Pittsfield American 10-Year-Olds Win Tourney Opener

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
04:59PM / Saturday, July 02, 2022Print Story | Email Story

DALTON, Mass. – The Berkshire County Little League Baseball All-Star season got underway on Saturday with a solid win for the Pittsfield Americans and a soggy outing for the teams from Dalton and Great Barrington.

The Pittsfield American League 10-and-under All-Stars defeated their crosstown rivals from the Pittsfield NL, 14-5, at Chamberlain Park.

In the second game scheduled, host Dalton-Hinsdale jumped out to a 3-0 lead in bottom of the first before a torrential rain left the field unplayable. The teams will pick up the game in progress on Thursday.

The Americans took control in the opener by batting around and scoring six runs in the top of the second.

Lennon Greene got things started when he bunted his way aboard to start the rally. He stole second and eventually scored on a ball to the backstop to make it 2-1.

Jowell Malave, Landen Marquis and Jake Knauth each drew a walk, and Alec Houghtaling and Brennan Lyon each doubled in the rally, which left the Americans with a 7-1 lead.

The Nats got three back in the bottom of the third.

Troy Maloy and Seth Laprade started the inning with back-to-back singles, and Sawyer Lane drove in a run on a groundout to the left side, moved to third on Spencer Kotski’s single and stole home to make it 7-4.

But the Pittsfield AL scored two in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth to keep the game out of reach.

Will Nichols and Greene each had an RBI double in the later innings, and Houghtaling drove in a pair of runs in the sixth.

Knauth and Lyon each had three hits in the win.

Knauth also earned the win on the mound, striking out a pair and allowing four runs in four innings of work. Lyon struck out the side after coming in with a runner on first in the fifth, and Greene worked the sixth.

Lane went three innings for the Nats. Gavin Fol went the rest of the way.

The Pittsfield AL continues play in the four-team round-robin on Sunday at 10 against Dalton-Hinsdale. The Nats will look to stay alive in the quest for Saturday’s championship game when they face Great Barrington at noon on Sunday.

The Don Gleason District 1 Little League Tournament features three age groups, with the games hosted this summer by the Adams-Cheshire and Dalton-Hinsdale leagues.

The three-team 11-and-under tournament gets underway on Tuesday at 5:30 in Adams. The five-team 12-year-old, or Williamsport, tournament, also starts Tuesday in Adams, with first pitch at about 7:30.

Photos from these games here.

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Pittsfield Housing Project Adds 37 Supportive Units and Collective Hope

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:01PM / Monday, December 29, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— A new chapter in local efforts to combat housing insecurity officially began as community leaders and residents gathered at The First on to celebrate a major expansion of supportive housing in the city.

The ribbon was cut on Thursday Dec. 19, on nearly 40 supportive permanent housing units; nine at The First, located within the Zion Lutheran Church, and 28 on West Housatonic Street. The Housing Resource Center, funded by Pittsfield's American Rescue Plan Act dollars, hosted a celebration for a project that is named for its rarity: The First.

"What got us here today is the power of community working in partnership and with a shared purpose," Hearthway CEO Eileen Peltier said.

In addition to the 28 studio units at 111 West Housatonic Street and nine units in the rear of the church building, the Housing Resource Center will be open seven days a week with two lounges, a classroom, a laundry room, a bathroom, and lockers.

Erin Forbush, ServiceNet's director of shelter and housing, challenged attendees to transform the space in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church into a community center. It is planned to operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year-round.

"I get calls from folks that want to help out, and our shelters just aren't the right spaces to be able to do that. The First will be that space that we can all come together and work for the betterment of our community," Forbush said.

"…I am a true believer that things evolve, and things here will evolve with the people that are utilizing it."

Earlier that day, Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus joined Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and her team in Housatonic to announce $33.5 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding, $5.45 million to Berkshire County.

He said it was ambitious to take on these two projects at once, but it will move the needle. The EOHLC contributed more than $7.8 million in subsidies and $3.4 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the West Housatonic Street build, and $1.6 million in ARPA funds for the First Street apartments.

"We're trying to get people out of shelter and off the streets, but we know there are a lot of people who are couch surfing, who are living in their cars, who are one paycheck away from being homeless themselves," Augustus said.

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