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🌱 Karen Ketchen wins Alford's school committee seat as a write-in

Alford, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Alford! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Karen Ketchen wins Alford's school committee seat as a write-in
  • Two residents escape West Stockbridge fire as Alford firefighters help

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 53 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with occasional rain, temps: high: 44, low: 34.
  • Friday: Rain, with a high of 40 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sheffield elects Bainbridge-Jordan, Murtagh to School Committee (berkshireeagle.com subscription) — Karen Ketchen will represent Alford on the Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee after winning as a write-in candidate. A former committee member and district elementary teacher, she stepped forward after longtime representative Carl Stewert decided not to run again and no one entered the race.
   

• West Stockbridge fire displaces two residents (berkshireeagle.com subscription) — Two residents and their two dogs escaped a West Stockbridge house fire Sunday night without reported injuries. Alford firefighters joined departments from across southern Berkshire County in responding to the blaze. The fire marshal is investigating the cause, and the fire chief could not confirm reports of an explosion.
   

📸 Around Alford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alford

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    Friday November 13
  • Fall Festival performance (Hamlet) 7:00pm
    Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
    5:00 pm
  • Hamlet 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
    7:00 pm
    • Wednesday November 18
  • vaccination clinic
    Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
    8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

West Stockbridge

  • West Stockbridge Historical Society presents ‘The World of Bees' Friday, Nov. 13 (theberkshireedge.com)
  • BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Truffles by Tarah in downtown Pittsfield (theberkshireedge.com)
  • Stockbridge Select Board asks to expand search of prospective sites for new fire department, EMS building (theberkshireedge.com)

Great Barrington

  • Great Barrington to consider criminal complaint against suspended fire chief (wamc.org)
  • BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES: Berkshire Boulders brings indoor rock climbing to Great Barrington (theberkshireedge.com)

Ok Alford! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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