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Williamstown Employees Resign After Complaint; Board Member LeavingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
09:52PM / Monday, January 25, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two employees of the town resigned Monday in the wake of a complaint about employee conduct. And one member of the five-person Select Board will be leaving his post a year ahead of schedule. Those were the surprises to emerge from a meeting that mostly focused on the town's efforts to investigate accusations of wrongdoing in its police department and develop a plan to replace its recently retired chief. Select Board Chair Jane Patton announced the employees' departure at the start of the meeting. Patton later said the town is just at the start of investigating the latest complaint and she was not at liberty to provide any 2 Comments
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State Moves Residents 65-and-Older Ahead in Vaccination LineBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:47PM / Monday, January 25, 2021 | |
Map of scheduled vaccination sites. The online map is expected to be updated with this locations later this week. BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday announced that the commonwealth is moving residents age at least 65 ahead in the line to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Individuals 65 and older will be moved into the second priority group for Phase 2 of the state's vaccination plan, which is expected to begin on Monday, Feb. 1. The first priority group in Phase 2 will be residents 75 and older. They can begin to schedule vaccination appointments on Wednesday, Baker said at his daily COVID-19 press briefing. According to the change in priorities 1 Comment
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 |  | Feeding the hungry
by buddy 04:12PM / Friday, February 21, 2014
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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,
| 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
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Williamstown Fire District Reviewing OPM CandidatesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:41AM / Monday, January 25, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District has received responses from nine architects interested in serving as the owner's project manager for a proposed fire station project and could have one on board as soon as March. Treasurer Corydon Thurston on Wednesday reported to the Prudential Committee that members of the district's Building Committee have begun reviewing responses to its request for proposals and will meet next Thursday to begin discussing the applicants. "The objective is that committee will determine how to evaluate proposals and narrow it to a couple of finalists," Thurston said. "We hope that will be done by the first week of February 0 Comments
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Stockbridge-Munsee Representative Talks With Williamstown's DIRE CommitteeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:05AM / Monday, January 25, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Heather Bruegel looks forward to the day she can bring the story of her people to the people who occupy her homeland. Bruegl, the director of cultural affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, met with the town's Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee on Thursday to talk about how to take advantage of the new Stockbridge-Munsee extension office on Spring Street. "In a perfect, non-pandemic world, we'd be able to gather in Williamstown," Bruegl said from her office in Wisconsin. "Every year, we host a powwow here in Wisconsin, obviously we didn't have it last year. I wouldn't envision a 2 Comments
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New Chef Jackson Changing Up Menu at Williams InnBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
06:29AM / Sunday, January 24, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams Inn is looking toward the future with the addition of chef Daniel Jackson and the return of Sunday brunch. "We got into this industry because we like to make people happy. So let's do that even though we are up against a pandemic," Cory Amman, the inn's director of sales said. "I think chef Dan has that same passion and desire ... I think he is passionate about people loving food and making that creation for them." Jackson, who moved back to the area this summer, has more than 25 years of culinary experience. He most recently was a private chef for a former U.S. ambassador. His assignments brought 0 Comments
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Regional Planning Commission Tackling County Housing IssueBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:27AM / Saturday, January 23, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is taking steps to address the ever-growing problem of housing that Berkshire County faces.
"What we have been hearing and learning is that housing is becoming increasingly a problem in Berkshire County," Executive Director Tom Matuszko said at Thursday's commission meeting. "And a problem for a number of different ways and a number of different venues."
BRPC has partnered with countywide economic development organization 1Berkshire to develop a regional housing strategy, a policy that will set the stage for solutions and legislative support. The commission's former director, Nathaniel Karns
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@theMarket: Equities Register New Highs, Until They Don'tBy Bill Schmick,
03:25PM / Friday, January 22, 2021 | |
 New highs are getting so common that investors are disappointed when markets fail to achieve them at least weekly. That should tell you something about the future direction of stocks, at least in the short term.
As investors piled into stocks again this week in anticipation of unending spending by the federal government, it might be time to take a few profits. Don't take that statement the wrong way. I am not calling for an end to this run-up in stocks. I think we could actually kiss the 4,000 level on the S&P 500 Index before we face a really big correction.
But that is only about a 3.5 percent move higher from here, something we could do between now and February if we get more
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BART Announces Upcoming Enrollment Deadline| 01:02PM / Friday, January 22, 2021 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts and Technology (BART) Charter Public School is currently accepting applications for students in grades 6 - 10 for the 2021-2022 school year. The next enrollment deadline for the 2021-2022 school year for grades 6 - 10 is Thursday, March 11, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. More information on the school’s enrollment and lottery process can be found at www.bartcharter.org. Interested families should contact the school at 413-743-7311 ext 732 or enrollment@bartcharter.org. Despite COVID-19 closures, teaching and learning continues at BART and enrollment is moving forward as usual. Please reach out to the Enrollment Team with any questions. 1 Comment
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Christmas Eve Storm Damaged Hoosic Riverbank in WilliamstownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:13AM / Friday, January 22, 2021 | |
Looking south at the erosion along the Hoosic River in Williamstown. The two manholes visible in the photo recently were abandoned as part of a rerouting of sewer lines necessitated by the same weather event that caused the erosion. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A late December rain event disrupted the town's sewer lines and caused significant erosion along the bank of the Hoosic River in the vicinity of Syndicate Road. Last week, the chair of the Conservation Commission informed his colleagues that he had issued an emergency certification to allow reconstruction of the lines near the intersection of Syndicate Road and North Street (Route 7). Lauren Stevens said he and 2 Comments
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Mount Greylock Investigating Racist 'Zoom Bomb' at High SchoolBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:14PM / Thursday, January 21, 2021 | |
 From Principal Jacob Schutz: Mount Greylock Regional School is committed to being a community that promotes the ideals of diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity. We recognize the presence of systemic racism and pledge to do the work to build an antiracist school community. — Mount Greylock Regional School (@MGMounties) January 21, 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School is investigating an incident in which an intruder entered a virtual classroom to target a student with racist audio. Principal Jacob Schutz and Assistant Principal Colin Shebar notified the school community of the Thursday incident in a campuswide email at 4:56 on Thursday, about 2 Comments
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The Retired Investor: The Reflation TradeBy Bill Schmick,
04:20PM / Thursday, January 21, 2021 | |
 Over the past six months, an increasing number of investors have come to believe that a rise in the inflation rate is inevitable. That appears to be a sound bet from where I sit, even though the present data doesn't support that wager.
The argument for increased inflation centers around money. The world is awash in the stuff. Central banks have been printing money for years to stimulate their economies. Last year's pandemic only opened the monetary flood gates even further. And the trend is not over.
During the next few months, here in the U.S., the Biden Administration is proposing another $1.9 trillion in federal spending, which will then be followed by yet another
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Clark Art Institute Featuring A New Year-Long Exhibition| 04:17PM / Thursday, January 21, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is featuring a new year-long exhibition highlighting the work of contemporary artist Erin Shirreff. The free exhibition is on view in public spaces in the Lower Clark Center and the Reading Room of the Manton Research Center through Jan. 2, 2022. "Erin Shirreff: Remainders" presents photographs, prints, and video that examine Shirreff's fascination with the mythmaking behind art history through a practice that spans analog and digital media, two and three dimensions, and still and moving images. "The opportunity to present some of Erin Shirreff's recent works is an 0 Comments
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