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Matt Koperniak was a three-sport standout at Hoosac Valley High School, graduating in 2016.

Cardinals' Affiliate Releases Koperniak

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The St. Louis Cardinals' AAA affiliate in Memphis, Tenn., Monday released Hoosac Valley graduate Matt Koperniak, according to Koperniak's minor league baseball profile page.
 
Koperniak, a 2016 graduate of the Cheshire school, signed as an undrafted free agent with the Cardinals organization in 2020 after four years at Connecticut's Trinity College.
 
He is a career .284 hitter with more than 2,300 at-bats in the minors, all as an outfielder in the St. Louis farm system. He has 76 career home runs and 356 runs batted in with a .358 on-base percentage.
 
This summer with Memphis, he was hitting .253 with three home runs and 33 RBIs, including a walkoff RBI single in the 11th inning of a game on July 5.
 
He was named a post-season all-star in the AAA International League after his 2024 season with the Memphis Redbirds.
 
Koperniak also played in 2023 and 2026 in the World Baseball Classic for Great Britain, the land of his birth.
 
As a collegian, Koperniak played a summer with the North Adams SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2018.
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Dream Green Eyes Expansion in Adams

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town will consider whether to approve a special tax assessment agreement for Dream Green Recycling at a special town meeting anticipated for the fall. 
 
The recycling company helps people rid of bulky waste including mattresses, electronics, and appliances through a door-to-door pickup service across Western Mass, Springfield, Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire. 
 
Most recently, Dream Green received the International Secure Information Governance & Management Association and National Association for Information Destruction certification so it is able to provide data destruction and data-scrubbing. 
 
According to its website, Dream Green is one of 62 permitted mattress recyclers in the country, and Western Mass's only state Environmental Protection Agency 608 certified refrigerant recovery facility. 
 
The business, owned by Kyle Danforth, Dan Haskins, and Patrick Kennedy, has operated from leased facilities at 15 Printworks Drive in Adams and a 10,000-square-foot facility in Pittsfield. 
 
However, they hope to expand the Adams building and move everything they do in Pittsfield back to Adams. Yesterday, they  purchased 15 Printworks Drive from Shaker Mountain Properties, marking the first step in a planned expansion. 
 
Over the years the company has diversified its services based on the needs of the community, becoming a one-stop-shop for recycling, Danforth said. 
 
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