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Tickets on Sale for 2025 Dalton CRA Hall of Fame Induction

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DALTON, Mass. – NCAA Division III Champion hurdler Aryianna Garceau will be recognized as the Dalton CRA Hall of Fame Story of the Year at the hall’s induction ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 7.
 
Graceau this spring set a Division III record in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships. She also won a national title in the 60-meter hurdles competing as a junior for UMass-Boston.
 
She will be joined at the ceremony by a host of honorees inducted as the Class of ‘25.
 
The group includes: coaches Matt Morrison, Peter Terpak IV and Patrick West; contributors Craig Crosier, Dan McMahon and Brendan Ronayne; and three Wahconah Regional High School teams, the 1969 baseball team, 1972 football team and 1975 boys basketball team.
 
The class includes seven athletes going into the hall as individuals: Louie Allegrone, Mary Langendorf-King, Tom Keefe, Jim Galliher, Art Sanders, Brittany Breault and Laurie Pero-Cantarella.
 
The ceremony will be held at the Stationery Factory at 1 p.m.
 
The afternoon’s keynote speaker will be Dalton CRA Hall of Famer Dan Duquette, a nationally recognized Major League Baseball executive.
 
Attendees at the Hall of Fame ceremony also will be able to explore a special exhibit, “Sliding Back to Home,” from the Baseball in the Berkshires museum.
 
Tickets to the induction ceremony are $40 and can be purchased at the CRA on Main Street or online at daltoncra.org through Friday, Aug. 29. All proceeds benefit local youth sports programs through the CRA.
 
For information, contact Hall of Fame Chair Dustin Belcher at dbelcher@daltoncra.org.
 
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Dalton Police Station OK for Zoning, Once Location Is Chosen

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The proposed police station is eligible for a special permit in all zones except a Planned Industrial Development zone, following a public hearing and board consensus. 
 
The town has been exploring solutions to address the station's needs, forming the Public Safety Advisory Committee in July 2024 after reports highlighted the department's deteriorating condition.
 
Now more than a year into the initiative, progress seems to have stalled because of conflicting opinions on where the proposed station would go, Police Chief Deanna Strout said during previous meetings. 
 
The sticking points have been cost and location, which has had the advisory committee in gridlock for months. Several public officials have expressed their desire to have a new station constructed on town-owned land for the cost savings. 
 
However, the only land sizable to fit the facility is next to the Senior Center, but some neighbors have conveyed their disapproval for that space, which had been earmarked for affordable housing.
 
So, the committee sought guidance from the Zoning Board but left with few answers. 
 
"We wanted to have a discussion with you as a board about where you would consider this and what your thoughts as a board were specifically,"  Town Manager Eric Anderson said to the board at the Tuesday meeting. 
 
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