Editing Clarksburg, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
Clarksburg uses the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is governed by a [[board of selectmen]] and a town administrator.  As of September 2024, the town no longer has its own police department.<ref>[https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-09-20/clarksburg-is-preparing-to-shutter-its-police-department-as-its-chief-serves-his-final-shift-today WAMC - Clarksburg preparing to shutter police department]</ref> The town has its own volunteer fire department, and has its own public services.  The town has its own library, the Clarksburg Town Library, which is connected to the regional library system.  The nearest hospital, North Adams Regional Hospital, closed in 2014 and was renamed as the North Adams Campus of Berkshire Medical Center, which had numerous outpatient healthcare services. Ten years to the day of its closing, on March 28, 2024, it reopened as a hospital after serving as a 24-hour emergency hospital and de facto urgent care facility.

On the state level, Clarksburg 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Senators and Representatives by City and Town |access-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town is patrolled by the Fourth (Cheshire) Station of Barracks "B" of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+B&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_b_msp_field_troop_b_station_b4&csid=Eeops Station B-4, SP Cheshire]</ref>

On the national level, Clarksburg 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, Massachusetts|Springfield]] since January 2013. Massachusetts is represented in the [[United States Senate]] by senior Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] and junior Senator [[Ed Markey|Edward Markey]].