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Racette Leads Drury Boys to Giorgi League Win

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Reece Racette had a double-double Thursday to lead the Drury boys basketball team to a 72-50 win over Hoosac Valley in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
Racette scored 15 points to lead all scorers and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils.
 
Hunter Sarkis scored 14, and Scott McGuire added 13 in the win.
 
Hoosac Valley got 14 points from Sam Larabee. Travis Dozier and Izaha Stubbs added 13 and 11, respectively.
 
In Thursday's other game, Toby Foehl scored 38 points to lead Mount Greylock to a 74-57 win over McCann Tech.
 
Foehl also pulled down eight rebounds. Derek Paris scored 15 for the Mounties.
 
McCann Tech's Keeghan Vidal scored 22. Jackson Owensbuy had 11, and Lucas Jamros chipped in with 10.
 
On Sunday at 6:30 at Noel Field, the Brick Squad plays Fortitude Strength & Conditioning in the first game of a double-header that concludes with Yard Work by Dan taking on Moresi & Associates.
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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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