Salem State Sweeps Trailblazers

By Jeffrey PuleriMCLA Sports Info
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SALEM, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts women's basketball team scored the opening basket, but then Salem State University went on a 13-2 run to seize control Tuesday night. 

With the loss, MCLA is now 8-12 overall (0-7 MASCAC), suffering their eighth straight loss in the process.  The Vikings are now 9-12 overall and 2-6 in league play. Salem swept the season series.
 
Trailblazer Kaitlyn Chenevert drilled a 3-pointer a minute into the game to give MCLA the early lead, however Salem quickly answered with the 13-2 run to take command at 13-5.  MCLA trimmed the margin to five in the opening half, only to see Salem extend back out. The Vikings led by as many as 12 in the opening 20 minutes.
 
Salem quickly pushed out to a 14-point lead at 48-34 before MCLA made a run to try and get back into the game with just 10:30 left to play. The Trailblazers got within seven points at 48-41 using a 7-0 run in which Lucy Tremblay and Danielle Beauchamp each had three points.
 
The Vikings then put the game out of reach using a 13-4 spurt to extend out to an insurmountable 61-45 advantage with just five minutes left.
 
MCLA was paced by Tremblay's game-high 19 points. She was 7-16 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds. Beauchamp was the only other Trailblazer in double figures finishing with 14 points off the bench. Kelsey Ouimet grabbed a game-high nine rebounds for MCLA.
 
MCLA was hampered by 27 turnovers.
 
The Trailblazers will look to rebound Saturday when they host Worcester State at 3 p.m.
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Macksey Updates on Eagle Street Demo and Myriad City Projects

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The back of Moderne Studio in late January. The mayor said the city had begun planning for its removal if the owner could not address the problems. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Moderne Studio building is coming down brick by brick on Eagle Street on the city's dime. 
 
Concerns over the failing structure's proximity to its neighbor — just a few feet — means the demolition underway is taking far longer than usual. It's also been delayed somewhat because of recent high winds and weather. 
 
The city had been making plans for the demolition a month ago because of the deterioration of the building, Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday. The project was accelerated after the back of the 150-year-old structure collapsed on March 5
 
Initial estimates for demolition had been $190,000 to $210,000 and included asbestos removal. Those concerns have since been set aside after testing and the mayor believes that the demolition will be lower because it is not a hazardous site.
 
"We also had a lot of contractors who came to look at it for us to not want to touch it because of the proximity to the next building," she said. "Unfortunately time ran out on that property and we did have the building failure. 
 
"And it's an unfortunate situation. I think most of us who have lived here our whole lives and had our pictures taken there and remember being in the window so, you know, we were really hoping the building could be safe."
 
Macksey said the city had tried working with the owner, who could not find a contractor to demolish the building, "so we found one for him."
 
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