Deadline for Adams License Renewal Paperwork Nov. 21

By Brian RhodesiBerkshires Staff
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ADAMS, Mass. — The town will soon send out annual license renewal information to businesses, which the Board of Selectmen intends to approve on Dec. 7.

The board's Local Licensing Authority Subcommittee met Monday to discuss the renewal timeline, deciding on a Nov. 21 deadline for returning renewal paperwork. Board Vice Chair Cristine Hoyt said businesses should receive the necessary paperwork before the end of the month.

"Nobody can sign off on anything until the month of November, so we typically have not set anything until closer to the start of November," she said. "So this week or next week is really the earliest that anybody would get their materials."

The committee, Hoyt said, will meet again before Dec. 7 to review returned applications. She explained that licenses that go to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission are a priority, as they have to be sent as a package.



"We have to send the complete package to the ABCC, so any entity that holds that up holds up every single license in the Town of Adams," she said.

Town Administrator Jay Green urged businesses to return license renewal paperwork quickly, explaining that it makes the approval process easier for the Board and town staff.

"It's really beneficial for them, the business, to get their materials in sooner rather than later, and there'll be no disruption," he said, "And then once the new licenses and everything are reissued for the year, re-upped, then make sure they pick them up [from town hall] as soon as possible."


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Belchertown Stops Pittsfield Post 68

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Belchertown Post 239’s Cooper Beckwith set the tone when he crushed the game’s first pitch to left-center field for a double.
 
The visitors went on to pound out 14 more hits in a 9-1 win over Pittsfield Post 68 in American Legion Baseball action at Buddy Pellerin Field on Monday night.
 
Beckwith went 3-for-4 with an RBI and scored twice, and Chase Earle went five innings on the mound without allowing an earned run as Post 239 improved to 15-0 this summer and completed a regular-season sweep of Post 68 (12-4).
 
“He’s a good pitcher,” Post 68 coach Rick Amuso said. “Good velo[city], kept the ball down. We didn’t respond.”
 
Pittsfield did manage to scratch out a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, when it already trailed, 7-0.
 
Nick Brindle reached on an error to start the inning. He moved up on a single by Jack Reed (2-for-2) and scored on a single to left by Cam Zerbato.
 
That was half the hits allowed by Earle, who struck out three before giving the ball to Alex West, who gave up a leadoff walk in the sixth and retired the next six batters he faced.
 
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