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Williamstown League of Women Voters Accepting Community Questions For Forum | 04:00PM / Friday, September 18, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The League of Women Voters is inviting community questions for their upcoming Mount Greylock school committee candidate. The Williamstown League of Women Voters is sponsoring candidate forums for the two contested races for the Mount Greylock school committee. Questions from the community can be sent to Anne Skinner at askinner@williams.edu. The deadline for questions is Sept. 28. The forum is Sept. 30, and it will air on WilliNet. 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Investors Face a Rollercoaster RideBy Bill Schmick,
03:56PM / Friday, September 18, 2020 | |
 Volatility returned to the stock market this week as the level of uncertainty increased on several fronts. Unfortunately, there won't be any definitive answers to what concerns investors for at least two months. It is September, after all, and this month is notorious for inflicting pain on investors. Historically, October is not much better, and in a presidential election year it can be worse. While the financial media will provide their thoughts on just why stocks drop or rise on any given day, it is not much use to you. The real reason for "why" will only be known after the fact. This week, the excuse for Thursday's and Friday's decline had to do with 0 Comments
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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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Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Raffling Off Shed| 03:25PM / Friday, September 18, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity is raffling off an 8 by 10-foot shed to raise funds toward building its next affordable home. The shed is now built and can be seen at 762 Main St.. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Habitat office at 61 Main St., North Adams, Suite 246, from Monday through Friday, 9 to noon. Prices are one ticket for $10, five tickets for $25, and 10 tickets for $40. Tickets will be on sale until Oct. 26. The drawing will be on Thursday, Oct. 29. 0 Comments
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StoryWalk In Williamstown| 09:57AM / Friday, September 18, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — St. John's and First Church have collaborated on a StoryWalk featuring the book "The Day You Begin." Families are invited to take a walk through town and read the pages of "The Day You Begin," by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López, that have been posted throughout the downtown. The pages have been posted at intervals, beginning in front of St. John's Church at 35 Park St. and ending in front of the First Congregational Church office on Chapin Hall Drive. he local initiative was sparked by St. John's member Sarah Olsen in collaboration with education directors Sloane Torres of St. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire District Signs Deal on Tanker TruckBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:19AM / Friday, September 18, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District has signed a contract for the purchase of a tanker truck that was approved at this year's annual district meeting. Chief Craig Pedercini on Wednesday reported to the Prudential Committee that the district received one bid for the truck, and it accepted the proposal from New England Fire Equipment and Apparatus for a purchase price of $366,987, just a hair under the price tag that district voters approved in July. "We appropriated $380,000," Chair John Notsley noted. "There's a little leftover, which I understand will go to providing the vehicle with radios and other miscellaneous equipment." The 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Bicycles Sales Are BoomingBy Bill Schmick,
05:44PM / Thursday, September 17, 2020 | |
 In the age of the pandemic, some industries have thrived. Take the bicycle industry, for example; sales have more than doubled this year, and the only impediment to further growth seems to be the availability of product. Thanks to COVID-19, biking has become a global phenomenon. The real growth is centered in the metropolitan areas where much of public transportation has been curtailed due to the infectious nature of the virus. In April alone, bicycle industry sales grew by 75 percent to $1 billion year-over-year, according to bike manufacturer, Huffy. Leisure bikes, those that sell for under $200, jumped 203 percent, while mountain bike sales increased 150 percent. The reason 0 Comments
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Pownal Race Track Fire Deemed Suspicious; Authorities Seeking InformationStaff Reports, iBerkshires
04:00PM / Thursday, September 17, 2020 | |
Williamstown, Mass., firefighters putting out hotspots on the grandstand roof on Thursday. See more photos here. POWNAL, Vt. — Fire officials are calling the blaze that heavily damaged the Green Mountain Race Track grandstand on Wednesday night suspicious, citing previous fires and trespassers at the long-closed facility. State police are requesting anyone with information related to the fire or events immediately preceding it to contact authorities. A news release on Thursday afternoon by state police Det. Sgts. Steven Otis and Matt Hill and Assistant State Fire Marshal Stan Baranowski of the Division of Fire Safety says the massive structure was so 3 Comments
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Baker: Getting a Flu Shot Shows Support for Health Care WorkersBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:55PM / Thursday, September 17, 2020 | |
 ROSLINDALE, Mass. — Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday urged Massachusetts residents to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza, and talked about why he trusts the process that will lead to a COVID-19 vaccine — however long that process takes. Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders visited a CVS pharmacy to receive their flu shots and encourage their fellow Bay Staters to follow suit. The governor said it is a matter of doing the right thing by the medical professionals who sacrificed to keep Massachusetts safe at the height of the pandemic in March and April. "I would just say to all of those folks in 0 Comments
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Multiple Fire Departments Battling Green Mountain Race Track Blaze| 03:15AM / Thursday, September 17, 2020 | |
 POWNAL, Vt. — Multiple fire departments were battling a massive blaze at the former Green Mountain Race Track into the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire apparently started sometime late Wednesday night and billowing smoke could be seen pouring from the back of the building. By about 1:20 a.m., heavy fire began to appear in the front of the building. The 64,000-square-foot glass and metal grandstand and some smaller outbuildings are set back from Route 7 and access to the site was limited to emergency vehicles. There was a long line of emergency vehicles at the southern entrance to the property and tankers roared up and down Route 7 as they 0 Comments
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Williamstown Health Board Suspends Regular Inspections of Rental UnitsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:38AM / Thursday, September 17, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday agreed to suspend the town code requiring inspection of rental units between occupants in order to ease the workload on the health inspector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeff Kennedy brought the board the request, noting that, of course, he still would be required to conduct inspections in response to a complaint and that some landlords in town likely would request inspections. But he asked that, for now, the requirement for inspection upon vacancy of a rental unit, as required by code, be suspended. "I would ask the board, for the time being, to suspend -- not revoke, but suspend -- the code of the Town of 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock School Committee Passes Modified Agreement with UnionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:30PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Tuesday night approved a number of modifications to the memorandum of agreement with the district's union about procedures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. By a vote of 5-2, the committee OKed changes that include the structure an "remote academy" for elementary school pupils, the metrics that will be used for switches between remote and in-person instruction and safety precautions that will be in place during the school day when the district moves to a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction on Oct. 5. School officials had to rethink the remote academy idea for families 3 Comments
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Lions Clubs International Donates $10K to BMC's COVID Fund By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Correspondent
12:43PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lions Club International gave Berkshire Health Systems a boost in its COVID-19 efforts Tuesday with a $10,000 donation. The presentation was made by Art McConnell, former governor and club member of the Lions Club District 33Y in Dalton to Jack Henault, director of supply chain and clinical engineering at Berkshire Medical Center. The funds will go to Berkshire Medical Center's COVID-19 Relief Fund for the purchase of personal protective equipment. With this donation BMC was able to purchase about 7,800 N95 masks, which are medical grade masks used by health-care workers and first-responders to protect both them and the patient from 0 Comments
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