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            <title><![CDATA[Reflective Barrett mulls his future]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS - Mayor John Barrett III's office is full of memories from his 26-years at the helm of the city - a pair of cufflinks from the late U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte, a hard-hat from the ground-breaking ceremony of Brayton Elementary School, a hockey puck from the local skating rink, along with countless photos, buttons and cards from well-wishers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Officials clarify information on Vigiard case]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By Ryan Hutton



North Adams Transcript



ADAMS -- Police Chief Donald Poirot sent a statement from District Attorney David Capeless&rsquo; office to the Selectmen on Wednesday to dispel rumors about the recent arrest of Officer Alan Vigiard, according to Town Administrator Jonathan Butler. 



Vigiard, a 23-year veteran of the department, was arrested last Thursday on a charge of possession]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Painkiller death   nets 3 to 6 years]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New England Newspapers



PITTSFIELD -- A North Adams woman was sentenced to three to six years in state prison for selling a powerful opiate painkiller to a friend who overdosed and died shortly afterward.



Dawn Cote, 44, of Liberty Street, North Adams, was found guilty Sept. 27 of selling Fentanyl, a prescription painkiller described as 100 times more powerful than heroine, to 32-year-old]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drunken driver Maselli denied parole]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS - For Jennifer Risch, justice has finally been done - at least as best as it can.
On Wednesday, parole was denied for the last time to 62-year-old John Maselli, the man convicted of a drunken driving accident that crippled and five years later ultimately killed Risch's sister, Barbra LaFrance.]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bona asks for recount in councilor race]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[North Adams Transcript



NORTH ADAMS -- Get ready for round two.



Former City Councilor Keith Bona, who lost on election night to newcomer David Lamarre by three votes, is asking for a recount. 



"He's now within two votes," City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau confirmed Thursday afternoon. "One of the provisional ballots that qualified fell in his favor.]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[North Adams child care office closing]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS - Northern Berkshire parents who receive state-subsidized child care will have to drive to Pittsfield from now on to renew their vouchers instead of stopping by the Resources for Child Care satellite office on Main Street.
Resources for Child Care, which is managed locally by Child Care of the Berkshires, notified parents this week that it is closing the North Adams office in]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crane   to move   plant to Dalton]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[DALTON -- Crane & Co. plans to consolidate its stationery paper division to a new state-of-the-art facility near its Dalton headquarters, CEO Charles Kittredge said on Thursday.



The move will not result in layoffs, but it will require transferring the company&rsquo;s 200 employees from Crane&rsquo;s Personal Design Services facility on Curran Highway in North Adams, and 100 additional workers]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Capeless says drug overdose deaths staggering]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The number of people who have died of drug overdoses in Massachusetts from 2002 through 2007 is nearly 41 times as many as the number of servicemen and women from the state who died in Afghanistan and Iraq over the same span, according to just-released report on drug use in the commonwealth. 
"If more than 3,200 people from the commonwealth died overseas [in that time span], there would be]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NARH union decries demands]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS -- Union officials at North Adams Regional Hospital charged Friday that hospital management has presented employees with a list of 18 demands that, among other things, threaten retirement benefits, overtime pay and seniority status for the number of years worked at the hospital. 
Service Employees International Union 1199 said the demands would also affect prescription drug benefits]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Raber named Coach of the Year]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS -- MCLA women&rsquo;s soccer coach Deb Raber was named the MASCAC Coach of the Year on Thursday, and a handful of girls made the All-Conference teams.



It was the second time Raber received the honor; she previously won it in 2007. She led the Trailblazers to a 13-4 regular season record, tying the school&rsquo;s record for most wins in a single campaign.]]></description>
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