HooWRA Workshop Focuses on Poetry

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — There will be a poetry workshop aimed at drawing inspiration from the Hoosic River on Saturday, Sept. 13.
 
The workshop will be facilitated by Arianna Alexsandra Collins, executive director of the Hoosic River Watershed Association.
 
Meet at Natural Bridge State Park parking area outside the gate at 9:30 a.m. 
 
Participants will walk up from the Hudson Brook to the Hoosic's North Branch confluence.
 
Writing prompts will given, and there will be time to share poems, phrases, or whatever else. This program will last one hour.
 
This workshop is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Limited to 16 participants. Register the website here.
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SteepleCats Rally Late for Road Win

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- Owen Arias hit a two-out, two run single in the top of the seventh to erase a 5-4 deficit and send the North Adams SteepleCats on to a 6-5 win over Upper Valley in New England Collegiate Baseball League action on Friday.
 
Alex Barrist and Evan Meier singled to start the winning rally. And Sebastian Rhoades hit a sacrifice fly to center before Nelphie Lopez worked a walk to load the bases with two out.
 
Richie Kerstetter earned the win on the mound with six strikeouts in four innings of shutout relief of starter Kellen Moore.
 
Barrist led North Adams' offense, going 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles. Meier was 3-for-4 at the plate, and Nicholas LoBello doubled and scored a run.
 
The SteepleCats (4-12), winners of three straight games, are in Lynn on Saturday afternoon to play the North Shore Navigators.
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