Pittsfield's Guachione an All-Star at Miss Hall's School

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall’s School has announced that varsity basketball player Angela Guachione, a senior from Pittsfield, was named a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council All-Star for the recently completed season.
 
The daughter of Debra and Glenn Guachione, she was a four-year member of the MHS varsity basketball team and served this year as one of the team’s captains. For the 2019-20 season, she averaged 10.1 points, 6.2 assists, 5.01 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game, playing primarily the point guard’s position.
 
“Ang is an irreplaceable player on the Miss Hall’s basketball team,” basketball coach and athletic director Brad Horth said. “She plays with great energy and often plays much bigger than her stature. She is tenacious on the defensive end and often finds herself grabbing rebounds that seem impossible for someone her size. On offense, she runs the show, and has a good handle and great grasp of the offense.”
 
A Head’s List student, Ang is also a four-year varsity lacrosse standout for the Hurricanes and served last year as head of the school’s Athletic Association.
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Toy Library Installed at Onota Lake

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Feel free to use or leave a toy at Onota Lake's newest infrastructure meant to foster community and benefit kids.

Burbank Park now has a toy library thanks to Wahconah Regional High School senior Alexandra Bills. Located along the wall at the beach area, the green and blue structure features two shelves with sand toys that can be used to enhance children's visits.

The Parks Commission supported Bills' proposal in February as part of her National Honors Society individual service project and it was installed this month. Measuring about 4 feet wide and 5.8 feet tall, it was built by the student and her father with donated materials from a local lumber company.

Friends and family members provided toys to fill the library such as pails, shovels, Frisbees, and trucks.

"I wanted to create a toy library like the other examples in Berkshire County from the sled library to the book libraries," she told the commission in February.

"But I wanted to make it toys for Onota Lake because a lot of kids forget their toys or some kids can't afford toys."

Bills lives nearby and will check on the library weekly — if not daily — to ensure the operation is running smoothly.  A sign reading "Borrow-Play-Return" asks community members to clean up after themselves after using the toys.

It was built to accommodate children's heights and will be stored during the winter season.

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