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Williamstown Fire Station Committee Defends Size, Cost of ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:01AM / Monday, January 23, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two members of the Select Board on Wednesday urged the Fire District's Building Committee to use the next month to find cost savings in an estimated $25 million building project. Committee members responded by repeating that the district is committed to delivering the town the fire station it needs for the lowest possible cost and said the "value engineering" process would continue even after a planned Feb. 28 bond authorization vote if residents approve the project. But the Building Committee also presented data that shows the project it is planning is in line with comparable fire stations from several dozen facilities recently built 8 Comments
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Adams Community Bank Donates to Local Nonprofits| 04:04PM / Sunday, January 22, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Community Bank (ACB) ended 2022 with a donation of $75,000 to local food pantries, food banks, and fuel assistance programs. ACB's Senior Vice President of Communications and Community Engagement Maureen Baran presented donations to several Berkshire County nonprofits. Adams Community Bank began its December donation efforts by presenting BCAC's Fuel Assistance program with a $50,000 donation. This program is part of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federally funded program to help low-income households with their energy costs. The program runs from Nov. 1 to April 30 each year and covers the cost of various 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Basketball Tops Middlebury| 06:01PM / Saturday, January 21, 2023 | |
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Arianna Gerig and Maddy Mandyck each had a double-double Saturday to lead the Williams College women's basketball team to a 56-50 win over Middlebury. Gerig scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Mandyck finished with 11 points and 17 boards. Williams (13-6, 4-1 NESCAC) goes to Tufts on Friday. Men's Basketball WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Alex Sobel scored 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead Middlebury to a 60-55 win over Williams. Cole Prowitt-Smith scored 20 for Williams (16-2, 3-2), which hosts Tufts on Friday. Women's Hockey WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Erin Pye was credited with 55 saves for Williams in a 3-1 win 0 Comments
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Lee Bank Foundation Distributes Final Grant Funding Round of 2022| 10:41AM / Friday, January 20, 2023 | |
LEE, Mass. — Lee Bank Foundation has awarded $45,670 to ten Berkshire area organizations for their fourth-round of 2022 community funding. Recipients were awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 to support their local programming. Included in the awards are a series of Arts Access Grants for arts and culture organizations to expand access to programming for underserved audiences. The following organizations received funding from Lee Bank Foundation: 18 Degrees Berkshire Community Action Council Berkshire County Head Start Berkshire Grown Berkshire Immigrant Center Berkshire Pulse Business Professionals of America, Massachusetts Association Extra 0 Comments
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Incoming Storm to Bring Snow And Ice to the Berkshires Staff Reports ,
12:13PM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
The National Weather Service has declared a winter weather advisory for Berkshire County beginning Thursday, Jan. 19, from 11 am to Friday, Jan. 20, at 7 pm. Accuweather predicts that snow should begin around 5 pm on Thursday, and it will continue throughout the day Saturday. Snow is predicted to continue through the weekend into Monday, Jan. 23. Expect mixed precipitation with a total snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches. Ice accumulation could be up to an inch. Plan for slippery roads and hazardous conditions. The state Department of Transportation has issued a winter storm advisory advising motorists to practice caution. Drivers should allow extra travel 0 Comments
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1Berkshire Accepting Applications for Best Foot Forward Facade Improvement Micro-Grants| 08:38AM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire, thanks to a one-time grant award, announced that they are accepting applications for a second year of the Best Foot Forward Facade Improvement Micro-Grant program. In 2022, this program provided 31 small businesses and organizations across the Berkshires with facade improvement grants of up to $1,000, helping not only to improve individual storefronts, but to improve the aesthetics of our downtown commercial districts in the region. In 2023, this program returns and is expanded. A minimum of 47 grants of between $500-$1000 will be made available on a rolling basis to small businesses and organizations with first-floor store fronts. A 0 Comments
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Williams Men Edge Amherst| 10:44PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Nate Karren scored 25 points Wednesday to lead the Williams College men’s basketball team to a 66-65 win over Amherst. Declan Porter scored 15, and Spencer Spivy added 12 in the win. Williams (16-1, 3-1 NESCAC) hosts Middlebury on Saturday. Women’s Basketball AMHERST, Mass. – Maya Cwalina had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead Amherst to a 50-40 win over Williams. Arianna Gerig scored 26 for Williams (12-6, 3-1), which goes to Middlebury on Saturday. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Rural Lands to Purchase Oblong Road ParcelBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation has finalized a purchase and sales agreement for a 10-acre parcel on Oblong Road. "We put some money down [Tuesday], and we will put a bigger deposit down on Friday," WRLF President Greg Islan said on Wednesday afternoon. "Basically, it's a done deal. Both sides have signed the purchase and sales agreement." The non-profit conservation trust succeeded in November in convincing the Select Board to assign the town's right of first refusal on the property, which has been conserved under the commonwealth's Chapter 61 program since the 1980s. Under Massachusetts General Law, a 15 Comments
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Auction of Williamstown's Orchards Hotel Postponed to FebruaryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:10PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The real estate auction of a closed Main Street hotel again was postponed late Tuesday, fewer than 24 hours before the scheduled sale. The 49-room Orchards Hotel has been closed since March 2020 and did not reopen for business after the economy restarted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston's Daniel P. McLaughlin and Co. Auctioneers has advertised public auctions several times starting in the summer of 2021. The most recent, for Wednesday at 10 a.m., still was on the auctioneers' website at midday Tuesday. But currently, the auction is listed as being rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 10 a.m., at 206 Adams Road; the Orchards' 0 Comments
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Letter: Faulty Conclusions About Youth CenterLetter to the Editor,
04:00PM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 To the Editor:
I am disappointed that I have to write yet again to address the many faulty conclusions and misleading figures published on your website regarding the Williamstown Youth Center's funding request to the town. To publish one such letter, along with a response, seems to me a reasonable presentation of differing opinions for your readers to sort out. To publish a second does not encourage not public debate about an important issue but simply kickstarts a useless back and forth that can only cause bad feelings and muddy the discussion of a pretty simple request.
Pat Meyers can write a letter every day of the week that would only restate the concerns expressed in their
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Williamstown Receives Half-Million Dollars in CPA Fund RequestsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:16PM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee will meet later this month to consider six requests that, combined, seek more funds than the town will have available under the Community Preservation program in fiscal year 2024. Those six applications add up to $515,000 in funding requests. According to town officials, the CPC will have a total of $370,604 in Community Preservation Act funds to recommend to May's annual town meeting. That is more than the $300,000 the CPC discussed at its November meeting because it reflects actual receipts of matching funds from the commonwealth, according to Town Manager Robert Menicocci, who, by statute, is a 0 Comments
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