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Berkshire Bank Benefits Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League is excited to accept a Hockey Suite event hosted by  Berkshire Bank through which the Bantam team will receive a game day experience in Boston. 
 
The Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League supports and nurtures hockey for boys and girls ages 4 through high school in Northern Berkshire County and Southern Vermont. The main objective of the league is to provide students with the best available instruction to teach the game of ice hockey, establish core values of USA Hockey and stress the significance of physical fitness.
 
The team the bank will host for this event is the Bantam team, which includes girls and boys ranging in age from 13 to 15. They will receive transportation to and from the April 1 game as well as the opportunity to watch the hockey game from the Berkshire Bank suite in Boston's TD Garden.    
 
“This is such an incredible experience for these kids to have the opportunity to see their beloved sport on such a grand scale,” said Lisa Lescarbeau, NBYHL Board President. “Thanks to Berkshire Bank, the Bantam team will get to see the Bruins play, a chance that they would not have had otherwise.”
 
Since 1969, the Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League has provided a safe, fun environment for youth to learn and play the sport of ice hockey. House and travel programs, including Learn to Skate and Learn to Play, are offered for children ages 4 to 17 in Berkshire County and bordering cities and towns in Vermont and New York.
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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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