Pittsfield Little Leaguers Advance to District 1 Championship Series

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Weston Wigglesworth, Alec Houghtling and Sawyer Layne each homered on Monday evening to lead the Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Stars to an 18-2 win over Great Barrington in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament at Deming Park.
 
The win completed a 3-0 run through the tournament's round-robin phase for Pittsfield, which moves on to the start of the best-of-three championship series that begins on Wednesday evening against Dalton-Hinsdale (2-1), a 9-1 winner over Adams-Cheshire on Monday night.
 
Shayne Clairmont went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for Pittsfield on Monday. Wigglesworth was 3-for-3 with four RBIs in the No. 1 spot in the lineup.
 
Layne and Mike Lesser split the pitching duties in the three-inning win, combining to strike out six.
 
Thomas Kreis doubled in a run for Great Barrington (0-3), going 1-for-1 with a walk at the plate. Timothy Starczweski scored GB's run.
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CBRSD Makes Cuts to Lower Town Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — School officials say reductions in the Central Berkshire Regional School District's budget will be felt, but remain optimistic that it will not prevent them from being "the best regional district in the state."
 
Throughout the budgeting season, officials said they strived to keep the seven member towns informed amid contractual increases outside their control and concerns with a state aid funding formula described as "remarkably wrong."
 
The initial budget was about a 9 percent increase, but with "strategic reductions" the district was able to cut that down to 2.99 percent, bringing the total budget to $37,740,005. 
 
"This was no small feat," said Paul Farella, district's Finance Committee chair.
 
In earlier budget drafts, towns voiced concerns over significantly higher assessments, which ranged from approximately 7 to 15 percent, compared to prior years, when it was about 2 to 7 percent. 
 
With the revised budget, projected net town assessments are: 
  • Becket for $2,859,205, an increase of 5.49 percent
  • Cummington for $670,246, an increase of 5.11 percent 
  • Dalton for $10,106,445, an increase of 5.86 percent
  • Hinsdale for $3,277,495, an increase of 10.54 percent 
  • Peru for $1,083,751, an increase of 6.11 percent 
  • Washington for $826,774, an increase of 6.64 percent
  • Windsor for $995,438, an increase of 9.37 percent
"[The cuts] will be felt, but we believe that it is what is necessary for the time being to not overburden our towns while still being able to provide a quality education to our community," Farella said. 
 
Delivering high-quality education while responsibly managing public funds in a district, which like many rural areas, faces financial constraints is a duty Superintendent Michael Henault said he takes very seriously.
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