page_title: Adams, Massachusetts
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Adams, Massachusetts / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: The statue of William McKinley at Town Square, intersection of Columbia &amp; Maple Streets, Adams, MA. The base is surrounded with three scenes of his actions, in the Civil War, in Congress, and as President, with the fourth side bearing a quote from the Pan-American Exposition: "Let us remember that our interest is in concord not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not of war." The statue was installed in 1903.
context_page_description: Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,485 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Adams employs the representative town meeting form of government, and is led by a town administrator and a board of selectmen. The current selectmen are John Duval, Richard Blanchard, Joseph Nowak and Christine Hoyt. The town has its own services, including police, fire and public works.  The nearest hospital, North Adams Regional Hospital, is located in neighboring North Adams.
  The Adams Free Library was founded in 1897, and was established as a war memorial, with the cornerstone being laid by President McKinley himself. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Adams spent 2.18% ($261,939) of its budget on its public library—some $31 per person.
  On the state level, Adams is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by the First Berkshire district, which covers northern Berkshire County, as well as portions of Franklin County.  In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is represented by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and western Hampshire and Franklin counties. The town is patrolled by the Fourth (Cheshire) Station of Barracks "B" of the Massachusetts State Police.
  On the national level, Adams is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by Richard Neal of Springfield since January 2013. Massachusetts is currently represented in the United States Senate by senior Senator Elizabeth Warren and junior Senator Ed Markey.
caption: McKinley Statue in the square in front of the library (2004 photo)
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