Millers, Thunder Win Berkshire Adult Baseball League Titles

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The Berkshire Thunder and GB Millers each swept their way to Berkshire Adult Baseball League titles over the weekend.

At Wahconah Park on Sunday, the Thunder edged the Dalton Moneymakers, 6-5, to wrap up their best-of-three championship series in the 33-and-over division of the BABL.

The Thunder, which won the opener, 6-1, on Saturday, got a strong pitching performance from three different players in Game 2.

Joe Bateman, Cory Hillard and Seamus Morrison combined to allow just two earned runs in the title clincher.

Hillard got the win with four innings of work in relief, scattering four hits and allowing all five runs -- three unearned as the Thunder committed four errors behind him.

Morrison gave up a hit in the seventh but picked up the save by not allowing a run.

At the plate, Johnny Goodnow and Jake Barbarotta led the Thunder's offense, each collecting two hits and two RBIs.

For Dalton, Frank Filbrick went 3-for-3 with a double, and Tim Healey was 2-for-4 with a triple in Sunday's loss.

For the 2023 league champion Thunder, it was its fifth league title.

In the BABL's 20-and-over division, the Millers beat the Housatonic River Monsters by scores of 5-3 and 13-3 over the weekend.

After the River Monsters advanced to the final with a 17-0 win over the Berkshire Bandits in a weather-delayed semi-final on Saturday, the best-of-three final got underway on Sunday morning at Memorial Field in Great Barrington.

The Millers rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to erase a 3-2 deficit and take the win in the opener.

Tyler Spofford and Oliver Cookson each homered in the win. Cookson went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a couple of runs.

Dick Dumas and Brian Rodriguez splt time on the mound for the Millers. Rodriguez struck out five and allowed just one hit and no runs in 2 and one-third innings to earn the win in relief.

For Housatonic, Hunter Potash struck out six and allowed four earned runs in a complete-game loss on the mound and helped his cause with a home run.

In the nightcap, Spofford homered again and went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Anthony Lupiani earned the win on the bump with four innings of work.

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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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