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State Urges Residents to Report Signs of Invasive Spotted Lanternfly| 08:49AM / Monday, September 28, 2020 | |
 BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) announced that it has identified two dead specimens of the spotted lanternfly (SLF) in communities, and is urging residents to report any sign of the invasive pest. The specimens were recovered in the towns of Milford and Norwood and were brought into Massachusetts on materials shipped from Pennsylvania counties currently under a spotted lanternfly quarantine. Additionally, MDAR was recently notified that nursery stock with spotted lanternfly egg masses and adults may have been unintentionally imported and planted in several parts of Massachusetts. MDAR is urging anyone who has 0 Comments
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Q&A: Pothier Tickled Pink To Still Be Wearing BlueBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:00PM / Saturday, September 19, 2020 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — After 3,000 games and tens of thousands of judgment calls, Rich Pothier is a fixture on Berkshire County baseball diamonds and a walking advertisement for the recruitment of young umpires. Moments before stepping behind the plate for his milestone 3,000th career game on Saturday, Pothier sounded as enthusiastic as ever and not the least surprised that career has lasted this long. "Strangely enough, yes," Pothier said when asked whether he thought he would be umpiring well into his fifth decade. "Because I've loved it right from the first day I did it. I could envision myself doing it. "I didn't have any talent as a 5 Comments
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State Awards Grants to Support Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership| 02:06PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | |
 ROWE, Mass. — The Baker-Polito Administration announced $225,000 in grant funding to eight municipalities and a regional economic development organization to support forest stewardship and conservation, trail improvements, and nature-based tourism in the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership region. The funding builds upon the Commonwealth's Shared Stewardship Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, which established a framework for partnerships between local governments and stakeholders to advance the goals of the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership (MTWP) to conserve forests and enhance regional economic 0 Comments
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MaSCAC Moves Winter Sports to Spring Term at EarliestMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference,
09:24AM / Friday, September 11, 2020 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – After on-going consultation with the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Presidents, athletic directors, affiliates and athletic trainers while also aligning with the NCAA recommendations, the MaSCAC will suspend all winter sport contests until second semester. Winter sports are permitted to practice and train on campus during the fall semester. In accordance with NCAA recommendations, winter practices will be permitted in the first semester and restart during second semester for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s indoor track and field. Although there won’t be 0 Comments
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Youth Soccer League Offering Competitive Opportunity for High SchoolersBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:52AM / Friday, September 11, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — As a dad, Stephen Nesbit knows how difficult the COVID-19 pandemic has been for youngsters. As an officer in the North Adams Soccer Club, he can do something about it. "I'm a father, I have a 9-year-old and a 16-year-old," Nesbit said on Thursday morning. "Kids have been trapped in the house since March. They want to get out and run around with their friends. We're giving them a responsible option for that." The NASC and its corresponding youth groups throughout the county are working to put together competitive opportunities for players of all ages, up to and including high schoolers, who likely will not have the 2 Comments
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Bousquet Announces General Manager And Partnership With Olympic Skier| 12:33PM / Friday, September 04, 2020 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Bousquet Mountain announced the hiring of new General Manager Kevin McMillian and a partnership with Olympic Skier and Pittsfield native Krista Schmidinger. General manager Kevin McMillian, currently general manager at Zoar Outdoor, will oversee the day to day operation of the mountain. He will be responsible for building out the Bousquet management team and staff and implementing an effective operating model to run the business. McMillian has been with Zoar since 1992. He brings knowledge of the outdoors and background as an experiential educator with regional schools. He was the 1996 recipient of the Massachusetts Office of Travel & 0 Comments
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North Adams School Committee OKs Golf, Cross Country for FallBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:44AM / Thursday, September 03, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee on Tuesday voted to move football and soccer to the so-called "Fall II" and to allow golf and cross country to go ahead with precautions. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association last week released final guides for fall high school sports in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The concept of a Fall II had been approved earlier for football and other high contact sports to be played between February and April. "It would basically run dates to be determined but between the winter, and the spring season so for our district probably mid-March to the end of April," said Athletic 0 Comments
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Lazits Leads Pittsfield Storm to Babe Ruth County TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:58PM / Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Baseball players often are told not to take a bad at-bat into the field. But their coaches did not say anything about not taking a bad outcome into the field. In the top of the fourth inning on Tuesday at Deming Park, Anton Lazits was on third base with one out when Stevie Zuccolo lofted a fly ball to right. Lazits came home for what appeared to give the Pittsfield Storm a 6-1 lead over the South County Navy in the title game of the Berkshire County Babe Ruth 16-18 league. But as the next batter dug in at the plate, South County pitcher Jack Carpenter tossed the ball to third for a successful appeal that Lazits left early, and the inning 0 Comments
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Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Nearing Fundraising Goal| 09:41AM / Monday, August 24, 2020 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is nearing its Opening Doors to Nature capital campaign goal of $1.2 million to address the sanctuary's aging facilities Through donations, Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is now within $200,000 of its $1.12 million goal to fund the program barn expansion project. The capital campaign was created to help ensure the sanctuary's aging facilities are brought up to date, with a focus on accessibility and related amenities. The centerpiece will be an energy-efficient addition to the 18th-century program barn that includes modern restrooms, expanded lobby area, expansive decking, 0 Comments
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Berkshire Americans Go 3-0 on New York Swing| 10:12AM / Monday, August 17, 2020 | |
 The Berkshire Americans 14-and-under travel baseball team went 3-0 over the weekend with a trio of wins in New York. On Saturday, Noah DeBenedetto drove in the winning run with the score tied, 8-8, in the bottom of the seventh as the Americans beat the Twin Town Warriors 13-plus team, 9-8, in Ballston Spa. Josh Worthington went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs in the win. Mike Szabo was 2-for-4 with a double, and Collin Booth registered two hits and a pair of RBIs. Lukas Rylander got the win on the mound with one inning of scoreless relief, striking out one and not allowing a base-runner. Booth and Nick Gilman split the first six innings, combining to 0 Comments
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