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Cross' Big Night Lifts Team in Narrow Giorgi League Win

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Keiland Cross scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Sunday to lead Lifting Standards to a 46-43 win over Flynn & Dagnoli/Kingsbread in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
Javi Osorio scored 10 points to back up Cross.
 
Sedale Jones had 13 points, and Lawrence Carrier contributed 11 points and eight boards for Flynn & Dagnoli. Lavante Wiggins finished in double figures with 10 points.
 
In Monday's other game, Pizza House topped RJ's Taxi, 78-48, behind 25 points and nine rebounds from Deshawn Hamlett. Clayton Palmer had a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Khalil Paul scored 13 in the win.
 
Reece Racette led three players in double figures with 15 for RJ's, which got 11 points from Obilio Rodriguez and 10 from Hayden Bird.
 
On Monday night at Noel Field, Rivers Lawn Care/Timeless Training and Swish each picked up a win.
 
In the first game, Brandon Roughley scored 17 and Todd Hunt added 10 points and nine rebounds as Rivers beat Frank Field Contracting, 60-40.
 
Robbie Burke had a big night for Frank Field with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
 
Jerry McDonough scored 19 to lead Swish to a 70-43 win over Maselli/Bedard Bros.
 
Matt Chamberlin scored 15, and Caleb Mackey scored 12 and grabbed 13 rebounds in the win.
 
For Maselli, Devon Walker scored 19, and Dan Carroll and Zach Ronnow each scored 10.
 
Play continues Tuesday evening with two games scheduled for 6:30 at Noel Field with the Armory as a backup in case of rain.
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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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