PIttsfield Babe Ruth 16s, 14s Win at Regionals

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AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars broke open a pitchers' duel with four runs in the top of the seventh on the way to a 5-0 win over Augusta in the New England Regional on Saturday.

Eddie Ferris went 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of RBIs on a day when Pittsfield managed just three hits.

"Hard fought win today for the boys from Pittsfield," coach Ben Stohr said.

It scored the game-winning run in the top of the fifth without a base hit.

Cam Hillard was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and Sam Glockner went into the game as a courtesy runner for the Pittsfield pitcher.

Glockner moved up to second on Goo Stannard's sacrifice bunt.

He then moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball to break a scoreless tie.

Hillard went six innnings on the mound, striking out seven and allowing one hit and four walks.

Ferris entered with two runners on after a pair of walks in the seventh and got a strikeout and a double play to end the game.

"They were an experienced team on the other side," Stohr said of the tournament's host team. "Pretty much their whole team was the 15-year-old Maine representative in the New England Regional at Wahconah Park [last summer]."

Pittsfield's "16U" squad played in the 14-year-old Babe Ruth Regional last summer. This year, Babe Ruth reconfigured to three tournaments: 13U, 14U and a 13- to 16-year-old division.

"A really crafty lefty kept us off balance all day, but the boys fought hard and got it done," Stohr said. "Very proud of them."

Pittsfield improved to 2-0 in pool play. It plays its pool's other 2-0 squad on Sunday morning when it goes against Norwalk, Conn. With a win, Pittsfield can avoid the first round of bracket play on Monday as the top seed coming out of its pool.

13-Year-Old

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Rhode Island Champion North Providence Saturday handed Pittsfield a 20-4 loss at Bullens Field in the 13-Year-Old New England Regional.

North Providence pounded out 16 hits in the five-inning win.

Pittsfield slipped to 0-2 in pool play and will play to stay in the tournament on Sunday when it takes on Stamford, Conn., at 1 p.m.

14-year-old

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Jason Fields drove in the game-winning run in the top of the seventh Saturday as Pittsfield's 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars earned a 5-4 win over Keene, N.H., at the New England Regional.

Sebastian Herrera started the winning rally with a one-out single to left.

He moved up on a groundball out off the bat of Eli Kristensen.

Fields then singled to center field to bring home Herrera and break a 4-4 tie.

Robert Bazinet and Gavin Maffuccio each went 2-for-3 to lead a nine-hit attack for Pittsfield. Bazinet doubled and drove in a run.

Brendan Merwin, Bazinet and Herrera split time on the mound for Pittsfield, combining for 13 strikeouts.

Pittsfield advances to Monday's 1 p.m. regional semi-final, where it will face the winner of Sunday's game between Keene and Central Vermont.

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Pittsfield ARPA Funds Have Year-End Expiration Date

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:20AM / Thursday, January 15, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — American Rescue Fund Act monies must be spent by the end of the year, and Pittsfield is already close.

In 2021, the city was awarded a historic amount of money — $40,602,779 — in federal remediation funds for the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the end of September 2025, more than $37 million had been expended, and 90 percent of the 84 awarded projects were complete.

Special Project Manager Gina Armstrong updated the City Council on the ARPA funds during its first meeting of the new term on Tuesday.

As of September 2025, the $4.7 million allocated for public health and COVID-19 response has been fully expended. Additionally, $22.7 million of the $24.9 million allocated for negative economic impacts has been expended, and nearly all of the infrastructure funds, more than $5.8 million, have been expended.

Less than $3 million of the $3.7 million allocated for revenue replacement has been spent, along with about $873,00 of the $1.1 million allocated for administration.

Armstrong noted that in the last quarter, "Quite a bit more has been done in the areas of the housing projects." In 2022, then-Mayor Linda Tyer allocated $8.6 million in ARPA funds for affordable housing initiatives, and the community is eager for those additional units to come online.

Nine supportive units at the Zion Lutheran Church on First Street received more than $1.5 million in ARPA funds, the 7,700-square-foot housing resource center in the basement received more than $4.6 million, and the Westside Legends' home construction project saw more than $361,000 for two single-family homes on South Church Street and Daniels Avenue.

"This is just about complete, and I believe that people who are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness will be able to take these apartments in the very near future," Armstrong said, noting the supportive units and resource center that had a ribbon-cutting in late 2025.