Coughlan's Big Night Lifts Team in Giorgi League

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Jameson Coughlan scored 21 points and grabbed 20 rebounds Monday to lead Frank Field Contracting to a 41-32 win over Maselli/Bedard Bros. in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
Anton Wright led Maselli with 11 points.
 
In Monday's other game, Joe Wiggins scored 18 points as Flynn & Dagnoli/Kingsbread beat RJ's Taxi, 68-32.
 
Mike and Jayden Cross each scored 10. Mike Cross had 10 rebounds for a double-double.
 
Alex Heck and Justice Marable each scored eight for RJ's.
 
On Sunday in the Giorgi League, Fortitude Strength and Conditioning earned a 53-39 win over Swish.
 
Mike Muller scored a game-high 14 and grabbed eight rebounds for Fortitude. Bill Janner chipped in with 11.
 
Swish was led by Keith Czubryt with 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
 
On Monday at Noel Field, there will be two more games in the men's division as Yard Work by Dan takes on Lifting Standards at 6:30, followed by Waterman's Excavating against iBerkshires.com.
 
The rain site is the Armory.
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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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