SteepleCats Lose Pitchers Duel at Joe Wolfe

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- It took just a little more than two hours Friday for the Upper Valley Nighthawks to hand the North Adams SteepleCats a 2-1 loss at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
The North Adams SteepleCats (18-18) and the Upper Valley Nighthawks (14-21) played perhaps one of the shortest games of the season Friday night.  It was a game that barely lasted over two hours in a 2-1 loss for the SteepleCats at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
The SteepleCats (18-18) got all they could have asked for out of their starter Ryan Tapp. He recorded five strikeouts through the first six innings and allowed two runs off of four hits. He was perfect for the first four and two thirds innings before walking Al Molina with two outs in the fifth.  He then gave up his first hit of the game to Walker Grisanti who singled.
 
Bill Maier was solid in his start for the Nighthawks (14-21). He went seven innings and allowed one run off of five hits. 
 
C.J. Price led off the bottom of the third for the SteepleCats with a double for the first hit of the game for either team. Kyle Brennan followed with an infield single, advancing Price to third.  Daniel Holst then singled in Price to give the ‘Cats a 1-0 lead.
 
The Nighthawks were able to figure Tapp out to begin the sixth. Grayson Bird led off the inning with a single. With two outs and Bird on second, Joseph Denison doubled him in to tie the game.  Trent Leimkuehler followed with a double to score Denison giving the Nighthawks the lead.
 
Josh Simpson pitched a pair of scoreless innings in relief and Jared Habershaw followed, pitching a scoreless ninth to keep the SteepleCats in the game. Nick Jones pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to record the six out save for the Nighthawks.  
 
The SteepleCats will travel to take on the Keene Swamp Bats (15-19) Saturday evening at Alumni Field. The SteepleCats will return to Joe Wolfe Field for a rematch with the Swamp Bats on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
 
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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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