SteepleCats Move Within Game of .500 with Road Win

iBerkshires.com Sports10:44PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025Print Story | Email Story

KEENE, N.H. -- Nelphie Lopez went 2-for-4 with a home run Tuesday to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to an 8-5 win over the Keene Swamp Bats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

Robert Stang hit a three-run home run in the top of the first to get North Adams off to a fast start.

A.J. Petraitis earned the win on the mound with five innings of work.

Brendan Morris and Thomas Sullivan combined for four innings of scoreless relief to close out the game.

The SteepleCats, who were 4-13 at one point this season, have won four in a row and are tied for second place in the NECBL's North Division with Sanford, Maine, and Upper Valley (Vt.).

North Adams (15-16) is home on Wednesday to face Upper Valley at 6:30 at Joe Wolfe Field.

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Northern Berkshire EMS Restocks North Adams Veterans Food Pantry

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, March 07, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire EMS helped fill out the Veterans Pantry in City Hall after an agency-wide food drive.

Veterans Agent Kurtis Durocher was thankful for the much-needed replenishing.

"There is always a need, and that need is exponentially growing," he said, adding he estimates the donation equals between $1,000 to $1,500 of groceries and other supplies.

Angela Swistak, of the Transportation Division, helped organize the fundraising effort. She said she went to City Hall to update her dog licenses and saw a flyer on Durocher's door.

"I came in to get my dog license, and I saw the note on the door looking for donations. So I stopped in and said, 'let's do this'," she said.

Durocher said it was a perfect opportunity because that day he was reaching out to businesses and organizations to see if anyone wanted to run a fundraiser.

Swistak said donation receptacles were placed at the North Adams station, the Williamstown station, and the Council on Aging as well as other locations.

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