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Williamstown Sets November Deadline on Conserved Land QuestionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:14PM / Friday, October 14, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Wednesday decided to set a late November deadline for the non-profit seeking to be assigned the town's right of first refusal on a 10-acre parcel of farmland off Oblong Road. A portion of the Phelps property currently used for grazing by Sweet Brook Farm is under a purchase and sales agreement for $745,000. But because the land previously was conserved under Chapter 61 of Massachusetts General Law and eligible for a lower assessment for local property tax purposes, the town has a right of first refusal to either purchase the land itself (for the agreed-upon price) or allow a qualified non-profit to buy it for purposes of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Comprehensive Plan Forums Set for Thursday Evening| 11:18AM / Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee plans an "interactive community meeting" in two sessions on Thursday at the Williamstown Youth Center. The committee, which is responsible for drafting the document formerly known as the town's master plan, will seek input from the public on all elements of the plan. The comprehensive plan, required by state law of all municipalities with a Planning Board, must address the following dimensions: land use or zoning; housing; economic development; natural and cultural resources; open space and recreation; municipal services and facilities; and circulation or 0 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Pediatric Cancer Researcher| 09:05AM / Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The next guest on Medical Matters Weekly is Mariella Filbin, MD, PhD, a leading researcher working to find a cure to children's brain tumors. The show airs on Facebook Live at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can view on facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast on svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Dr. Filbin is the co-director for Research for the Pediatric-Neurooncology Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston 0 Comments
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SVHC's Weekly Health Update: Oct. 7| 01:07PM / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | |
 October 7, 2022 Medical Matters Weekly: Breast Cancer Research Medical Matters Weekly Host Dr. Trey Dobson caught up with Linda Vahdat, MD, MBA, of Dartmouth Cancer Center, on the most recent advances in breast cancer treatment. WATCH NOW Breast Cancer Screening
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Extremist Graffiti Found on Williams College MonumentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:54AM / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College on Monday reported that the school's Soldier's Monument on Main Street was defaced with apparent white supremacist graffiti. President Maud Mandel sent an email to the college community reporting that a local resident reported to the school the presence of a Confederate flag and the painted word "Rebel" on the base of the Civil War statue, located outside the school's Griffin Hall. "The Confederate flag and the word 'Rebel' are commonly used as symbols by white supremacists and other extremist factions," Mandel wrote. "The appearance of those marks is more evidence that we live in a world 0 Comments
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Williamstown DIRE Committee to Consider 'Purpose' DocumentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:29AM / Monday, October 10, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's diversity committee last week decided it needs a little more time to respond to an evolving purpose statement its members have been discussing with members of the Select Board. The latter body had hoped to have a response from the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee in time for possible adoption of the purpose document at the Select Board's Oct. 12 meeting. But the joint working group of the two panels was unable to sign off on the latest draft before the DIRE Committee's Oct. 3 meeting. "Jeff [Johnson] and I wanted to not have it be a public document until there was a consensus among the four of us: Noah 0 Comments
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Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage |
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 afternoon that features multicolored hand prints from the children as the leaves of a tree poking out of the top. Underneath the name and address "a place to grow" is written. The children's hand prints were taken at the school and Neathawk then scanned them into her design programs to create the sign.
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