Kittredge Youth Hockey Tourney Concludes

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Sports
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Manchester, Vt.'s, Northshire Bulldogs youth hockey program took home two championships from the 43rd annual Gib Kittredge tournament on Monday at the Boys & Girls Club.
 
The Vermonters won the Squirt 1 and the Peewee 2 divisions.
 
In the Squirts, Caeden Herrington scored two goals for Northshire to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 win over the South County-based Berkshire Rattlers. For the Rattlers, Nick Zanin scored twice and Rayford Mueller added a goal.
 
In the Peewee 2 division, Northshire scored three second-period goals and overcame seven penalties to defeat Northern Berkshire, 5-1.
 
The Northern Berkshire squad was a co-op of Northern and Southern Berkshire squads playing with Rattlers' uniforms for the tournament.
 
Silas Bullock had the lone goal for Northern Berkshire, which got strong goal tending from Tucker Beaudoin.
 
The only tournament final involving a Berkshire County team came in the Peewee 1 division, where the hosts, the Berkshire Bruins, squared off against Troy/Albany of New York.
 
Troy/Albany scored once in each period to take a 3-1 victory.
 
For the Bruins, Mason Alfonso scored on an assist from Ryan Lapierre late in the second period to make it 2-1 at the time.
 

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South County Construction Operations

LEE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing crews will be conducting daytime and overnight hour guardrail repair, drainage work, bridge repair, and tree trimming operations at various locations and times on I-90 eastbound and westbound during the week of Monday, April 22.
 
Lane closures will be in place during the construction operations and traffic will be able to travel through the work zones.  The schedule for the work and lane closures will be as follows: 
 
Otis/Blandford 
  • Guardrail repair operations will be conducted nightly on I-90 westbound between mile marker 21.0 and mile marker 26.0 from Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the next morning. The work is expected to conclude by 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 26. 
  • Drainage work will be conducted on I-90 eastbound between mile marker 21.0 to 26.0 from Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the next morning. The work is expected to conclude by 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 26. 
Blandford
  • Bridge repair work will be conducted nightly on I-90 eastbound and westbound at mile marker 26.4 from Monday, April 22 through Thursday, April 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the next morning. The work is expected to conclude by 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 26.
Lee
  • Bridge repair work will be conducted daily on I-90 eastbound at mile marker 8.0 from Tuesday, April 23 through Thursday, April 25, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
Russell
  • Tree trimming work will be conducted on I-90 westbound between mile marker 33.0 to mile marker 36.0, from Monday, April 22 through Friday, April 26, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. 
 
Appropriate signage, law enforcement details, and messaging will be in place to guide drivers through the work area. 
 
Drivers traveling through the affected areas should expect delays, reduce speed, and use caution.   
 
All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change without notice. 
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