Bird Scores 1,000th Career Point in MCLA Road Win

MCLA Sports Information12:23AM / Saturday, February 19, 2022Print Story | Email Story

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Quentin Gittens scored a game-high 24 points and Hayden Bird added 21 points, including the 1,000th of his career, to lead the visiting MCLA men's basketball team to a 79-73 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over Bridgewater State University on Friday.

The Trailblazers improve to 10-12 on the season and 5-6 in the MASCAC, while the Bears fall to 4-18 overall and 2-9 in conference play.

The Bears (4-18, 2-9) and the Trailblazers (10-12, 5-6) will wrap up regular season play on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. from MCLA's Amsler Campus Center Gym.

Taconic graduate Gittens finished with a double-double as he also pulled down a game-best 11 rebounds (five offensive) to go along with five assists.

Drury graduate Bird added eight rebounds (five offensive), two steals and two blocked shots. His milestone basket, a three-pointer, came with 18:25 remaining in the second half.

Noah Yearsley checked in with 18 points on 6 of 10 shooting for the Trailblazers. Yearsley also went 5-for-6 from the free throw line and notched three rebounds, three steals and three blocks before fouling out early in the second half.

Gittens, Bird and Yearsley combined for 63 of MCLA's 79 points.

Women's Basketball

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- The Bridgewater State University women's basketball team rolled to an 83-35 Senior Night victory over MCLA.

The game marked the regular season finale for both teams as the Bears improved to 18-7 on the season and 10-2 (second place) in the MASCAC while the Trailblazers fell to 1-22 overall and 1-11 (T-6th place) in conference play. The two teams will meet again in the opening round of the MASCAC Tournament on Tuesday night.

Senior guards Shannon Carney (Averill Park, N.Y.) and Olivia Pressley (Cobleskill, N.Y.) paced MCLA with ten points apiece.

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North Adams Council OKs New Sustainability Committee

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:13AM / Thursday, September 10, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday night moved the establishment of a Sustainability & Tree Commission to a second reading and publication.

Mayor Jennifer Macksey back in February had presented the council with a list of objectives and how she thought a such a committee could support the administration. Councilor Andrew Fitch had raised the issue the year before, referred it to the mayor's office and pushed through the ordinance.

As the process moved forward, he recommended it merge with the Tree Commission, taking on that committee's objectives as part of the city's sustainability mission. It will make recommendations such as regarding climate change and impact on neighborhoods, and be able to seek grants, partnerships and other resources.

The language provided to the council on Tuesday had been reviewed by several committees and commissions and included changes advised by the city solicitor.

"It's been through a whole bunch of different reviews, and it took different tweaks from each of these committees," said Fitch, acting as president that night. "Each of these committees and commission provided excellent guidance of how to make this a little bit stronger, how to make this a little bit better."

Jenny Dunning, a member of the grassroots North Adams Sustainability Task Force, spoke at the beginning of the meeting to endorse the ordinance.

"I just want to say how much I appreciate that the council and the administration has moved forward to figure out a way to make this happen, and it's up for the vote tonight," said Dunning, who serves on the Windsor Lake Commission. "And we've got five of us who are here to support this change."

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