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Three from County Earn Bay State Soccer Silver

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WALTHAM, Mass. -- The English national men's team was not the only one disappointed in corner kicks on Sunday afternoon.
 
The West girls soccer team, with three Berkshire County high school students, lost a 5-4 PK shootout to the Northeast on Sunday in the gold medal game of the Bay State Games.
 
The West team includes Drury students Samantha Kogut and Kayla McGrath and Lenox's Molly Knight.
 
West scored the game's first goal in the first five minutes, and stayed that way until the final sequence of regulation, when Northeast converted a corner kick to tie it.
 
West went 2-1 in pool play with only a 3-2 loss to Northeast in the loss column. It won its other games by margins of 6-1 against the Southeast and 4-1 against Coastal.
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Berkshires Remember First Responders, Military Personnel Lost at 9/11 and Aftermath

By Jack Guerino & Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey, with Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre speaks at Friday's memorial. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The county's two cities held memorials on Friday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. 

Great Barrington was scheduled to hold a dedication of piece of steel from the World Trade Center at 6 p.m.

North Adams held its ceremony in the fire station's side garden starting at exactly 8:46 a.m., the time Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower.
 
The small square of grass was packed with police officers, firefighters, wire and alarm personnel, dispatchers, and Northern Berkshire EMS employees, and city employees, officials and community members. 
 
After the ceremonial tolling of the bell, an honor guard presented the colors.
 
Mayor Jennifer Macksey said it felt odd welcoming people to a very solemn event.
 
"What happened 25 years ago put a mark on emergency services. It put additional pressure on police, fire, EMS, and dispatchers," Macksey said. "While we remember those who lost their lives during 9/11, and those who ran to help as many as they could during 9/11, we have to pause and appreciate those who continue to serve despite that awful threat that occurred 25 years ago."
 
She said it was a direct attack on the United States and all of its people.
 
"It was a question of our freedoms and our ability to be safe in our communities," the mayor said. "I can say today that here in North Adams, it could happen to us, but I know with the professionalism of our Fire Department, Police Department, EMS, and our dispatch team, we are a better community; we are a safer community than we were 25 years ago."
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