PIttsfield 16s, 13s Lose in Babe Ruth Regionals

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AUGUSTA, Maine -- Norwalk, Conn., scored eight runs in the top of the fifth to break open a scoreless game and went on to a 10-0 win over the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars at the New England Regional on Sunday.

Dylan Izzi went 3-for-4 and scored a pair of runs for Norwalk, which held Pittsfield to four hits.

Brenden Socie had two of those hits, including a double. Eddie Ferris also doubled, and Sam Glcokner had a hit in the loss.

Glockner also threw an inning of scoreless relief.

Pittsfield finishes pool play with a record of 1-2.

It placed second in its pool, which means a 10 a.m. elimination game on Monday morning against Vermont Champion Lyndon, which went 1-2 to finish in third place in the other four-team pool.

13-Year-Old All-Stars

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Stamford, Conn., defeated Western Massachusetts Champion Pittsfield, 5-3, on Sunday to end Pittsfield's run in the 13-Year-Old New England Regional.

Pittsfield went 0-3 in pool play to finish in fourth place in Pool B. The top three teams in each of the tournament's two pools advance to bracket play, which gets underway on Monday at Bullens Field.

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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.