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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

And at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Mass., EJ Hill, 37, has built an operational roller coaster, its rails painted cotton candy pink.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Pearl began his journalism career in western Massachusetts at the now-closed North Adams Transcript and The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 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

There are several factories in different parts of North Adams, along the banks of a stream,—a wild, highland rivulet, which, however, does vast work of a civilized nature.

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

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