Letter: Re-Elect Andrea Harrington

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To the Editor:

Unlike previous district attorneys, Andrea Harrington has brought an unwavering sense of kindness and compassion to her office, which has enhanced the way the Berkshire court system operates.

Hopefully, when someone actually pays attention to her office's accomplishments, they will want to help her build upon the momentum of change she has created.

Andrea was elected four years ago because we wanted change. Let's keep that momentum going.

Change is not an overnight process, but much progress has been made in the past four years. For example, she is working to end unfair racial disparities in the courts, and to build a culture of inclusion in our county. She is achieving that in a variety of ways.

Andrea Harrington has:



•  Been appointed to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Civil Rights Task Force to strengthen the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of civil rights violations statewide.
•  Created the first-ever Hate Crime Section in the Berkshire DA's Office to ensure that hateful incidents are met with the full force of the law.
•  Adopted equitable prosecution policies to minimize the impact of over-policing and over-prosecution on communities of color.
•  Launched evidence-based diversity equity and inclusion training for prosecutors and defense attorneys on the traumatic impact of policing on Black and Latinx people.

Berkshire County will continue to benefit by the work she has been doing and by what she brings to this office.
I hope you also want to see positive changes and new approaches continue to improve the many facets of the District Attorney's office.

I am confident in the work that Andrea Harrington has done and will continue to do.

I hope that on Sept. 6, you will vote to support her efforts on our behalf.

Hinda Bodinger
South Egremont, Mass.

 

 


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Great Barrington Little Leaguers Down Dalton in Extra Innings

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
ADAMS, Mass. – Brayden King scored from third on Ivey Weller’s ground ball to the left side in the bottom of the seventh Thursday to give the Great Barrington Little League All-Stars a dramatic, 4-3 win over Dalton-Hinsdale in the teams’ opening game of the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament.
 
GB and Dalton combined for six runs in the last inning and a half to cap a game that featured strong pitching and big plays on defense from both teams.
 
After Dalton-Hinsdale’s Tye Shove led off the game with a triple and scored one batter later on Parker Lussier’s single, no one could get a run across until the bottom of the sixth.
 
That is when Great Barrington’s Weston Tremont hit a leadoff double – GB’s second hit of the game – and eventually scored on a pitch to the backstop to send the game to extra innings.
 
“Our 10-year-old who got called up late to be on the team to give us numbers comes up with a huge double for us,” Great Barrington coach Jowe Warren said. “He scores on that passed ball and that was a big momentum shift for us and gave us a lot of energy.
 
“It got the boys going.”
 
And the win gets GB a leg up in the standings in the 12-year-old tournament, where they are tied with Pittsfield, a winner over host Adams-Cheshire on Wednesday night.
 
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