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North Adams

American  

noun

  1. a city in NW Massachusetts.


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Before all of that upheaval, Crane was a big company in North Adams, giving job security and economic stability to employees like John Collins, its 66-year-old head of engraving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Pearl began his journalism career at the North Adams Transcript and The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

Wright found inspiration in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Mass., and in the Dia Art Foundation, where she previously worked in development, with its museum space in Beacon, N.Y.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Evans, a native of North Adams, Mass., who joined the force 18 years ago, is to be buried Thursday after a private funeral in Adams, Mass.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2021

North Adams, August 23d.—The county commissioners held a court; in the bar-room yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of letting out the making of the new road over the mountain.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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