Casey Throws No-Hitter in BABL

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LEE, Mass. -- Rich Casey threw a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Housatonic River Monsters to a 12-1 win over the Devils last week in Berkshire Adult Baseball League action.
 
Casey struck out six and walked four. Ben Snow, Tom Duffin and Nick Pow each had a pair of hits for the River Monsters. Pow drove in four runs, and Jake Simon drove in three.
 
Brandon Pettit's sacrifice fly plated Mike Carnevale for the Devils' run.
 
Millers 3, BBA 2
Elsewhere in the league's over-25 division, the pitchers for the Great Barrington Millers and Berkshire Baseball Academy combined for 41 strikeouts in the 12-inning marathon.
 
Alex Salazar drove in a run in the top of the 12th to give the Millers a 3-1 lead.
 
BBA got an RBI from Zack Zerbato in the bottom of the inning, but reliever Nick Arre closed the door to get the win.
 
Carter Matthews led BBA's offense with three of its four hits. Salazar had a pair of doubles for the Millers.
 
Great Barrington (6-1) is in first place heading into Sunday's game against Housatonic in Great Barrington.
 
Housatonic 7, BBA 5
Kevin Robinson hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh for a walkoff win.
 
BBA led, 5-1, midway through the sixth inning.
 
The Monsters got a pair back in the bottom of the sixth.
 
In the seventh, Aiden Kotski got the winning rally started with a walk. Ryan Shook reached on an error and Pow drew a one-out walk to load the bases for Robinson.
 
Robinson went 2-for-4 with five RBIs, and Shook was 2-for-3 at the plate for Housatonic. Robert Jutras earned the win on the mound.
 
BBA (4-4) is tied with Housatonic for second place and hosts the Devils on Sunday on Buddy Pellerin Field.
 
OVER-35 DIVISION
Adams Aces 6, Berkshire Thunder 4
Pat Ryan hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh to give the Adams Aces a 5-4 lead as they came from behind to keep their record this summer perfect at 7-0.
 
Corey Swistak had three hits, and Chris Flynn and Travis Lanski each contributed a pair of hits in the win. Corey Hillard earned the win on the mound.
 
Brad Shove had a pair of hits for the Thunder.
 
The Aces face their next test on Sunday when the play fourth-place Tunnel City (3-3) at Alcombright in North Adams.
 
The second-place Thunder (5-2) go to third-place Dalton (4-3) on Sunday.
 
Gremlins 6, Spiders 3
Nathan Key went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Gremlins, who scored three times in the seventh.
 
Mitch Storie had a pair of hits, and Jermaine Sistrunk earned the win on the mound.
 
Pat Priester threw a complete game in a loss for the Spiders (1-7), who take on the Pittsfield Pirates (2-4) on Sunday at Crosby.
 
Dalton Moneymakers 6, T.C.F. 3
Jarret Bayliss earned the win on the mound with four innings of work and helped his cause with a two-run single.
 
Reid Warner and Bryan Betters each had a pairy of hits in the win.
 
T.C.F. got a pair of hits from Jared Martin and a two-run single from Mike Cirullo.
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EPA Lays Out Draft Plan for PCB Remediation in Pittsfield

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Ward 4 Councilor James Conant requested the meeting be held at Herberg Middle School as his ward will be most affected. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric have a preliminary plan to remediate polychlorinated biphenyls from the city's Rest of River stretch by 2032.

"We're going to implement the remedy, move on, and in five years we can be done with the majority of the issues in Pittsfield," Project Manager Dean Tagliaferro said during a hearing on Wednesday.

"The goal is to restore the (Housatonic) river, make the river an asset. Right now, it's a liability."

The PCB-polluted "Rest of River" stretches nearly 125 miles from the confluence of the East and West Branches of the river in Pittsfield to the end of Reach 16 just before Long Island Sound in Connecticut.  The city's five-mile reach, 5A, goes from the confluence to the wastewater treatment plant and includes river channels, banks, backwaters, and 325 acres of floodplains.

The event was held at Herberg Middle School, as Ward 4 Councilor James Conant wanted to ensure that the residents who will be most affected by the cleanup didn't have to travel far.

Conant emphasized that "nothing is set in actual stone" and it will not be solidified for many months.

In February 2020, the Rest of River settlement agreement that outlines the continued cleanup was signed by the U.S. EPA, GE, the state, the city of Pittsfield, the towns of Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, and Sheffield, and other interested parties.

Remediation has been in progress since the 1970s, including 27 cleanups. The remedy settled in 2020 includes the removal of one million cubic yards of contaminated sediment and floodplain soils, an 89 percent reduction of downstream transport of PCBs, an upland disposal facility located near Woods Pond (which has been contested by Southern Berkshire residents) as well as offsite disposal, and the removal of two dams.

The estimated cost is about $576 million and will take about 13 years to complete once construction begins.

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