Wahconah Grad Dougherty Scores for Westfield Women in Win Over MCLA

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WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield State University's women's soccer team posted a 5-0 victory over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game Saturday morning at Alumni Field.
 
The first half was dominated by the Owls (3-2-2, 2-0-0). Westfield State junior midfielder Bella Eduardo scored off of a rebound in the 13th minute of play to get the quick 1-0 lead over MCLA.
 
The second half proved to be more of the same. Eduardo assisted freshman defender Lydia Kinsman in the 57th minute after a visitor foul was called on the previous play to extend their lead to 2-0.
 
Wahconah graduate Amelia Dougherty scored for Westfield.
 
Hoosac Valley grad Megan Richardson had 23 saves for MCLA (0-6, 0-2)
 
MCLA travels to Southern Vermont College on Tuesday for a non-conference game at 4 p.m.
 
Volleyball
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA Volleyball team held off visiting Salem State 3-1 this afternoon in MASCAC action. 
 
MCLA (3-11, 1-1 MASCAC) took the first two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-15 before Salem began to find its form. The Vikings (6-6, 1-1) took game three 25-19 and then were charging in the fourth set before MCLA held them off 25-23 to claim the win.
 
Brooke Queripel led MCLA with 14 kills while Sara LaFreniere added 10 in the win.  Tessa Sestito had a nice game off the bench with 19 assists and 4 digs.  Natasha Stewart collected 15 assists for MCLA.  Mele Enomoto had a season best 29 digs while Stewart and Queripel added 14 and 11 respectively.
 
For Salem, they were paced by Jasmine Severino's 13 kills on 36 attacks.  Mackenzie Salls added a match best 35 assists in defeat whihle Hannah Mullarkey notched 22 digs.
 
The Trailblazers were scheduled to play Elms later Saturday.
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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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