MCLA Education Department to Host Professional Development Evening at BIC

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The MCLA Alumni Association and the MCLA Division of Graduate and Continuing Education (DGCE) will gather at the Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) in Pittsfield this September for an evening of professional development and networking. 
 
The event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. at the BIC (45 Woodlawn Ave., Pittsfield). Alumni and guests will hear from MCLA education experts and their insights on the latest trends, strategies, and innovations. Registration is free and requested by Sept. 16, and includes light bites and a drink ticket.  
 
"We're starting to combine events with alumni and our current educators in the field," said Lynette Bond, Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education at MCLA. “It's great for everyone to have a chance to network and talk through challenges and opportunities about what's happening in the field today." 
 
MCLA Associate Professor of Education Dr. Maggie Clark will present on the current and new programming at the college, while other presenters and educators will talk about developments in the field, including resources for educators working on emergency teaching licenses. 
 
For more information and registration visit https://www.mcla.edu/academics/graduate/index.php or contact alumni@mcla.edu.  

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NAFD/NAPD Forces Championship Final in Women's League

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams Fire Department/Police Department scored three runs in the top of the sixth to take a one-run lead and held on for a 5-4 win over Belle Ame Lashes in the championship round of the North Adams Women’s Softball League.
 
Carrie Brassard went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and Kenzie Dobbert recorded a pair of strikeouts as NAFD/ NAPD forced a winner-take-all finale on Tuesday night to conclude the double-elimination tournament.
 
It was a pitchers’ duel early between Lashes’ Sarah Sweet and Dobbert, who started a 1-3 double play on a line drive back to the circle and speared another line drive for the third out in the third inning.
 
Sweet got out of a jam after putting runners on first and second to start the third with three straight outs to help keep it a 0-0 game going to the fourth.
 
In the top of the fourth, the first responders scored the game’s first two runs.
 
Heather Morris got things started with a leadoff single to left and moved into scoring position on Brassard’s single.
 
Morris came home when Anna Dix singled up the middle, and an infield error allowed NAFD/NAPD to score its second run.
 
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