MCLA Women's Tennis Rolls, Men's Soccer Falls

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA women's tennis improved to 2-1 in NAC play with a 9-0 shutout of Green Mountain on Tuesday afternoon at the Zavattaro complex
 
MCLA (4-3 overall) swept the doubles matches dropping just one game to the Eagles (0-7).  The Trailblazers continued to roll through the singles matches winning all in straight sets.
 
Shelby Gauthier earned her first point of the season out of the third doubles slot teaming with Rebecca Waterhouse to earn an 8-0 decision over Ruby Santiago and Elena Weinstein.  Kylie Dumas also earned a point out of the sixth singles slot with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win over Weinstein.
 
Sarah Murphy, fresh of NAC player of the week honors, earned a pair of points without dropping a set.
 
The Trailblazers are back in action Wednesday when they travel to Sage
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MEN'S SOCCER
 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The visiting Skidmore College men's soccer team scored a pair of goals just one minute apart late in the second half to pull away from the MCLA Trailblazers 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Shewcraft Field.
 
Skidmore (5-3-1) held a 1-0 lead at halftime on the heels of Robby Smukler's goal in the 23rd minute.  The Trailblazers (4-3) scored the equalizer when Kwadwo Kusi would counter.  Kusi stole the ball from a Skidmore defender and broke in all alone against keeper Eli Kisselbach.  His shot beat him to the lower left corner tying the match at 1-1.
 
Eli Kisselbach stopped 8 shots for Skidmore to earn his fourth win of the season.  Matt Robinson tallied seven saves in defeat.
 
Skidmore held a narrow 19-18 shot advantage and a 9-6 edge in corner kicks.
 
MCLA is back in action on Saturday when it travels to Salem State to resume MASCAC action.
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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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