 | Veteran Spotlight: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lewis
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 |
| Biden Withdraws From Presidential Campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race four months before voters go to the polls.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 |
 | La Festa Baseball Exchange Going Strong After 33 Years
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 |
| SteepleCats Fall at Keene, N.H.
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 |
 | Berkshire Force 12U Tops Greylock Thunder in Dalton CRA Tourney
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 |
 | PIttsfield Post 68 Juniors Down North Adams
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 |
 | ACS Swat 16U Squad Tops Dalton in CRA Tourney
DALTON, Mass. – Rachael Wnuk hit a three-run double to help her team take a 9-0 lead, and the ACS Swat 16-year-old travel softball team earned a 12-7 win over Dalton on the first day of the 14th annual Dalton CRA Tournament.
Wnuk’s inside-the-park round tripper came in a six-run second inning for Adams-Cheshire-Savoy, |
 | North Adams Council to Vote on Greylock School Project
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council will take up a borrowing authorization for the $65 million Greylock School project at a special meeting on Monday.
If it is approved, there will be a ballot vote for a debt exclusion in September for the city's $20 million portion of the cost.
The |
 | Late-Night Crash Takes Out Main Street Tree in North Adams
The truck has front-end damage; the tree is gone.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An errant pickup truck took out one of the trees on Main Street on Thursday night.
Police Lt. Anthony Beverly said dispatch was notified about 10 minutes to midnight that a vehicle was in the median. The incident is still |
 | Government Briefs: Cape Cod Bridges Funding & More
State Secures $1.72B Toward Cape Cod Bridges Project
The Healey-Driscoll administration is celebrating that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers winning nearly $1 billion in federal funding for the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges. The funding is from the Bipartisan Infrastructure |
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