Berkshire Athenaeum to host 'Digital Literacy for All' Course Series

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, will be hosting the "Digital Literacy for All" course series, with the upcoming installment focusing on computer basics on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
 
This month's course centers on navigating a computer, using applications, and managing files. It will be held 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Athenaeum Room on the library's second floor. Registration is not required. Attendees are invited to bring their own laptops, but a computer is not necessary to attend.
 
The courses, funded through a grant from AT&T and the Public Library Association, cover fundamental skills on a variety of computer-related topics.
 
"We hope that by offering these courses, we can help people develop critical computer skills that are increasingly necessary to navigate the world," said Technology Engagement Librarian Sydney Anderson.
 
The athenaeum is open 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
 
Saturday and is located at 1 Wendell Ave. For more information, please call 413- 499-9480. during library hours, email info@pittsfieldlibrary.org, or visit pittsfieldlibrary.org.

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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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