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State Politicians Looking For Input on Student DebtBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Thursday, December 05, 2013 | |
 The hearing will be held at Berkshire Community College on Monday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State officials want Berkshire residents to weigh in on student loan issues at a hearing on Monday.
State Rep. Paul Mark, D-Peru, chairs a state joint subcommittee of legislators who will be at Berkshire Community College from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday to hear concerns over student debt and loan system. The hearing is the seventh and last one the committee is holding across the state before crafting bills aimed to help college students.
"We tried to hit every different type of college in the state," Mark said on Thursday. "There have been a lot of themes throughout the
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'Dallas Buyers Club': Will Sell YouBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:47AM / Thursday, December 05, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Anne Marie Fox/Focus Films 'Dallas Buyers Club' is based on Ron Woodroof's (Matthew McConaughey) story of entering the black market to extend his death sentence from AIDS. "Well, that was uplifting." Thus spake disparagingly a woman who looked like Sarah Silverman in about 20 years as she exited from a showing of "Dallas Buyers Club." The picture stars Matthew McConaughey as an AIDS victim, circa 1985, who finesses an entrepreneurial way to battle the affliction. Too bad she and her movie-going contingent didn't wait to read my review. I 0 Comments
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 |  |  Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage
by Billsville 02:46PM / Tuesday, February 26, 2013
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk, owner of Neathawk Signs and Design, to create a 3D sign for the business.
Neathawk installed the sign late Monday |
| Williamstown Youth Center Thanks Bedard Bros.
by Billsville 02:13PM / Friday, June 22, 2012
Bedard Brothers Chevrolet, through the Chevrolet Youth Soccer Program, has helped sponsor the Williamstown Youth Center's Soccer Program for the 2012 season. In addition to soccer equipment, this
| MGRHS graduation
by villager 11:10PM / Saturday, June 09, 2012
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Names New Artistic Director| 11:29PM / Wednesday, December 04, 2013 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Theatre Festival has named Mandy Greenfield as its new artistic director, festival Chairman Matt Harris announced on Wednesday.
Greenfield, currently artistic producer at Manhattan Theatre Club, succeeds Jenny Gersten beginning Sept. 2014. Gersten, who was named director in 2010, is leaving this January become executive director of Friends of the Highline in New York City. Gersten will program the upcoming 2014 season, and Williamstown Theatre Festival Producer Stephen Kaus will oversee the season. Greenfield's tenure as artistic director will begin immediately following the 2014 season, the festival's 60th.
"We are thrilled for
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Mass MoCA Winter-Spring Season Starts SaturdayBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
03:50PM / Wednesday, December 04, 2013 | |
 This statue will be on display at Mass. MoCA in Izhar Patkin's exhibit, 'The Wandering Veil,' which opens Saturday, Dec. 7. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's winter-into-spring season is approaching with gallery openings, discounted performance tickets, family programs and a documentary series. The season starts at Mass MoCA with the opening of Izhar Patkin's exhibit, "The Wandering Veil," on Saturday, Dec. 7, with the reception scheduled for Jan. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. Communications Director Jodi Joseph announced the early-bird ticket special. Up until Dec. 31, tickets to any performance are 25 percent 0 Comments
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Williamstown Vote Falls Short for Fire District Land PurchaseBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
09:48PM / Tuesday, December 03, 2013 | |
 Edward McGowan and Edward Briggs of the Prudential Committee cast their votes in favor of the land purchase at Tuesday's meeting. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For the second time in three months, the voters of Williamtown have decided not to authorize the Fire District's purchase of a Main Street property. A special Fire District meeting voted Tuesday night by a 249-167 margin in favor of the purchase, but the motion fell just short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. Nearly 60 percent of the voters at the meeting decided in favor of the purchase; the motion needed 279 votes for passage. On Oct. 15, the same proposal garnered 62 percent of 245 votes 1 Comment
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Williamstown 'Roof Group' Endorses Spruces AcquisitionBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
04:00PM / Tuesday, December 03, 2013 | |
 The Spruces Roof Group does not plan to meet again unless its services are required. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Spruces Roof Group voted unanimously Monday evening to recommend passage of three articles on the warrant for a Tuesday, Dec. 10, special town meeting. The committee briefly considered and then endorsed the articles, which deal with the town's operation and acquisition of the Spruces Mobile Home Park, which the town will then close and dismantle under the terms of a federal Hazard Mitigation Grant. The warrant for the town's latest special town meeting were approved last week by the Selectmen. The Spruces Roof Group is a "super 0 Comments
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Fire Marshal Issues Christmas Tree & Lighting Safety TipsState Fire Marshal,
12:48PM / Tuesday, December 03, 2013 | |
 STOW, Mass. — The state fire marshal is offering tips for enjoying your Christmas tree and other holiday decorations safely this season.
"The best way to prevent a Christmas tree fire is to water it well every day, use electric lights safely, and dispose of it soon after the holiday," said state Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan.
Although Christmas tree fires are not common, when they do occur, they are more likely to be serious. In the United States, on average, one of every 40 reported home structure Christmas tree fires results in a death compared to an average of one death per 142 total reported home structure fires.
Fortunately, there were no Christmas tree fires in
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BHS Offers Cat Spaying, Neutering Clinic| 10:08AM / Tuesday, December 03, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Humane Society and Haddad Subaru are teaming up for "100 Cats for Christmas," a low-cost spaying and neutering event for cats on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The program, funded by the $2,500 "Share the Love" grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Subaru of America, aims to spay or neuter 100 cats. Berkshire County residents can register up until Saturday, Dec. 14, at the shelter located at 214 Barker Road, for $25 on a first-come, first-serve basis. The fee also includes a rabies vaccination. On the morning of Dec. 18, owners can drop off their cats at Berkshire Humane Society 0 Comments
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Adams Scholars Honored at Annual MCLA EventBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
09:53AM / Tuesday, December 03, 2013 | |
 Above, Adams Scholars receive a round of applause at Monday's recognition event at MCLA. Left, McCann valedictorian Marinna Burzimati spoke of her experience as an Adams Scholar and MCLA student. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has been celebrating local recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships for several years now, but Monday's event was easily its biggest event yet.
The lobby area at the new Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation was packed as the college passed out certificates to dozens of high school seniors. More than 40 students accepted the invitation to attend.
"You've figured out somehow how to juggle, how
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Letters: Vote Yes on Fire District Land PurchaseLetters to the Editor,
10:21PM / Monday, December 02, 2013 | |
 To the Editor:
The Williamstown Police Association Local 424 (WPA) is asking residents to attend the special meeting of the Fire District on Dec. 3 and support public safety in Williamstown by voting "yes" on the land acquisition the district seeks.
Purchase of the Lehovec property is a critical step forward in ensuring our town's safety as well as enhancing it. By acquiring this strategically important land, additional time will not be wasted searching for an adequate parcel to construct a new and desperately needed fire station, police station or public safety complex. The community must realize both the Police and Fire stations are obsolete and unsafe, placing our entire
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