celebration of children's books and fairytales.
 
The five float award winners are:
  • Harry S. Orr Award (Best Overall): Very Good with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
  • Hayden Award (2nd place): North Adams Pride with "Drag Queen Story Time"
  • Mayor's Award (3rd place): Clarksburg School with "The Wonderful World of Seuss"
  • Grand Marshal's Award (4th place): Studio North with "Once Upon a Time in Barbieland"
  • Parade Director's Award (5th place): Berkshire Dance Theatre with "Alice in Wonderland"
More than 90 participants took part in this annual festive event and the parade was attended by thousands of spectators from all over Berkshire county and beyond.

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Clarksburg School Officials Cut Fiscal 2026 Budget by $90K

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — School officials have shaved $90,000 out their $3 million budget for fiscal 2026. 
 
The reductions bring the total budget to $3,093,756, a 4.26 percent, or $126,346, increase over this year. 
 
The cuts include a reduction in hours in the school for the dean of students, cutting the tuition to Drury High by a third, imposing tuition for 4-year-olds in prekindergarten and trimming supplies and training. 
 
Town officials had pushed for the school to cut back from an anticipated 7 percent increase. That's frustrated school officials who point out the operating budget is only going up by 0.67 percent but covering nearly $200,000 for retirees' insurance and FICA is responsible for the hike.  
 
The Select Board was nominally supportive of the amended budget presented at Monday's joint meeting of the School Committee, Select Board and Finance Committee but held off on endorsing it until the town budget is presented next week. 
 
"I appreciate your hard work going down. We don't have the town budget ready yet, so I'm not sure if we're in trouble," said Select Board Chair Robert Norcross. "I'm not sure if I can be in favor of this if we have to cut some more. So we are going to work on that."
 
Assistant Superintendent Tara Barnes had outlined two possible options in mid-April how to get the spending plan down to 2 percent or 4 percent; the latter called for about $90,000 in cuts and reduction in positions.
 
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