Battalion Falls at Home, Needs Miracle to Finish Fourth

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Watertown's Cody Dion scored midway through the third period to break a 3-3 tie and send the Wolves to a 4-3 victory over the Berkshire Battalion on Friday night in Federal Hockey League action at Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink.
 
Tom Tracy had a goal and an assist, and Robert Morton and Vladyslav Gavrik each scored a goal for the Battalion. Jeffrey Sanders set up two goals for the home team.
 
Stephen Messina made 28 saves in the loss.
 
Berkshire completes the home-and-home weekend Saturday night at Watertown.
 
With three games left in the regular season, Berkshire is six points behind Danbury for the fourth and final playoff spot in the six-team FHL.
 
Danbury has a game in hand on the Battalion and finishes the season at home against lowly Steel City, which has won just twice in 43 games this season.
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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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