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Brien Center Opening Peer Recovery Support Center in North Adams| 06:06PM / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Brien Center has been awarded a new five-year contract from the state Bureau of Substance and Addiction Services for a peer recovery support center. Located at 37 Main St., the center will be an accessible hub for peer support and substance-use services as well as a support center for families affected by addiction. The center will support traditional and nontraditional pathways to recovery, while also providing hope and promoting wellness. "The peer recovery support center will be operated by peers, largely on a volunteer basis, and will offer education, information, resources, social events, recreational activities and a variety of 0 Comments
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Kondel, Brown Lead Teams to Giorgi League Wins| 10:55AM / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Geoff Kondel scored 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds Monday to lead Ramunto's to an 87-67 win over OPI in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League's A Division. Isaac Percy just missed a double-double with 21 points and nine boards, adn Zeke Percy scored 17 in the win . Hunter Sarkis led OP with 19 points, while Scott McGuire had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Callanan scored 13 in the loss. In Monday's second game, Northern Berkshire Sports Academy beat Battle of the Future, 95-76, behind 25 points and 20 rebounds from Chris Brown. Connor Hanavan scored 23, and Khalil Paul and Phil Sullivan added 22 0 Comments
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Vermont Mountaineers Edge SteepleCats| 11:08PM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Vermont Mountaineers Monday scored a run in the top of the seventh to break a tie and went on to a 5-4 win over the SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League action. Gehrig Ebel tripled and drove in a run for North Adams, which got hits from Taconic graduates Cedric Rose and Sam Sherman. Dominick Marcoccio struck out three and allowed one hit and no runs in four innings on the mound for North Adams. The SteepleCats (8-25) goes to Montpelier to play Vermont on Thursday. 0 Comments
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MassDEP Issues Air Quality Alert for Berkshires, WMass| 01:27PM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The state Department of Environmental Protection is again warning of reduced air quality Monday afternoon because of the ongoing wildfires in Canada. An advisory is in effect through midnight Tuesday for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties. The agency is advising people in sensitive groups to reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion, take more breaks, do less intense activities, follow asthma action plans, and keep quick relief medicine handy. Watch for symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath. Sensitive groups include people with heart or lung disease, such as asthma, older adults, children, teenagers, and 0 Comments
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Lenox Soccer Program Seeks Newcomers from Pre-K to Fourth GradeCommunity submission,
06:36AM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
LENOX, Mass. -- Beginning soccer players in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade are welcome to join the Mighty Kickers program this fall. The development program is open to children from any community. Sessnions are held Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School from Sept. 9 through Oct. 21, except for Oct. 7. Players will meet with a certified coach or high school varsity or college level player to learn the basics of the sport through fun games and drills. The program is organized by Lenox Youth Soccer in conjuntion with the Lenox Youth Football Club. Pre-K participants must be 4 years old by Sept. 9. The cost is 0 Comments
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Solid Waste Forum Urges Support for Upcoming PaintCare LegislationBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—A solid waste forum on Wednesday was held at the Berkshire Innovation Center to gain support for upcoming PaintCare legislation. Event organizer Thomas Irwin said the forum is the continuation of mass public education on potential solutions for the solid waste crisis. Panelists, Mattress Recycling Council Director of Operations Justine Fallon, PaintCare VP Government Affairs Heidi McAuliffe, and Massachusetts Product Stewardship Council Chair Waneta Trabert, discussed the proposed legislation, solid waste programs, and their impacts. The three solid waste leaders demonstrated the obstacles that bills are facing, how they 0 Comments
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Inaugural 3-on-3 Hoop Fest Lights Up North Adams ArmoryiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:00PM / Sunday, July 16, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Three days of three-on-three basketball resulted in four teams being crowned champions on Sunday afternoon at the Armory. The Northern Berkshire Sports Academy hosted its inaugural HoopFest 3-on-3 tournament at the Ashland Street venue, chosen when it became clear the weekend’s weather would make things problematic on the outdoor courts at the Noel Field Athletic Complex. Twenty teams of up to five players in four divisions competed Friday evening through Sunday for local playground bragging rights. Organizer Russell Beauchamp said most of the teams hailed from North County, though at least one squad traveled up from Great 0 Comments
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Two SteepleCats to Start NECBL All-Star Game| 09:30PM / Sunday, July 16, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams SteepleCats Kyle Hannon and Samuel Tackett Sunday were named starters for next weekend’s New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game. Hannon got the nod to start for the NECBL Western Division at third base. The Penn State senior is hitting .282 in 29 games this summer. He has two home runs, seven doubles and 10 RBIs. Tackett will start at third base on Sunday, July 23, at Fraser Field in Lynn, Mass. This summer, he is hitting .268 with eight home runs and 22 RBIs, both high on the team. Tackett’s eight homers is tied for the league lead in that category. The SteepleCats (8-24) saw their Sunday 0 Comments
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Danbury Tops SteepleCats| 10:11PM / Friday, July 14, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Billy Gerlott went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBIs Friday to lead the Danbury Westerners past the SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League action. Cedric Rose went 2-for-4 with a homer for North Adams, which got a double and an RBI from Samuel Tackett. Will Tobin struck out four and allowed one run in four innings of relief work on the mound for the SteepleCats. North Adams (8-23) hosts Bristol on Saturday at 5 p.m. 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Drop Pair on Thursday Road Trip| 09:04AM / Friday, July 14, 2023 | |
The North Adams SteepleCats Thursday dropped a pair of road games in two different cities as the New England Collegiate Baseball League tries to get its schedule back on track after a number of rainouts. At noon, the 'Cats played at the Mystic, Conn., Schooners, who scored a run in the bottom of the ninth for a 3-2, walkoff win. Jack Reynolds went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for North Adams. Julien Hernandez went 5 and one-third innings on the mound, striking out five in a no decision. On Thursday night, the Bristol, Conn., Blues beat the SteepleCats, 12-1. Hudson Polk drove in a run, and Gehrig Ebel doubled for North Adams. The SteepleCats (8-22) 0 Comments
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Peer-Led Opioid Recovery Center Coming to North AdamsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:00AM / Friday, July 14, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — One year into a federally funded study to find ways to address the opioid crisis, a local coalition is close to opening a peer-led recovery center in downtown North Adams. John Crane of the Brien Center and Richard Alcombright, who represents the city on the HEALing Communities Study's Community Coalition, spoke to the city council on Tuesday to give an update on the coalition's activities. North Adams and Pittsfield are among more than a dozen communities in the commonwealth participating in the study, an program of the National Institutes of Health's Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative. The goal is to test strategies to 0 Comments
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Berkshire Food Project Welcomes New Leadership on BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:55AM / Friday, July 14, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James Mahon has seen the Berkshire Food Project face a number of challenges over 20 years as the president of its board of directors. One recent hurdle, of course, was unique. "This is a place that has been meaningful to me, and I do feel like I've got more out of it than I've put in," Mahon said Wednesday as the lunch rush wound down in the project's dining room at First Congregational Church. "Although there have been times when I've been putting in quite a bit. "During COVID, we lost our executive director, and we were not in the position to hire another one. Nobody was. The labor market was in terrible 0 Comments
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