Bedard Bros Chevrolet Partners with Adams Cheshire Little League

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CHESHIRE, Mass. — Bedard Bros Chevrolet has announced a partnership with the Adams Cheshire Little League through the Chevrolet Youth Baseball & Softball program.
 
The partnership will provide the Little League with new equipment, a financial donation, and access to a free instructional clinic.
 
Steven Bedard, General Manager for Bedard Bros Chevrolet, stated that the program supports the development of skills such as leadership and cooperation among young athletes. He also highlighted Chevrolet’s belief in the role of youth sports in building future success.
 
The Chevrolet Youth Baseball & Softball program, now in its twentieth year, has involved approximately 1,100 Chevrolet dealers nationwide in 2024, and has served over 10 million players since 2006.
 
Bedard Bros Chevrolet will provide the Adams Cheshire Little League with an equipment kit containing items such as equipment bags, first aid kits, scorebooks, and ball buckets. The sponsorship also includes youth clinics led by current and former MLB/MiLB players, coaches, or instructors from the MLBPAA. A monetary donation will also be presented to the Little League.
 
Bedard also stated that Chevrolet designs its vehicles with families in mind, emphasizing safety features and technologies.
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Cheshire West Mountain Bridge Reconstruction Eyed for April

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The town is hoping to start the reconstruction of the West Mountain Road bridge in April. 
 
The steel culvert, which carries West Mountain Road over Kitchen Brook, has several structural and erosion-related issues, including cracking, rusting, minor wall displacement, sinkholes, partially failed and dulled galvanized coating, roadway settlement, and signs of leakage. 
 
According to the state Structures Inspection Field Report from January 2025, the structure is a single-barrel corrugated steel arch with an open bottom supporting fill with an asphalt wearing surface.
 
The town was previously awarded a small municipal bridge grant to cover the engineering costs, which was done by Gill Engineering.
 
The town was again awarded another bridge grant for the reconstruction project, anticipated to cost $770,518, with the bid being awarded to CD Davenport of Greenfield. 
 
According to the plans from Gill Engineering, the project will include repairing the bridge's foundation, reinforcing the sides of the crossing, rebuilding the road surface, and adding new guardrails and drainage. 
 
During excavation, the contractors will take "extreme care" not to damage the existing corrugated steel culvert. To prevent unbalanced loading, they will remove equal amounts of fill from both sides simultaneously. 
 
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