Adams Select Board reorganizes, names Mezwire chair and Bartlett vice chair

ADAMS -- May 6, 2026, Adams Select Board reorganizes under new chair Jay Mezwire, absorbs surprise member resignation. The board unanimously elected Mezwire as chair and Anne Bartlett as vice chair at its May 6 meeting, the first session to include newly elected member Kelly Rice, who replaced nine-year board veteran Christine Hoy. Town Clerk Haley Mazwire informed the board during public comment that member John Duval had resigned earlier that same morning, with a process for filling the vacancy expected on the May 20 agenda. The board ratified four hires, including a backup Council on Aging van driver at $18.83 per hour and three seasonal DPW laborers at $18 per hour, approved three one-day wine and malt licenses, and set a June 3 public hearing on a National Grid pole petition. Members also heard that a $94,125 state-funded engineering study of the privately held Fisk Street Dam is nearing completion ahead of a grant-expiration deadline, and took a first step toward relaunching the Greylock Glen campground RFP process, shelved since a developer withdrew in 2022.