Pittsfield's L'Hote, Lee's Nason Honored at Miss Hall's School

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall’s School has announced that four of its student-athletes have been named league all-star recognitions for the second consecutive year, recognizing their performances during the fall athletics season.
 
Seniors Simone Brown, of Pelham, N.Y., and Mikala L'Hote, of Pittsfield, were again named all-stars for the Western New England Prep School Volleyball Association (WNEPSVA), while seniors Diamond Best, of Danvers, and Sally Nason, of Lee, were again named all-stars for the Women’s Western New England Prep School Soccer Association (WWNEPSSA).
 
Brown and L’Hote served as captains for the MHS varsity volleyball team, which made the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) playoffs for the sixth time in eight seasons. Brown, a four-year varsity starter playing setter/outside hitter, recorded 141 kills, 80 assists, and 54 aces, while L’Hote, also a four-year starter playing setter/outside hitter, tallied 141 assists, 97 kills, and 82 aces. Simone and Mikala also bBoth played in the league all-star game held on Nov. 6 at the Husky Volleyball Den, in Windsor, Conn.
 
Best and Nason, both four-year varsity soccer starters for the Hurricanes, were among the captains and key veterans for the squad. Best, a three-sport varsity athlete at MHS, tallied 11 goals and four assists while playing midfield and forward for the Hurricanes. Nason, a two-sport varsity athlete making her third straight soccer all-star team, recorded 16 goals and 8 assists while playing midfield. Both also played in the league all-star game held on Nov. 13 at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn.
 
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Pittsfield to Consider Speeding Cameras

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Will Pittsfield have speeding cameras in 2026? That is to be decided.

Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren would like the city to consider traffic cameras for speeding enforcement. The City Council referred his petition to Mayor Peter Marchetti last week. 

"Obviously, the mayor's got to consider it, consider whether it's something we are willing to do, something that we are willing to pay for," he said.

Warren suggested the use of speed safety cameras to deal with the city's almost "epidemic" speeding problems.

"Safety dictates that we expand our arsenal in the fight for speed mitigation in order to foster safe streets," he wrote to fellow councilors.

Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 includes a provision to legalize the traffic cameras starting in July of next year. Before this, state law did not allow for them.

"As people may remember, I petitioned for this before, but at the time the state law — and I did not realize that, I made a mistake — the state law didn't allow it," Warren explained.

"…This would allow tickets to be issued by a stationary camera so it would supplement our police."

He said councilors often hear requests for police officers to monitor streets where cars tend to speed but there is not always the workforce to meet those needs.

"It might be very helpful and cost-effective, but it's something that the mayor should look at and then we can go from there," he said.

Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey recalled his time living in Colorado and wondered why Massachusetts didn't use the cameras. He voted in opposition to the petition, as the cameras will illegal in the state for more than a year — should the Legislature pass the bill. 

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