Force Teams Advance to County 14U Final

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – It will be the Berkshire Force against the Berkshire Force when the county’s summer travel league championship is decided at the 14-and-under level on Monday evening at the Doyle Complex.

The Force Blue Friday scored seven times in the first inning and went on to a 15-0 win over the Northern Berkshire Girls Softball League Klein Building and Remodeling squad.

At the other end of the complex, Friday, the Force Black scored five times in the top of the sixth to break open a three-run game and went on to a 12-6 win over Dalton in the league’s other semi-final.

The two Pittsfield-based squads will play for the league title at 5:45 on Monday.

Daisy Caron was dominant on the mound for the second-seeded Force Blue in its win over Northern Berkshire.

She struck out 11, including four of the last five hitters she faced, in the five-inning win.

Northern Berkshire got just one hit, from Chloe Cabana in the top of the fourth. She ended up advancing to third base, but Caron got a called third strike for the final out.

Offensively, she helped the Force cause with a two-run triple in the first inning.

Liana Steiner went 2-for-3 with an RBI double, and Julie LeBarron drove in a run with a single and reached base three times, scoring in all three of her plate appearances.

Northern Berkshire's Kendall Moran went three innings in the circle, allowing four earned runs.

Photos from the game here.

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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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