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North Adams Juniors Knocked Out of Legion Baseball TournamentiBerkshires.com Sports,
07:42AM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
GREENFIELD, Mass. -- The Greenfield Post 81 Juniors Friday scored nine times in the bottom of the sixth and went on to a 12-7 win over North Adams Post 125 in the American Legion Western Massachusetts tournament. Urijah Jenness went 3-for-3 at the plate and scored three runs for Greenfield, which erased a 7-3 deficit in that sixth inning. Lucas Hamilton and Jaydon Dimitropolis led Post 125 offensively. Hamilton went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and drove in two runs. Dimitropolis was 3-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBIs. Emery Rotter went five innings on the mound for North Adams, striking out eight and allowing three runs. Greenfield Post 81 moved 0 Comments
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HooWRA eColi testing Public Demo| 11:05AM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stop by the Brown Street Bridge in North Adams for a demonstration of collection technique and what HooWRA are noticing for bacterial load this year in the flood chutes. Join HooRWA for this free public program on Thursday, July 31 from 5:00-5:30pm. Interns will be on hand to help you try your hand at collecting a water sample. All are welcome. This program is made possible through a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. 0 Comments
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New England Regional, La Festa Exchange to Delight Area Baseball FansiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:31AM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
 A busy weekend of youth baseball is on tap for two historic county venues. The action gets underway at 10 a.m. on Friday morning when Westfield takes on Vermont State Champion Essex Junction in the first game of the 13-year-old Babe Ruth New England Championship at Wahconah Park. It will be the first of 17 games over five days to determine who will represent New England in the World Series that gets underway in Jamestown, N.Y., on Aug. 14. Host Pittsfield will play in the final game on Friday, a planned 7 p.m. first pitch against Connecticut State Champion Stamford. Pittsfield will then play its next two pool play games at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Win in Rhode IslandiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:04PM / Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
KINGSTON, R.I. -- Jake Foster struck out four in seven innings to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to a 4-2 win over Ocean State on Thursday in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Damian Rodriguez tripled, and J.T. Thompson hit a double in a five-hit attack for North Adams. The SteepleCats (18-20) are at Keene, N.H., on Friday. 0 Comments
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Historic Church Street Homes Finally on the MarketBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
02:00PM / Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
A look inside 124 Church. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The future of a trio of historic houses on Church Street is now up to a private developer willing to take them on. The properties at 116, 124 and 130 Church St., and a vacant lot on Arnold Place, all adjacent to each other, were taken by the city in February after years of being tied up in Land Court. The city has contracted with Bishop West Real Estate to sell them off and they are listed on the company's website as $177,000 for all three plus the vacant lot. Separately, Zillow.com has them listed at $53,000 for 116 Church; $67,000 for 124 Church, $42,000 for 130 Church, and $21,000 for Arnold 0 Comments
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Tom Bernard Appointed to Mass Cultural Council| 07:53AM / Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
BOSTON — Mass Cultural Council announced the appointment of Thomas W. Bernard of North Adams as a member of the Agency's governing body. Bernard was appointed to the Council by Governor Maura Healey on July 16, 2025. Bernard recently served as the President and CEO of Berkshire United Way. He also previously served two terms as Mayor of the City of North Adams and as Chair of the North Adams School Committee. "I'm so excited to welcome Tom to the Council," said Marc Carroll, Mass Cultural Council Chair. "His experience working with Berkshire County decision-makers – as both a municipal elected official and a leader in philanthropy - will be 0 Comments
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Vermont Mountaineers Top SteepleCatsiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:15PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- David Alvarez went 2-for-3 Wednesday to lead the Vermont Mountaineers to a 5-2 win over North Adams in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Nolan DeAndrade hit a two-run home run for the SteepleCats, who got 3 and two-thirds scoreless innings on the mound from Nicholas Noble. North Adams (17-20) is in Rhode Island to face Ocean State on Thursday. 0 Comments
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North Adams Legion Baseball Juniors Fall at WestfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:08PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Daniel Romanelli Wednesday doubled in a pair of runs to lead the Westfield Post 124 Juniors to a 10-3 American Legion Baseball Western Massachusetts playoff win over North Adams Post 125. Audrey Amaral and Jacob Kotarski combined to allow just three hits on the mound for Westfield. Evrerett Bayliss and Carson Dix each doubled for North Adams, which also got a hit from Owen Koamaya. Post 125 (11-6) will face Greenfield Post 81 in an elimination game on Friday. 0 Comments
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North Adams Starbucks Development Hits 'Pause' ButtonBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
06:25PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The corner of Union and Eagle streets will be bare for a while longer as construction hits pause on a retail development that is to include Starbucks. "We are told, verbally, that the Starbucks project has been put on hold because they have new leadership, and the leadership is looking at all their existing stores before they continue with any new builds," said Mayor Jennifer Macksey at Tuesday's City Council meeting. "We hope to meet with Colvest in the next couple of weeks, I would say, the next three weeks, to discuss what their plans are." Colvest Group of Springfield was approved last year to construct three 0 Comments
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Deadline Approaching for North Adams Election| 03:08PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The deadline is fast approaching to get nomination papers in for the city election in November. Papers with the signatures of 50 registered voters for mayor, City Council and city and McCann school committees are due by Tuesday, July 29, by 5 p.m. The city clerk's office will be open until 5 p.m. that day. As of Wednesday, there are two candidates for the two-year term for mayor. Incumbent Jennifer Macksey, running for a third term, is being challenged by newcomer Scott Berglund. Both have submitted their papers and had their signatures certified. A third candidate, Richard Greene, took out papers but has not returned 0 Comments
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McCann Hopes Students Can Make ADA-Mandated Building ChangesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School wants to use a necessary renovation as a teachable moment for its students. The Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee on Tuesday authorized spending up to $300,000 to address 172 items that need to be addressed to make the school compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The corrections, which include thresholds without the proper clearance, updated signage and door closers that shut doors too quickly, came up in an audit related to the school's application for assistance under the Massachusetts School Building Authority's accelerated repair program. Rather than hiring a contractor to 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Split Double-Header at HomeiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:18PM / Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Tristan Helmick threw six shutout innings Tuesday to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to a 4-0 win over Upper Valley and a double-header split in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Robert Stang went 2-for-3 with a solo home run to lead North Adams' offense in the win. Taconic graduate Nick Guachione was 1-for-3 with a double and scored a run. In the nightcap, Upper Valley won, 7-3. Sean Stephenson homered and drove in a pair of runs in the loss. North Adams (17-19) travels to face the Vermont Mountaineers on Wednesday. 0 Comments
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