PITTSFIELD, Mass. – FC Berkshire and Maroon Monday earned spots in the championship game of the PIttsfield Soccer League.
The two sides are the last ones standing from the dozen that began play in the league earlier this summer. They will play at 6:30 on Wednesday at Wahconah Park to decide the title.
In Monday’s first semi-final, D.J. Saez scored about 10 minutes into the first half to provide the only goal of FC Berkshire’s 1-0 win over Vulture.
Vulture had a prime opportunity to tie the game just moments after Saez’ score, but keeper Mark Marzotto turned aside that opportunity.
In the second half, Vulture’s Sam Edge made several big saves to keep his team in the game, including a few in the last four minutes. At the other end, FC Berkshire’s defense came up big to help Marzotto maintain his clean sheet.
In Monday’s second game, Maroon scored the lone goal of the second half to take a 2-1 win from Brexit FC.
Ezra Ezan scored for Brexit in the first half, but Robert Milne supplied the equalizer for Maroon.
In the second half, Kelly Baker converted a shot from low on the left wing to put Maroon on top.
Jeff Egan earned the win in goal for Maroon. Zach Sullivan played in net for Brexit FC.
The Maroon went to the league finals last summer, falling on penalty kicks after a 1-1 game.
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Child-Care Providers Want Mental Health Support, Better Wages
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw host a listening session on early child care at BCC on Wednesday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Local child-care providers called for mental health support and equitable pay at a listening session with state officials this week.
"We don't provide resources for our educators so that they have a strength in the classroom. They're putting out fires constantly. How are they educating? How are they teaching?" said Elise Weller, senior director of child care services at 18 Degrees.
"The social-emotional development of these children is so important."
Katherine Von Haefen, director of community impact at Berkshire United Way, said a single parent with school-aged children needs to make between $70,000 and $80,000 annually just to meet basic needs and a great many local parents are not making that mark — including teachers.
"Just over half of our population now in Berkshire County is considered to be economically challenged, working yet still struggling to make ends meet. Too many of our local educators are part of this economically challenged population," she said.
"Frequently we hear directors sharing stories of staff refusing raises or bonuses so that they do not lose out on key benefits. This is not OK. Early childhood compensation is truly a very complicated issue and one that frankly, has not yet been fully successfully addressed across the country. It's one that's complicated yet, we still need to look at a variety of possible solutions. Multiple solutions that can be piloted and road tested before engaging in large-scale efforts."
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw hosted the childcare listening session Wednesday at Berkshire Community College. The panel also included state Outdoor Recreation Director Paul Jahnige, Alvina Brevard of the state Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, and Undersecretary of Education Mark Reilly.
"We know that there are some really difficult barriers facing this particular field: accessibility, affordability for families, opportunity, and so we will be discussing, I'm sure, all of that," BCC President Ellen Kennedy said.
"I am particularly committed to this. I am the parent of a son who is now in his thirties with a son who was at a child-care center but my son went in at eight weeks old and I have shared on one or two occasions that it was the professionals in the child-care center that made me a better parent, that actually taught me how to parent, and I am forever in their debt for the ways in which they helped me help my son."
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