Patriots

PITTSFIELD — A "slice of normality" was served at Springside Park Saturday morning in the form of a snowshoe race.

CHESHIRE — The battle of peaks and valleys is tied at one following a tight bout at Hoosac Valley on Friday night. 

Undoubtedly, Harry Sheehy and wife Connie will ride off into a well-deserved retirement after a decade at Dartmouth. But I have another idea.

Assuming that the Sheehys return to Williamstown, maybe Harry should get back into coaching — a high school team.

Fred Thompson, a winter walker, wanted to show me his favorite place to walk. We met at the gated road to Historic Valley Campground at Windsor Lake, on George Fairs Way off Bradley Street in North Adams. Bradley Street is off Church Street, just south of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Most outdoors folks that I have spoken with realize a license, tag or permit fee increase is warranted. After all, they haven’t been raised in 25 years. With inflation up nearly 67 percent since 1996, declining license sales, increased agency responsibilities, and steadily increasing state-m…

WILLIAMSTOWN — Mount Everett senior Mackenzie Ullrich canned six shots from deep on Friday night and the Eagles needed each and every one of them to escape Mount Greylock with a win. 

WILLIAMSTOWN — The Mount Everett boys outscored Mount Greylock by eight in the second quarter and earned their third win of the year with a 38-36 victory on Friday night. 

PITTSFIELD — The Wahconah boys swim team closed a unique 2021 campaign with a perfect record following a 96-23 win in a virtual meet with Hudson on Friday night. The girls joined the boys in the winner's circle, topping Hudson 78-26.