Author David Guenette to Discuss Climate Change in Berkshire County

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Mass. — Author David Guenette, writer of "The Steep Climes Quartet," a literary climate fiction series, will discuss the impact of climate change on daily life in Berkshire County at three upcoming events. 
 
The presentations will explore the costs of climate change at the household level and the challenges of transitioning to clean energy. Guenette will use excerpts from his novels, "Kill Well" (2026 setting) and "Dear Josephine" (2029 setting), to illustrate key points. He will also reference his forthcoming Book Three, "Over Brooklyn Hills" (2035 setting, expected December 2025 publication), and the final book in the series, "Farm to Me" (2049 setting, expected 2026 publication). 
 
The schedule of events is as follows:
  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at Griswold Memorial Library, 12 Main Rd., Colrain, MA.
  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at Berkshire Athenaeum, One Wendall Ave., Pittsfield, MA 01201.   
  • Friday, May 23, 2025, 4:00 p.m. at Mason Library, 231 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 01230.   
 
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Connecticut Tops Pittsfield in 13-Year-Old Babe Ruth Regional

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
WESTFIELD, Mass. – A frustrating day ended in a frustrating manner for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars on Friday: with the bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the seventh.
 
Pittsfield failed to convert on that opportunity or several others as Connecticut State Champion Bethel earned a 7-1 win in the opening game of the New England Babe Ruth Regional at Bullens Field.
 
The designated visitors faced a tall order going to the seventh down by six runs, but they got a lift when pinch-hitter Alex Woo started the inning with a single up the middle.
 
Jake Knauth and Mateo Herrera (3-for-4 with a double) followed with singles to load the bases. But Bethel reliever Alex Martin got a strikeout, a fly ball to short left and a groundout to the right side to end the threat.
 
The three seventh-inning hits gave Pittsfield an 8-4 advantage in hits and upped its number of runners left in scoring position to six.
 
“It’s tough when you outhit a team, eight to four,” Pittsfield coach Francis McKeon said. “You should win nine times out of 10. And unfortunately, today was that day that we just didn’t win the game.”
 
Bethel struck first in the bottom of the first, taking a 1-0 lead without a base hit.
 
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