SteepleCats Swept in New Hampshire Double-Header

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LACONIA, N.H. -- The Winnepesaukee Muskrats scored three runs in the top of the eighth to earn an 8-5, extra-innings win over North Adams in the first half a Saturday double-header and went on to win the nightcap, 4-0, for the sweep.
 
In the opener, Brandon Hylton homered for the SteepleCats, who got a pair of hits apiece from Jon Kozarian and Charles Middleton.
 
In Game 2, three Winnepesaukee pitchers held North Adams to a total of three hits.
 
The SteepleCats (21-17-2) slipped to third place in the New England Collegiate Baseball League North Division.
 
North Adams Sunday goes to Moneplier, Vt., to take on the Mountaineers.
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North Adams Schools Talk Final Budget Numbers for Public Hearing

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The elementary schools will be phasing in a new math curriculum over the next two years. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee received the presentation given last week to the Finance & Facilities committee for the fiscal 2025 spending plan.
 
The subcommittee is recommending the budget of $20,357,096, up $302,744 or 1.51 percent over this year. This was expected to be funded by $16,418,826 in state Chapter 70 education funds, local funding of $3,938,270 (up $100,000 over this year) and a drawdown of school funds of $575,237. This will also include the closure of Greylock School at the end of this year and the reduction of 26 full-time positions. 
 
A hybrid public hearing on the budget will be held on Thursday, May 23, at 5:30 at Brayton School, with a vote by the School Committee to immediately follow. 
 
The extra $100,000 from the city will likely not be part of this funding package, warned Mayor Jennifer Macksey, chair of the School Committee. 
 
"Going through all my process on the city side, so to say, with the rest of my departments, it's going to be really hard for me to squeak out the additional $100,000," said the mayor, alluding to a budget gap of $600,000 to $800,000 for fiscal 2025 she's trying to close. 
 
"I just want to be fully transparent with everyone sitting here, and as your School Committee chair, I don't know if the city budget is going to be able to squeak out that $100,000. That number will most likely change."
 
Director of School Finance and Operations Nancy Rauscher said the $100,000 had been a placeholder with administration understanding that it could change.  
 
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