Judges sought for Region 1 science fair

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NORTH ADAMS – The planning committee for the annual Region 1 Science and Engineering Fair, to take place on Friday, March 14, at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), is looking for individuals to judge science projects created by high school students from Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties.

This event is organized by a committee of business representatives, teachers and community members who work to advance science. The committee invites area residents with a degree or work experience in behavioral and social science, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth and space science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, physics and zoology to judge students’ entries in the Science and Engineering Fair.

The Fair provides students the opportunity to explore and share an aspect of science with peers from surrounding communities. Top science students compete on four levels for the honor to compete in the State and International Science and Engineering fairs.

Those interested in serving as a judge should contact Sharron Zavattaro at (413) 662-5332 or szavattaro@mcla.edu, or Denise Johns at (413) 236-2125 or djohns@berkshirecc.edu, for further information.
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Sanford, Maine, Edges SteepleCats in Season Opener

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The SteepleCats Sunday started their 2026 season the way they ended their 2025 campaign: with a narrow loss to the Sanford Mainers.
 
Sanford, which won a best-of-three playoff series against North Adams last August, scored four runs on 14 hits to earn a 4-2 win at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
The Mainers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run rally in the third inning, and four Sanford pitchers combined to collect 11 strikeouts as the visitors improved to 2-1 this summer.
 
North Adams, which saw its planned road opener rained out on Saturday, got to open the season in front of its home fans.
 
And those fans saw a strong performance from the North Adams pitching staff, which, despite allowing 14 hits, including five doubles, gave up just three earned runs.
 
“I like the grit,” SteepleCats coach Mike Gladu said of his team’s Game 1 performance. “I thought the pitchers performed pretty well. We had a couple of situations where we definitely should have gotten some runs in and didn’t get that hit.
 
“And there were a couple of plays with a little rust. Certainly, the ball that was hit over [Evan] Meier’s in left field, he just mistracked that one. And the extra run they scored in the eighth, the kid wasn’t going to go [from third on a fly ball], we made a throw and nobody could stop it.
 
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