Teen Arrested in North Street Shooting

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  A Savoy teen was arraigned on murder charges Monday in the June 14 shooting of two men on North Street. 
 
Deakan Sayers, 18, charged in Pittsfield District Court with two counts each of armed assault with the intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (firearm) and single counts of carrying a loaded firearm without a license and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
 
Police officers were dispatched just after 5 p.m. on Friday, June 14, to the area of North Street at Bradford Street for a reported shooting. 
 
According to a report, responding officers found two Pittsfield men who were shot. The men were treated at Berkshire Medical Center for their injuries and they were both eventually released.
 
As the investigation progressed, probable cause was established to charge Sayers with the shootings and he was arrested on Friday on Putnam Avenue by members of PPD's Anti-Crime Unit.
 
Anyone who wishes to provide information on this case is asked to contact the Detective Bureau at 413-448-9705. Information can also be provided anonymously via the Detective Bureau Tip Line at 413-448-9706, or by texting PITTIP and your message to TIP411 (847411).

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Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Holds Awards Banquet

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Friday honored outstanding contributors to the Berkshire County sports scene at its third annual Awards Dinner at the Polish Falcon Club.
 
The foundation supports youth sports throughout the county each year.
 
In 2025-26, those donations totaled more than $30,000 to groups ranging from youth football and cheerleading programs, Pittsfield Little League, Northern Berkshire Softball and the Pittsfield Boys and Girls Club Recreation Therapy Program, to name a few.
 
Funds raised by the foundation also go to support its annual Vera Barborotta Memorial Sportsman Scholarship, which this year went to Lee High School graduate Joey Abderhalden and Taconic grad Madeline Harrington.
 
Two other recently graduated high school standout athletes were recognized as winners of the Al Bianchi Memorial Athletes of the Year: Madison McCarthy and Cooper Calvert, both of Wahconah Regional High School.
 
Pittsfield High School girls basketball coach Kristy Conyers and Hoosac Valley boys basketball coach Matt Larabee received the foundation's Coach of the Year Awards.
 
John Castonguay received the Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Living Legend Award. A.J. Ziter took home the Connie Bianchi Memorial Award of Merit. And Mark Moulton rounded out the honorees with the foundation's Volunteer of the Year Award.
 
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