NBT Bank to Host Community Shred Day and Food Drive

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — NBT Bank has announced it will host a Community Shred Day on Saturday, May 9, 2026. 
 
The event is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the bank's branch located at 331 State Road.  
 
To facilitate the event, NBT Bank is partnering with Valley Green Shredding, LLC to provide professional document destruction services to the public at no cost. 
 
The initiative aims to help community members protect their personal information by safely disposing of sensitive old documents.  
 
While the service is free, organizers have noted the following guidelines:
  • There is a five bag or box maximum per person.  
  • The event is intended for personal documents only; no business shredding will be accepted. 
In addition to the shredding services, NBT Bank will hold a food drive during the event. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to support local neighbors in need. 
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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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