Berkshire Green Drinks to Feature Presentation on Rare Butterfly Species

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jessica Duffy will present "A Tale of Two Butterflies: Two Rare Pierid Butterflies of the Berkshires and Combined Threats" at the March Berkshire Green Drinks event on Wednesday, March 12.
 
The event will be held online via Zoom and in person at Hot Plate Brewing Co. in Pittsfield, MA. The in-person gathering begins at 5:15 PM, with the presentation starting at 6:00 PM.
 
Duffy will discuss the Veined White and West Virginia White butterflies, their natural history, and the threats they face from parasitoid wasps and invasive garlic mustard.
 
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) will conduct butterfly surveys and garlic mustard removal in early spring 2025.
 

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Berkshire Force 16U Softball Hosts Tournament

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 16-and-under travel softball team this weekend went 3-2-1 at its Fall Frenzy tournament.
 
The Force beat the Miss Scotties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., twice, by scores of 7-1 and 6-1 and the Charlton (Mass.) Wildfire, 7-6.
 
It lost games to the Frozen Ropes Outlaws of Albany, N.Y., and the Capital Region Reign Empire out of Colonie, N.Y., and tied the Guilderland (N.Y.) Rogue, 4-4.
 
All games were played on Saturday at the Doyle Complex.
 
Against Charlton, Amelia Polidoro went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and two runs batted in, and Lexi Spratling singled and drove in a run.
 
Polidoro also earned the win in the circle, allowing just four earned runs.
 
Amaya Alger and Lillian MacDonald combined on a two-hitter against the Miss Scotties, striking out four between them. Alger, Polidoro, Alliah DiPietro and Jayda Klein each doubled in the 7-1 win.
 
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