Bator Leads MCLA Golfers to Victory

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- In a rare head to head matchup Sunday afternoon, the MCLA Golf team defeated the Russell Sage Gators, 338-462, in a match played at Berkshire Hills Country Club.
 
The match was played in windy and wet conditions on the 6,600=yard, par 72 layout. Drury HIgh School graduate Nick Bator took home medalist honors for MCLA after shooting a solid round of 83.
 
Three Trailblazers, Josh Fortier (Mount Greylock), Doug Sigsbury (Drury), and Reese Dwyer, each carded 85s to round out the scoring for MCLA.  
 
Other Trailblazers competing were Drury grad Nolan Bird (92) and Taconic grad Liam Nolan (94).
 
Casey Fitzpatrick led Sage with a 99.
 
The Trailblazers will wrap up their fall season next weekend when they travel to Husson for the NAC Championships.
 
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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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