News and events in North Adams, Mass.
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MountainOne Awards Community Grants in the Berkshires10:30AM / Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | | NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MountainOne announced the completion of its second quarter 2024 Community Dividend funding, distributing over $150,000 to support various not-for-profit organizations in the Berkshires and South Shore communities. In Berkshire County: North Adams SteepleCats (North Adams): $25,000 Berkshire Innovation Center (Pittsfield): $10,000 The Brien Center (Pittsfield): $10,000 BFAIR (North Adams): $5,000 This summer, MountainOne has also supported Farmers' Markets in North Adams and Williamstown, Pittsfield and Williamstown 4th of July parades, and the North Adams Downtown Celebration on August 14. MountainOne also supported pride events in Pittsfield 0 Comments Read More >> |
Drury Fourth Quarter Honor Roll08:15AM / Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | | Drury Fourth Quarter Honor Roll Grade 9 High Honors Bergeron, Alexander Clarence Bond, Anna Kimbell Daly, Elise Lauren Dix, Luke Robert Gamari, Ryo NMN Liang, Brian NMN Lyons, Emily Jean Honors Auger, MarlieAnna Shane Bleau, Rosalie Louise Bond, Jorge Arthur Brothers, Sloan Alexandria Cramer, Danielle Jean Cramer, Sophia Janice Gonzalez, Tessa Marie Harrington, Benjamin Peter Hayden, Ashlyn Marie Hayden, Delaney Jean Irace, Henry James LaCasse, Keira M Macdonald, Nash Marie Mongeon, Zachary Thomas Montoya, Isabella Elizabeth Potvin, Athena Rose-Marie Prenguber, Joseph John Smith, Cypress Belle Vareschi, Julia Rosamond Walker, Reagan Isabella Grade 0 Comments Read More >> |
North Adams Council Passes $65M Borrowing AuthorizationBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff 05:41AM / Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | |
![](https://www.iberkshires.com/images/site_images/stories/76107.jpg) Diane Morrisey questions spending $20 million on a school and its impact on taxpayers, saying many people she's talked to feel the same way. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council on Monday unanimously authorized borrowing $65,362,859 to build a new Greylock School for prekindergarten through 2. The Massachusetts School Building Authority will pick up about $41,557,218 of the cost and balance is expected to come from federal energy grants. Voters will weigh in on Sept. 24 with a ballot vote to exclude the debt from Proposition 2 1/2 limits. Officials say the failure of the vote would mean millions having to be invested in Brayton with no corresponding match by 0 Comments Read More >> |
Drury Students Earn Over 700 College Credits 07:59AM / Monday, July 22, 2024 | | NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Following the completion of the first full year of the Drury-MCLA Early College Program, more than 120 Drury High School students earned over 700 college credits, a value of $317,000, while still attending high school. North Adams Public Schools (NAPS) will continue their partnership in the Early College initiative with Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) into the 2024-2025 school year. This academic collaboration, formally approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2023, granted Early College designation to Drury High School. The initiative aims to provide equitable access to higher education for high 0 Comments Read More >> |
Berkshire Force Top Greylock Thunder in 12U Final at Dalton CRA TourneyBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports 08:40PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
DALTON , Mass. — Cassidy Flynn threw another complete game as the Berkshire Force 12U defeated the Greylock Thunder Klein, 10-4, in the Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Championship Game on Sunday. “They put it all together today,” Force coach Cliff Flynn said. “Really kept their heads in the game, always striving forward and giving it their very best efforts.” “We have already started to move some coaches and families down south toward Alabama for our World Series visit this week. Funding was really significant to our travels in the coming days traveling south, a lot of programs and sponsors also helped us fund the trip.” said Force 0 Comments Read More >> |
North Adams Wins to Even La Festa SeriesiBerkshires.com Sports, 07:13PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Jayden Demotropolis went 2-for-4 Sunday morning to lead the North Adams La Festa team to an 11-5 win over the North End Dodgers at Joe Wolfe Field. The win evened the 33rd edition of the La Festa Baseball Exchange at one win apiece with two games left to play in Boston on the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11. The Bostonians won this year's series opener on Saturday night. Jack Marlowe came off the bench to double and scored a pair of runs in Sunday's win. Andrew Meany went 1-for-1 with an RBI. He also earned the win in relief with four innings of work on the mound. Meany struck out two and allowed two runs after taking the ball from 0 Comments Read More >> |
