Holden Ends Pittsfield Little League's Post-Season Run

iBerkshires.com Sports09:10PM / Thursday, July 17, 2025Print Story | Email Story

HOLDEN, Mass. – Brendan Michaud went the distance on the mound on Thursday in leading the Holden Little League 12-year-old All-Stars to a 5-1 win over PIttsfield in an elimination game in the Section 1 tournament.

Michaud struck out six, walked two and allowed three hits and an earned run in six innings of work as Holden advanced to the finals of the double-elimination tournament, where it will play at winner’s bracket winner Westfield.

Will Nichols, Troy Malloy and Edaniel Hebert accounted for Pittsfield’s hits.

Down, 5-0, in the top of the sixth, Malloy hit a one-out double to left. With two out, Hebert brought him home with a single to center field.

An error allowed Matt Knauth to reach and put runners at the corners, but Michaud got a pop up back to the mound to end the threat and the game.

Shayne Clairmont went all the way on the mound for Pittsfield, striking out three and allowing four earned runs.

Holden will have to beat Westfield twice in order to advance to the four-team state tournament.

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Dalton Special Town Meeting Rejects Land Buy for Police Station

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
09:29PM / Monday, October 19, 2026

Voters hold up cards to be counted on a vote to cast secret ballots on purchase of land question. Voters rejected the land purchase but authorized buying electronic devices for future voting.

DALTON, Mass. — A special town meeting on Monday night authorized 11 of 12 warrant articles, only nixing a contentious proposal to buy land for a police station.

After nearly an hour of discussion, 113 voters rejected by secret ballot the purchase of land on West Housatonic Street for $69,700.

Article 2 needed two-thirds to pass, and failed 65-48, about 10 votes short.

A motion was made by Robert Collins for the article to be voted on by secret ballot to ensure ballot privacy, which was approved by 72-19.

Town officials have been debating options for a new police station for more than year, focusing on several parcels that could host a new building and, more recently, the possibility of a combined fire and police station. These included the West Housatonic site, another on Main street and the vacant Dalton High lot next to the Senior Center.

Resident Adelard Nadeau Jr., who previously served on the Fire District's Prudential Committee, argued that the town is spending money that it does not have.

He advocated for the lot by the Senior Center which he believed to be cheaper and shovel ready.

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