Inspect Boxwood Shrubs for Invasive Box Tree Moths| 04:11PM / Wednesday, July 28, 2021 | |
 BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) urge anyone in Massachusetts who may have purchased boxwood shrubs this spring to check the plants for signs of box tree moths. MDAR has received notification from APHIS that a number of nurseries within the Commonwealth received Canadian boxwood plants that were potentially infested with box tree moths. Box tree moths are an invasive pest that feed on the leaves of boxwood shrubs and can cause complete defoliation, eventually killing the plant. While state and federal inspectors have not found any signs 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Communities Receive Trail Project Funding| 04:00PM / Tuesday, July 27, 2021 | |
 BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration announced nearly $4 million in grant funding to support 52 trail projects across the Commonwealth as part of the MassTrails Grant Program. The grants will assist the construction, maintenance, and improvements for a variety of public trails across the Commonwealth, including hiking trails, bikeways, and shared-use paths. "Massachusetts has a vast network of public trails which connect communities and regions together, providing recreation, exercise, and tremendous access to the natural world, and this funding offers an excellent opportunity to continue building and expanding that network and support new 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Go Undefeated in Pool Play at RegionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
02:48PM / Monday, July 26, 2021 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars went to the New England Regional as the best team in Western Massachusetts. On Monday morning, they proved they can play with any team in the commonwealth. Simon Mele struck out nine in a complete-game, 11-1 win over Eastern Massachusetts Champion Norfolk at Billy Bullens Field. The win gives the Pittsfield 13s a 3-0 record in pool play and a bye in the first round of knockout play that gets underway on Tuesday. Pittsfield will play the winner of a Tuesday quarter-final on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a berth in Thursday's regional final. Mele allowed three hits, three walks and one earned run 0 Comments
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Berkshire Force 12U Team Dominates in GreenfieldCommunity submission,
11:19PM / Sunday, July 25, 2021 | |
 GREENFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team won the Mid-Summer Storm Tournament this weekend with a record of 5-1. The Force beat the Webster Wrath, 13-0 in the semi-finals and the Western Mass Heat, 12-0, in the finals. This week, the Force 12U squad goes to Windsor, Conn., for the Fast Pitch Nation Summer Nationals. Team members include Madison Barber, Mariah Barnes, Mia Dejesus, Kylie Duhamel, Madeline Harrington, Evelyn Julieano, Grace Julieano, Gionnah Levardi, A.J. Pelkey, Jianna Kruger, Ella Stodden, and Bella Tart. 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 15s Win to Stay Alive at Babe Ruth RegionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
08:41PM / Sunday, July 25, 2021 | |
 TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Brayden Gutzmer drove in a pair of runs at the plate and threw four strong innings on the mound Sunday as the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 15-year-old All-Stars won a do-or-die game to advance out of pool play at the New England Regional. Gutzmer's two-run infield single in the bottom of the second was all the offense Pittsfield needed in a 2-1 win over Vermont Champion Three Corners. Pittsfield and Three Corners both started 0-2 in the four-team Pool A with three teams from each pool advancing to the knockout round that gets under way on Monday. Antonio Scalise started the winning rally with a walk, and Tommy Mullin reached on a fielders choice. Both 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 10-Year-Olds Come Back, Walk Off with Little League State TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:55PM / Sunday, July 25, 2021 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. -- How big was Matthew Keegan for the Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars in Sunday’s 9-8, come-from-behind victory in the State Championship game? Asked to comment on a big at-bat by Keegan in the second inning, Pittsfield Manager B.J. Jefferson misheard and jumped straight to a big at-bat by Keegan in the seventh. The former was Pittsfield’s first hit of the game and sparked a five-run rally to tie the game. The latter produced the baserunner who scampered home on a wild pitch to give the Americans the extra-inning victory over Swansea and the ultimate prize for 10-year-old Little Leaguers in the commonwealth. In 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Little League 10-Year-Olds Reach State Title GameiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:41PM / Saturday, July 24, 2021 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. -- Cooper Reed struck out 12 in 5-1/3 innings of work and Jack Wendling drove in a pair of runs Saturday as the PIttsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars defeated Andover, 4-2, in the state semi-finals. The Pittsfield Americans moved on to the state title game, set for noon on Sunday against either Melrose or Swansea, who met later on Saturday. Pittsfield scored all its runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 4-0 lead. Aiden Arseneau got things started with a leadoff walk. Reed then reached on an error. With two out, Brennan Lyon was hit by a pitch, and Alec Houghtaling reached on a walk to drive in Arseneau with 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth Squads Go 2-1 at New England RegionalsiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:31PM / Saturday, July 24, 2021 | |
 Two Pittsfield Babe Ruth All-Star teams improved to 2-0 in pool play at their New England Regionals with victories on Saturday. In Westfield, the Pittsfield 13s defeated the Vermont champs from Lyndon, 16-5. They will wrap up action in their four-team pool on Sunday morning against Norfolk, Conn., also 2-0 through the first two days of the competition. In Rochester, N.H., the Pittsfield 14-year-olds also squared off against a group of Green Mountain boys. Pittsfield edged Franklin County, Vt., 5-3, to remain the only unbeaten team in its pool. Pittsfield (2-0) finishes pool play on Sunday evening against Eastern Massachusetts champion Fall River. In Trumbull, Conn., the 0 Comments
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Barry Leads Pittsfield Americans to 12-Year-Old Sectional TitleBy Stephen Dravis, IBerkshires.com Sports
04:48PM / Saturday, July 24, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Everyone contributed Saturday as the Pittsfield Little League American Division All-Stars secured a Section 1 Championship. But the game began and ended with Christian Barry. On the mound, Barry struck out the first three batters he faced and the last two batters to come to the plate for visiting Longmeadow. At the plate, Barry led off the bottom of the first with an inside-the-park home run to right and ended it with a bomb to left that was good enough for a double but only needed to be good enough to drive home Jack Bellafontaine to give the Americans an 11-1, five-inning win and a trip to next week’s state tournament in 0 Comments
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Codey in Control as Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Open Regional with WinBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:53PM / Friday, July 23, 2021 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. — Jay Codey allowed no earned runs in six-plus innings Friday to lead the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars to 10-2 win over Tri-County, Maine, in their opening game of the New England Regionals. Codey needed just 75 pitches to get to his third batter and struck out five in getting the win as Pittsfield went to 1-0 on pool play. "Jay has been efficient, all season -- in house league and travel," Pittsfield Manager Elmar Uy said. "He is able to go very deep in the game with minimal pitches. It's aweseome. "With the potential to play six games in six or seven days, we need all the pitching we can get, so 0 Comments
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