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Southside Knocks Out Racing Mart in Torchia League Playoffs

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Jocelyn Duhamel went 3-for-4 with a double Monday to lead Southside to a 12-6 win over Racing Mart in an elimination game in the Pat Torchia Women’s Softball League tournament.
 
Southside survived to play again on Wednesday in the double-elimination tournament at Disanti Field.
 
On Monday, it erased an early 2-0 deficit with a five-run bottom of the first inning.
 
Emily Rosse led off the first with a double to straightaway center, and Ashley Ciepala and Caroline Tomkowicz each had an RBI single in the rally.
 
Duhamel’s leadoff double to left kicked off a three-run rally in the bottom of the second. Kayla Malloy and Heather Boucher each singled in the inning as Southside stretched its lead to 8-2.
 
It got to a seven-run margin before Racing Mart battled back.
 
In the top of the fourth, Tenelle Ciempa doubled and scored in a two-run rally to cut the deficit to 9-4.
 
In the fifth, Heather Morris (2-for-4) hit a leadoff single, and Julie Lech (2-for-4) hit her second double of the game to put a pair of runners in scoring position.
 
Teri Iacuessa drove in a run with a groundout, and Renee Royal singled to left to score Lech, making it 9-6.
 
Southside pulled away again with a four-run, three-hit bottom of the fifth.
 
Duhamel and Malloy each singled and scored. Kris Vanuni had an RBI single, and Ciepala (2-for-3, five RBIs) hit a two-run single to left.
 
Vanuni also earned the win in the circle for Southside, striking out four.
 
Cindy Cottrell struck out one in a complete-game effort for Racing Mart.
 
The tournament continues Tuesday at Disanti Field at 6 p.m.
 
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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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