Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams installs flags around North Adams.
Under the direction of Alan Horbal, who has been coordinating the hanging of flags around the city for over 20 years, nearly 500 flags have been posted on utility poles around the city. The volunteers have been working for the last week installing the flags. The metal fabrication department at McCann Technical School manufactured the brackets for the flags and Ocean State Job Lot donated $1,000 worth of flags according to Horbal.
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Cory Adelt of Boy Scout Troop 38 in Adams hangs a flag along East Main Street Extension near the intersection of Union Street in North Adams on Monday morning. Under the direction of Alan Horbal, who has been coordinating the hanging of flags around the city for over 20 years, nearly 500 flags have been posted on utility poles around the city. The volunteers have been working for the last week installing the flags. The metal fabrication department at McCann Technical School manufactured the brackets for the flags and Ocean State Job Lot donated $1,000 worth of flags according to Horbal.
With some help, Jacob Stokes, 17, joins members of Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams as they hang flags along East Main Street Extension near the intersection of Union Street in North Adams on Monday morning. Under the direction of Alan Horbal, who has been coordinating the hanging of flags around the city for over 20 years, nearly 500 flags have been posted on utility poles around the city. The volunteers have been working for the last week installing the flags. The metal fabrication department at McCann Technical School manufactured the brackets for the flags and Ocean State Job Lot donated $1,000 worth of flags according to Horbal.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 38 in Adams hang flags along East Main Street Extension near the intersection of Union Street in North Adams on Monday morning. From left are Cory Adelt, 14, Amanda Reese, 14, Bryanna Hallock, 15, and Bob Smith, 13. Under the direction of Alan Horbal, who has been coordinating the hanging of flags around the city for over 20 years, nearly 500 flags have been posted on utility poles around the city. The volunteers have been working for the last week installing the flags. The metal fabrication department at McCann Technical School manufactured the brackets for the flags and Ocean State Job Lot donated $1,000 worth of flags according to Horbal.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 38 in Adams hang flags along East Main Street Extension near the intersection of Union Street in North Adams on Monday morning. Scouts working with Nathan Mahar are Dominic Pearson, 12, Trevor Werth, 12, Connor Mahar, 13, and Joseph Christian, 11. Under the direction of Alan Horbal, who has been coordinating the hanging of flags around the city for over 20 years, nearly 500 flags have been posted on utility poles around the city. The volunteers have been working for the last week installing the flags. The metal fabrication department at McCann Technical School manufactured the brackets for the flags and Ocean State Job Lot donated $1,000 worth of flags according to Horbal.
Trevor Werth, 12, holds on to some rolled up flags that have yet to be installed.
Dominic Pearson, 12, unrolls a flag before installing it on a utility pole.
Flags line Union Street in North Adams as well as other corridors around the city.
Gillian Jones
staff photographer
Gillian Jones has been a staff photographer and columnist for the Berkshire Eagle since 2014. She began her journalism career at The North Adams Transcript in 1992.
