Lanesborough Elects Former Police Chief Sorrell to Select Board

By Brian RhodesiBerkshires Staff
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LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The town's retired police chief, Timothy Sorrell, has been elected to a three-year term on the Select Board after winning Tuesday's annual town election. 

Sorrell won 407-253 over incumbent Gordon Hubbard. Sorrell, who served the department for 28 years before spending another six as chief, is also a member of the Police Station Building Committee and was recently appointed as a special police officer in Adams. 
 
The Select Board race was the only contested seat on the ballot, with all other positions running unopposed. There were 664 ballots cast total. 
 
Voters elected Incumbent Ronald Tinkham and Regina M. DiLego to three-year terms on the Finance Committee. DiLego will replace incumbent Kevin Towle, who did not run for re-election. 
 
Leanne Yinger was re-elected to a four-year Planning Board term with 455 votes and write-in candidate Deborah Maynard was also elected to the board for five years after receiving 136 votes. 
 
Katherine Wood was re-elected to the library trustees with 538 votes, the most on the ballot. Wood, the incumbent, will serve a three-year term. 
 
Incumbent Robert Riley will serve another three-year term on the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee after receiving 529 votes.  
 
The town will hold a ceremony on July 5 in the Town Hall Community Room to swear in the newly-elected town officials. 

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Dalton Resident Ranks Third in National Snocross Race

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Sal LeBeau on his machine with his sister, Kenna, in the black hat, and friend Brandon and his sister Alea.
DALTON, Mass. — At just 16 years old, Salvatore LaBeau is already making avalanches in the national snocross racing scene.
 
Last weekend, LaBeau raced in the Mount Zion Snocross National race in Ironwood, Mich., the first of eight races in the national circuit series. 
 
Competitions take place across national circuits, attracting racers from various regions and even internationally. 
 
Labeau rides for CT Motorsports, a team based in Upstate New York, on a 2025 Polaris 600R. 
 
This is LaBeau's first time competing on the CT Motorsports team. Years prior, he raced for a team owned by Bruce Gaspardi, owner of South Side Sales and Service in North Adams.  
 
Despite a bad first day on Friday when he fell off his snowmobile and didn't make the final, LaBeau carried on with confidence and on Saturday obtained his first national podium, placing in third for the Sport Lite class. 
 
"I'm feeling good. I'm gonna start training more when I come home, and go to the gym more. And I am really excited, because I'm in 11th right now," the Wahconah High student said. 
 
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