MCLA's Women's Lacrosse Falls at Salem State

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SALEM, Mass. -- Salem State's Kirsten Bradley collected five goals to lead the Vikings to a 15-7 win over MCLA Saturday evening in women's lacrosse.
 
The teams traded goals to start things off and Bradley and MCLA's Kim Granito each tallied in the opening four minutes. Salem State (2-9, 1-2 MASCAC) then clamped down on the Trailblazers (1-7, 0-3), holding them scoreless the rest of the half.
 
Salem added four goals before halftime as Shayla Inglis collected two of them as the Vikings built a 5-1 halftime lead.
 
Starting the second half, the teams traded goals for the first 12 minutes as the Trailblazers couldn't get any closer than 8-4 after Granito tallied again. From there, Salem took control. They went on a 6-0 spurt fueled by Bradley to take control at 14-4.
 
Granito ended with five goals to lead the Trailblazers. MCLA's Zoe Elwell stopped nine shots.
 
MCLA is back in action on Tuesday night when it hosts Worcester State.
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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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