Veteran Spotlight: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael LewisBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires 04:37PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Lewis served his country in the Navy as a petty officer, second class, from 1977 to 1994. Born in North Adams, he would do his basic training at Great Lakes, Ill. His first assignment would be at submarine school (NAVSUBCOM) in Groton, Conn., then to the USS Pensacola (LSD-38) out of Little Creek, Va. While serving onboard the Pensacola, his ship was anchored off the coast of Beirut in October 1980 as part of a Multinational Peacekeeping Force, when the U.S. Embassy was bombed. He was sent ashore to help revive and refurbish an orphanage outside of Beirut with a group of sailors and Marines. "We actually ran the engines in 0 Comments Read More >> |
Biden Withdraws From Presidential Campaign03:36PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | | WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race four months before voters go to the polls. The president on Sunday afternoon released a statement confirming his withdrawal and throwing his support to Vice President Kamala Harris. He said he would address the nation later this week about his decision. Massachusetts had gone strong for Biden in 2020 when he won the state's primary over local pols U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and took two-thirds of the vote in the general election. But he has apparently bowed to pressure after the constant drumbeat in the press over the 81-year-old 0 Comments Read More >> |
La Festa Baseball Exchange Going Strong After 33 YearsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports 11:11PM / Saturday, July 20, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The La Festa Baseball Exchange each summer unites two ends of the commonwealth ... and generations of baseball families. On Saturday, the latter was on full display before North Adams hosted the North End Dodgers at Joe Wolfe Field. North Adams head coach John Marlowe made an early mound visit to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to his son, North Adams second baseman Jack Marlowe. Later, after the Bostonians earned a 12-6 win in the first of two games at the Joe this weekend, the elder Marlowe, who played in the La Festa in 1997, talked about the moment and what the event means. "It was pretty cool," said Marlowe, now a 0 Comments Read More >> |
SteepleCats Fall at Keene, N.H.10:36PM / Saturday, July 20, 2024 | | KEENE, N.H. -- Nicholas Timpanelli allowed one run in five innings Saturday to lead the Keene Swampbats to a 7-2 win over the North Adams SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League action. Daniel Perron Jr. homered for the SteepleCats, who got a hit apiece from Jayder Raifstanger and Sam Sherman. North Adams (12-24) is home on Tuesday against the Upper Valley Nighthawks. 0 Comments Read More >> |
Berkshire Force 12U Tops Greylock Thunder in Dalton CRA TourneyBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports 09:49PM / Saturday, July 20, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Force 12U travel softball team ended the day with a 15-5 win over the Greylock Thunder, going 2-0-1 on the day in the CRA Softball Tournament on Saturday. It was a busy day Saturday for the Force with games against the Greylock Thunder Black, the Purple the ACS Swat. Berkshire came away with the top seed in the four-team field heading into Sunday's semi-finals. The Berkshire Force will play the Greylock Black again at 8 a.m. The Thunder Purple and ACS Swat will hook up at 9:45 with the winners advancing to the 1:15 tournament final. On Saturday, Cassidy Flynn started in the circle for the Berkshire Force, she pitched three innings 0 Comments Read More >> |
PIttsfield Post 68 Juniors Down North AdamsiBerkshires.com Sports, 09:32PM / Saturday, July 20, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- David Wildgoose went 2-for-3 with a double and five RBIs Saturday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68 American Legion Juniors to a 17-1 win over North Adams Post 125 at Joe Wolfe Field. Jason Codey and Colby Robb drove in three runs apiece as Post 68 cashed in on 18 walks. Robb went the distance on the mound in the five-inning game, striking out seven and allowing two hits and no earned runs. Post 68's juniors (12-2) host Belchertown Post 239 on Tuesday. North Adams falls to 2-8 this summer. 0 Comments Read More >> |
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