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MassDOT Plans $19M Fix for Bridge North Adams Hopes to Tear DownBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:56AM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | |
MassDOT project manager Joseph Breen explains the bridge repairs at a public hearing in council chambers at City Hall on Tuesday. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans for repairs to the Veterans Memorial Bridge. But this does not preclude the concurrent planning to remove the structure completely. The disconnect had attendees who filled City Council Chambers on Tuesday for a public hearing confused as to why the state was going to spend nearly $19 million to preserve the 62-year-old span. Project manager Joseph Breen said it was because the 171-foot span was in dire condition. He highlighted the 0 Comments
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Stang Leads SteepleCats in SweepiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:09PM / Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | |
 LYNN, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats will come into Wednesday's season finale at Joe Wolfe Field with a two-game winning streak, a berth in the New England Collegiate Baseball League playoffs and a chance to finish the regular season at .500. Robert Stang went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs Tuesday to lead the 'Cats to an 11-0 win that completed a double-header sweep of the North Shore Navigators. Collin Overholt went 2-for-3 with a double in a 14-hit attack for North Adams, which got a 2-for-4 performance at the plate from Taconic graduate Nick Guachione. Four different SteepleCats pitchers combined on the shutout win. Nolan Puglisi struck out 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Dealing With Dog ScofflawsBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:33AM / Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Select Board last week gave Animal Control Officer Diana Worth the go ahead to get tough with people failing to follow the town's dog laws. Worth, hired earlier this year, has been dealing with dogs running loose and an owner of five animals who refuses to follow state law on licensing. She said there are two dogs running loose, one owned by occupants of a mobile home and another it runs with that lives a short distance away. The dogs are aggressive and she now has a report they are going after livestock. She said three people have reported being bitten. "They're not even licensed," Worth told the 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Fall to Keene at HomeiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:19PM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Marshall Lipsey went 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs Monday to lead the Keene, N.H., Swamp Bats to an 11-4 win over the SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Collin Overholt was 3-for-5 with a double for North Adams, which got a single from Taconic graduate Nick Guachione. The SteepleCats (19-22) head to Lynn on Tuesday for a double-header against the North Shore Navigators. 0 Comments
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2 Adults, No Child Involved in Friday Incident in North AdamsStaff Reports,
02:56PM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An incident on Friday night involving two adults and a motor vehicle sent one to the hospital and left the other facing charges. It had initially been heard as involving a child. According to Lt. Anthony Beverly, police dispatch received two calls just before 9 p.m. from the Adams Police Department and then a second separately about a child be struck by a car near Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink. The first was a request to be on the lookout, or BOLO, for northbound vehicle last seen on Howland Avenue. The response to the second call, heard over the scanner, was widely reported over Facebook because of the mention of a 0 Comments
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MassDOT Sets Hearing on Veterans Memorial Bridge Plans| 02:39PM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing on potential plans for the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The hearing will take place Tuesday, July 29, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. More information here. The 60-year-old bridge is the subject of two planning studies: The first was undertaken by the state in 2021 to address the deteriorating conditions of the city-owned span. The $16 million project is at 75 percent design and scheduled to go out to bid for 2026. The second study is part of a federal Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. The city has partnered with Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Sets Third Annual Townwide Tag Sale| 01:19PM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Clarksburg Historical Commission is sponsoring the third annual Townwide Tag Sale, Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 to 2 at Town Hall, 111 River Road. Clarksburg residents can pay $10 to set up their table(s) on the grounds behind Town Hall or to have their personal tag sale that day on a map that will be handed out to customers. Maps will be handed out at Town Hall the day of the event. To reserve space or to list your tag sale, contact Jeanne at 413-663-3630. Deadline to be listed on the map is Thursday, Aug. 21. Also, items can be donated for the Historical Commission's table (no clothing or magazines). If anyone has items of 0 Comments
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Community Hero: Berkshire Food ProjectBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:48PM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
The project has a small paid staff but largely depends on volunteers to sustain it. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Since 1987, the Berkshire Food Project has been alleviating hunger, food insecurity, and social isolation earning it our July Community Hero of the Month designation. The Community Hero of the Month is a 12-month series that honors individuals and organizations that have made a significant impact on their community. This year's sponsor is Window World of Western Massachusetts. Nominate a hero here. The program was started by a group of Williams College students with local support and encouragement. The community was hard hit in the years following the 0 Comments
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nbCC to Host 13th Annual Back-Packed for Success| 10:44AM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (nbCC) is hosting its 13th annual back-to-school event for school-aged kids for local northern Berkshire students. This includes homeschooled students. This year registration has expanded to include children entering pre-k programs, spanning pre-K through 12th grade. Students will receive a free backpack to fill with school supplies. The event for families living in Florida and Savoy will be located at Gabriel Abbott Memorial School, 56 North County Road, Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 12 from 5:00p.m. to 6:00pm. Families picking up from Florida and Savoy will receive pre-packed 0 Comments
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MountainOne Wins Award for Storybook Program | 11:33AM / Sunday, July 27, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— MountainOne is the recipient of a Silver Bell Ringer Award, announced during the 57th Annual PR Club Bell Ringer Awards ceremony, held June 3 at the Museum of Science in Boston. The Bell Ringer Awards recognize public relations and communications work that demonstrates excellence in creative planning and superior execution, stated a press release. MountainOne earned Silver in the Communications Campaigns – Content Marketing category for its Mo's Storybook Program, a multi-faceted initiative promoting financial literacy and personal growth among children. Central to the program is the original 24-page illustrated book, "How to 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Rally for 10th-Inning Win on RoadiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:18PM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
HARTFORD, Vt. -- Owen Arias hit a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to a 9-8 win over the Upper Valley Nighthawks in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Arias went 2-for-5 in an 11-hit attack for the SteepleCats. Cuyler Baxter, Billy Howard and Gabriel Natividad also each had a pair of hits. North Adams scored four times in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, 6-6, and force extra innings. Four North Adams pitchers combined to give up five earned runs to earn the win on the mound. Nicholas Nobel threw two innings in relief to get the win. Thomas Sullivan pitched one scoreless inning in the 10th 0 Comments
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Durant Pitches North Adams to Win in LaFesta OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:06PM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Carson Durant struck out 11 hitters in eight innings Saturday to lead the North Adams All-Stars to a 13-1 over the North End in Game 1 of the 34th annual LaFesta Baseball Exchange at Joe Wolfe Field. Durant also helped his cause with a triple in an eight-hit attack for North Adams in the first of four scheduled games between the cross-state rivals. Three times, Durant sat down the North End Dodgers in order, needing just three pitches to do so in the seventh inning. “He pitched fantastic,” North Adams coach John Marlowe said. “He didn’t want to come out of the game, but he hit his pitch count. “He 0 Comments
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