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Front row, from left: Evi Higgins, Ethan Morowitz, Devon Hanavan, Tyler Carlson. Back row: Sam Yeung, Kyle Wellenkamp, Luke Arienti, Coach Patrick Hanavan, Khalil Carlson, Adam Kronenberg, Ben Gross.

Housatonic 7/8 Boys Travel Team Wins CYC Tournament Title

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Housatonic seventh- and eighth-grade travel basketball team went undefeated in the CYC Tournament over the holiday weekend, beating host CYC in the finals, 50-36.
 
The Housatonic team includes four eighth-graders and six seventh-graders. 
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Central Berkshire School Officials OK $35M Budget

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved a $35 million budget for fiscal 2025 during its meeting on Thursday.
 
Much of the proposed spending plan is similar to what was predicted in the initial and tentative budget presentations, however, the district did work with the Finance subcommittee to further offset the assessments to the towns, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis said. 
 
"What you're going see in this budget is a lower average assessment to the towns than what you saw in the other in the tentative budget that was approved," she said. 
 
The fiscal 2025 budget is $35,428,892, a 5.56 percent or $1,867,649, over this year's $33,561,243.
 
"This is using our operating funds, revolving revenue or grant revenue. So what made up the budget for the tentative budget is pretty much the same," Director of Finance and Operations Gregory Boino said.
 
"We're just moving around funds … so, we're using more of the FY25 rural aid funds instead of operating funds next year."
 
Increases the district has in the FY25 operating budget are from active employee health insurance, retiree health insurance, special education out-of-district tuition, temporary bond principal and interest payment, pupil transportation, Berkshire County Retirement contributions, and the federal payroll tax. 
 
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