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Big Weekend For The SteepleCats At Joe Wolfe

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This has been a very good week for Joe Porricelli as he made the NECBL honor roll with his hot bat and terrific glove. Continuing his hitting streak, Porricelli went 3-4 with a double in the SteepleCats game against the Valley Blue Sox on Thursday.

Jackson Coutts is still leading the league in batting average, on base percentage and total hits, hitting .474 with a .500 OBP. Coutts is also third in OPS among the NECBL with a 1.158.

Chris Cepeda had a strong outing against Sanford shutting them out over seven innings and striking out five. Cepeda leads the team in innings pitched with 32.

The SteepleCats host the Sanford Mainers on Saturday July 7, at 6:30 PM. The SteepleCats hope to rack up another win against the Mainers having taken three out of four in the season series. The game is being sponsored by Carr Hardware and the Hoosic River Revival.

On Sunday the SteepleCats are home for a doubleheader against the Southern Division's New Bedford Bay Sox. First pitch for game one will be at 2:00 PM with the second game scheduled for 4:30. The games are sponsored by Apex Solar, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Northern Berkshire Orthopedics, and our local cancer support group, Pop Cares.


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Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public access channels should be supported and made more available to the public — and not be subject to a charge.
 
More than three dozen community members in-person and online attended the public hearing  Wednesday on public access and service from Spectrum/Charter Communications. The session at City Hall was held for residents in Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg and North Adams to express their concerns to Spectrum ahead of another 10-year contract that starts in October.
 
Listening via Zoom but not speaking was Jennifer Young, director state government affairs at Charter.
 
One speaker after another conveyed how critical local access television is to the community and emphasized the need for affordable and reliable services, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly. 
 
"I don't know if everybody else feels the same way but they have a monopoly," said Clarksburg resident David Emery. "They control everything we do because there's nobody else to go to. You're stuck with with them."
 
Public access television, like the 30-year-old Northern Berkshire Community Television, is funded by cable television companies through franchise fees, member fees, grants and contributions.
 
Spectrum is the only cable provider in the region and while residents can shift to satellite providers or streaming, Northern Berkshire Community Television is not available on those alternatives and they may not be easy for some to navigate. For instance, the Spectrum app is available on smart televisions but it doesn't include PEG, the public, educational and governmental channels provided by NBCTC. 
 
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