Battalion Boosts Playoff Hopes With Big Weekend

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Berkshire Battalion kept its playoff hopes alive by winning two of three games this weekend in the Federal Hockey League.
 
With 17 games left in the team's inaugural season, Berkshire is in fifth place in the six-team league, nine points behind fourth-place Danville.
 
The Battalion has two games left against the Dashers, a Valentine's Day weekend set in Illinois that could decide Berkshire's postseason fate.
 
So far this season, the Battalion is 2-4 against Danville, which has won the last two in the season series.
 
On Sunday afternoon at the the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink, the Battalion knocked off first-place Watertown, 8-4, for the team's third win in four games.
 
Tom Tracy and Tyler Prendergast each had two goals and an assist for Berkshire in the win.
 
Robert Morton set up three goals, and the Battalon got tallies from Martin Uhnak, Michael Kaselouskas, Vladyslav Gavrik and Dimitry Antipin.
 
Louie George stopped 40 shots in the victory to add to his league-leading total of 1,053 saves on the year.
 
The Battalion play their next three games at home, starting with a Friday-Saturday series this weekend against Watertown. The puck drops both nights at 7:35.
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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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