Adams' Valley Street Shed Still Needs Funding

ADAMS, Mass. — Construction of the new shed at Valley Street Field may be delayed due to a lack of funding. 

Mike Benson of the Adams/Cheshire Little League attended Monday's Parks Commission meeting and said the league is still working on obtaining funds for the shed. The town appropriated $3,000 for the shed as part of the fiscal 2023 budget and asked the league to match. 

"I've done a ton of fundraising this year to try to keep the costs low for the kids," Benson said, noting he could probably contribute about half of the $3,000 needed right now.

The league, Benson said, is in the process of ordering a new scoreboard for the field, one similar to the one recently installed at Russell Field. He said financing the scoreboard came first, as it was in the works before planning for the new shed began. 

"We had started the scoreboard thing before we heard anything about the shed," he said. "... We haven't asked the town for anything to do to help with the scoreboard. We're doing it all on our own, it's $3,500." 

Mark Pizani, an equipment operator at DPW, said they would likely be able to get more time out of the old shed if the league needs more time for funding. Benson said he would happily work with the town to clean the shed. 

"We can work it out with what we have. If we need another year out of it, it's really not a big deal," Pizani said. "That's my personal feeling. It would have been nice to have." 

Commission Chair James Fassell agreed the current shed can keep being used and said the group will revisit the issue in the future. 

"I just want to make sure it's for the good of the league and for the good of Adams," he said. 

In other business, Pizani updated the board on a berm near Russell Field, which the group was concerned could overflow onto the field. He said a significant amount of brush and debris was removed from the water since the last meeting, making an overflow less likely. 

"We cleaned that whole river out," he said. "We cleaned it out; it's in good shape. We took truckloads of debris and stuff out of the river." 

Adams-Cheshire Walks Off Little League Win; Pittsfield 12s Roll

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
06:39PM / Sunday, July 05, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — Dan Collins hit a two-out double to right-center Sunday to give the Adams-Cheshire Little League 12-year-old All-Stars a 5-4 win over Dalton-Hinsdale in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament. 

 

Adams-Cheshire rallied for two runs in the fifth to tie it and two in the sixth to erase a 4-3 deficit and walk off with the win. 

 

Winning pitcher Maddox Milesi (four strikeouts, one walk) led off the sixth by dropping a single into right field. With one out, he was erased on a fielder’s choice that left Avery Decker at first. 

 

Lucas Benson then worked a walk to put the winning run at first and bring Collins to the plate. 

 

“Danny’s a good hitter,” Adams-Cheshire coach Steve Albareda said. “I knew if he could gap one, we had a chance. Avery gets on base. Lucas gets on first with a walk. He can fly.

 

“Give me a gapper. That’s all I was asking for.”

 

Collins delivered, and Adams-Cheshire improved to 2-0 in round robin play in the five-team tournament.