Oparowski Leads Team to Win in Giorgi League

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Paul Oparowski scored 26 points Wednesday to lead Frank Field Contracting to a 63-54 win over Drury High in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
C.J. Field scored 12, and Bob Malloy added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Frank Field.
 
Drury got 19 points and nine boards from Reece Racette and 14 and eight from Hayden Bird.
 
In Wednesday’s other game, Atlas Private Wealth Management defeated Meet you at the Rock, 52-44, behind 16 points from Jeff Sprague.
 
Mike McMahon scored 11 points for Meet You at the Rock.
 
League play continues Thursday at Noel Field at 6:30 with two games.
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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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