Berkshire County Summer Camps Receive Funding Boost By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:11PM / Saturday, July 17, 2021 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — Summer camps took a significant hit during the past year and the Massachusetts delegation has stepped up to support them as they welcome back eager campers. State Senator Adam Hinds visited the Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA Friday with a giant check for $3,000,000 in hand for summer camps across the state - including $700,000 for camps in the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden districts. "This has been a rough year, as we all know. A year and a half with basically camps going more than a year without income, and we know very well that in Western Mass and in the Berkshires, especially, that camps play such a critical role for so many 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Little League 10-Year-Olds Win Sectional OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:31PM / Friday, July 16, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Coaches always tell players to practice like they play. B.J. Jefferson is glad things did not work out quite that way. "The last practice we had, 10 players in a row missed the bunt," Jefferson said after the Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars defeated Holden, 10-0, in five innings on Friday. "Couldn't get a bunt down to safe our life. And all of a sudden ... thank God they're game players and not practice players." Bunts were critical to the Americans in opening the double-elimination Section 1 tournament with a victory at Deming Park. In the second inning, Jacob Welch and 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Historical Society Annual Hike | 07:46AM / Friday, July 16, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society will celebrate Herman Melville's birthday Aug. 1 with a hike on Monument Mountain in Great Barrington at 9 am. The hike takes approximately 2 ½ hours and is appropriate for families. Hikers should meet at the Monument Mountain Reservation Parking lot on Route 7 and should be prepared with their own water, proper footwear, hiking gear and bug repellent. The hike commemorates the Aug. 5, 1850, first meeting of Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. At the time, Melville was working on his greatest novel, Moby-Dick, while Hawthorne was a literary sensation having just published The Scarlett Letter. The 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 12-Year-Olds Win District 1 ChampionshipBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:18PM / Thursday, July 15, 2021 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- The Great Barrington All-Stars were able to crack the door open, but Christian Barry was there to shut it tight. Barry retired three straight to stop a sixth-inning rally and preserve a 6-2 win for the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-olds in Thursday’s Don Gleason District 1 title game. Barry ended the game with his second strikeout in 1-⅔ innings of relief work to make a winner of Sebastian Herrera and send the Pittsfield Americans into next week’s sectional playoffs on the road to Williamsport, Pa. Great Barrington registered its only three hits of the game back-to-back-to-back with its back to the wall 0 Comments
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MassWildlife Advisory: Report Dead Birds and Remove Feeders| 04:02PM / Thursday, July 15, 2021 | |
 In late May, wildlife managers in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky began receiving reports of sick and dying birds with eye swelling and crusty discharge, as well as neurological signs. More recently, additional reports have been received from Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. While the majority of affected birds are reported to be fledgling common grackles, blue jays, European starlings, and American robins, other species of songbirds have been reported as well. No definitive cause(s) of illness or death have been determined at this time. While there is always an increase in reports of dead birds at 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 15s Win Western Mass State TitleiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:11PM / Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | |
 The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 15-year-old All-Stars Tuesday swept Westfield in a best-of-three series to claim the Western Massachusetts State Championship. In the first game, Damon Pause struck out seven in a complete-game, 7-3 win. Pittsfield built a seven-run lead before Westfield rallied for three in the bottom of the seventh. Owen Salvatore got the scoring started with a two-run single in the third to bring home Nick Brindle and Pause. In the sixth, Antonio Scalise led off with a single, Owen Salvatore doubled and Cam Sime drew a walk to load the bases. With two out, Tommy Mullin drove in a pair of runs to give his team a 4-0 lead. Pittsfield tacked on 0 Comments
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Adams Aces Earn Walkoff Win, Stay Perfect in BABLiBerkshires.com Sports,
01:37PM / Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. -- John Yetto delivered a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh on Sunday as the Adams Aces came from behind to beat Dalton, 3-2, and stay unbeaten in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League's 35-year-old division. Dalton took a lead in the top of the fourth with RBIs by Steve Kisiel and Jeff Aldrich. In the bottom of the seventh, Matt Ziter started the winning rally with a one-out double. Gary Munson then walked. Dan Corbett's double scored Ziter but Munson was thrown out on the play to give Dalton a 2-1 lead with two out. An error scored Corbett to tie it and put one man on for Yetto, who drove in the winning run. Cory Hillard 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 12-Year-Olds Go 4-0 in District TourneyCommunity submission,
10:06PM / Monday, July 12, 2021 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-old All-Stars defeated the National Division, 5-0, on Monday to complete pool play in the Don Gleason District 1 Championships. The Americans finished pool play in the five-team playoff with a 4-0 record and move on to face host Great Barrington (3-1) on Thursday at 5:30 at Olympian Meadows in the title game of the Williamsport bracket. Great Barrington finished its pool play on Monday with an 11-0 win over Adams-Chehsire. The Pittsfield Nats finished with a record of 2-2 in the district tournament. On Tuesday at Chamberlain Park in Dalton, pool play concludes with Dalton-Hinsdale 0 Comments
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Be the Match and Suns Partner| 04:27PM / Monday, July 12, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Suns announced a partnership with Be The Match at their game on Saturday, July 17 vs. the Norwich Sea Unicorns. Be The Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, manages a marrow donor registry. The organization facilitates thousands of transplants every year for patients battling blood cancers like leukemia, blood disorders, or genetic disorders for which transplant may be a cure. "Support from community members like the Suns is essential to raising awareness and funds for the Be The Match Registry and for all of our patients in need," said Joy King, Chief Advancement Officer at the Be The Match Foundation. 0 Comments
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Gritty Great Barrington Comes Back to Win District TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:41PM / Sunday, July 11, 2021 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- Two games, two come-from-behind wins and one district championship for the 11-year-old all stars from the Great Barrington Little League. Luke Fenig doubled in a run and went three innings on the mound as Great Barrington topped the Pittsfield Little League American Division, 5-3, in the rain-shortened championship game of the Don Gleason District 1 tournament at Olympian Meadows. On Saturday, Fenig drove in the tying and winning runs of a 14-13 game against the Pittsfield Nationals that saw Great Barrington surrender three runs in the top of the sixth to fall behind, 13-10. “We haven’t been together too long, and our first game 0 Comments
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