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Youth Baseball Registration Underway for 2024 Season

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Registration is underway for the newly restructured Pittsfield Little League for the 2024 season.
 
In the offseason, the Pittsfield Little League National Division and American Division merged to form a single league.
 
The youth program is encouraging all returning and new players eligible for the 2024 campaign to register at www.pittsfieldll.com.
 
Registration for the Adams-Cheshire Little League is available here. Dalton-Hinsdale Little League registration is here. Sign up for the Great Barrington Little League here.
 

Northern Berkshire

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Northern Berkshire Youth Baseball League is looking for players aged 7 to 16 to complete in three divisions this spring.
 
The league's Minors Division includes players 7-10; the Majors are for players 9 to 12; and the Senior Division includes players aged 13-16.
 
To register, visit its registration page here.
 

Youth Clinic

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Taconic High School baseball team will host a clinic for Little League eligible players (ages 9 to 12) on Saturday, March 16, at the high school.
 
Session A, for 9- to 10-year-olds, is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Session B, for 11- and 12-year-olds, is from 11 a.m. to noon.
 
The cost is $30. Player are asked to bring a glove, sneakers, helmet and drink and a bat, if possible.
 
Pre-registration is required by emailing Bridget Keegan at bridget.keegan@yahoo.com.
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Berkshire Planning Commission Approves 'Conservative' FY25 Budget

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Regional Planning Commission has a "conservative" budget for fiscal year 2025 with a nearly 6 percent increase.

On Thursday, the commission approved a $6,640,005 budget for FY25, a $373,990 increase from the previous year.  The spending plan saw less growth from FY24 to FY25, as the FY23 to FY24 increase was more than $886,000, or over 16 percent.

Executive Director Thomas Matuszko said there aren't any dramatic changes.  

"This is very much different than a municipal budget in that it's not a controlling budget or a limiting budget," he said. "It is really just our best estimate of our ability to afford to operate."

The increase is largely due to new grants for public health programs, environmental and energy efforts, economic development, community planning, and the transportation program.

"We have a lot of grants and a lot of applications in. If any of those are awarded, which I'm sure there's going to be many of them, we would shift gears and if we have to add staff or direct expenses, we would," office manager Marianne Sniezek explained.

"But the budget that we have now is conservative and it covers all our expenses."

The budget was endorsed by the finance and executive committee before reaching the full planning commission.

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