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Williamstown Holds Hearing on National Grid Tree Removal PlanBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The town's tree warden and arborists working for National Grid Tuesday explained the rationale for removing or trimming several dozen trees that pose a threat to main power lines around town. Tree Warden Robert McCarthy held a public hearing in conjunction with the Planning Board, which has jurisdiction over a handful of trees scheduled for removal because they are part of a state-designated Scenic Byway on Scott Hill Road. McCarthy told the crowd assembled in the town hall's first-floor meeting that he would be happy to meet with any resident who had a question about a specific tree that has been identified after the meeting. And he 0 Comments
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Mural Honoring 54th Massachusetts at Center of Juneteenth CelebrationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:34PM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – At a time when the nation remembers the liberation of the last enslaved people in the United States, the city Sunday remembered some of the heroes who made that freedom possible. Pittsfield’s annual Juneteenth Celebration at Durant Park featured the unveiling of a new mural dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and, specifically, the Pittsfield residents who served in the nation’s first all-Black combat unit. Reenactors from the contemporary 54th Regiment based in Boston were on hand to help with the dedication and read General Order No. 3, issued by the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, notifying residents 0 Comments
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'No Kings' Demonstrations Held Around CountyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:55PM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Chanting slogans like, “No ICE. No KKK. No fascist U.S.A,” and carrying signs countering a number of Trump Administration initiatives, more than 1,000 people filled The Common and lined both sides of First Street Saturday afternoon to join the nationwide “No Kings” protest movement. The event began with a march around the neighborhood and included a short series of speakers and performances from the Wildcat O’Halloran Band and The Hoping Machine. North Adams’ Peter May was one of the featured speakers, using the opportunity to share his experience getting the North Adams City Council to endorse a resolution 0 Comments
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Berkshire Bucks Win Youth Lacrosse TitleCommunity submission,
10:02AM / Friday, June 13, 2025 | |
 SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. -- The Berkshire Bucks seventh- and eighth-grade boys lacrosse team last weekend won its bracket at the Connecticut Valley Youth Lacrosse League tournament. The team went 12-0 in the regular season and advanced to the league semi-finals with a 12-5 win at home against South Hadley. The Bucks then beat Wethersfield, Conn., 15-5, on Saturday before claiming the title with an 11-7 win over Meriden, Conn. The Berkshire squad draws players from throughout the county and includes: Dayveon Kelsey, Jackson Schneider, Jackson Poudrier, Paul Tesoniero, Jackson Larabee, William Naef, Alex Harrington, Owen Brown, Isaac Gagne, Henry McCoy, Vincent Greer, Logan 0 Comments
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Williamstown Names New Rep to Woodlands PartnershipBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:00PM / Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday appointed the town's second representative to the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts. Elise Leduc-Fleming was the lone applicant to succeed Henry Art on the board of the partnership, which is dedicated to "outreach and education to the communities, research and demonstration of "exemplary sustainable forest management practices," and technical assistance related to local recreation and tourism." Twenty towns and cities in Berkshire and Franklin Counties, along with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, University of Massachusetts Extension and several nonprofits are represented 0 Comments
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Supporting Democracy Leadership Award Winners Named| 10:32AM / Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown League of Women Voters named the Supporting Democracy Leadership Award winners to student essayists ages 16-21. The three first place essay winners were Ella Bissaillon from Hoosac Valley High School, Lilliana Penna-Ward from Wahconah Regional High School and Tyler Nourse from Mt Everett Regional High School. Each student was the recipient of $500.00 and were able to shadow an elected official. State Senator Paul Mark welcomed the students to his District Office in Pittsfield. Winners shadowed the senator during the day. Students were able to observe meeting sessions with constituents from the Department of Mental Health and 0 Comments
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Williams Considers How to Deal with New Federal RestrictionsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:55AM / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — "Harvard vs. Trump" is gaining national headlines, but the White House's campaign against academia goes beyond Cambridge. Even as Williams College faces the prospect of a massive federal tax increase, the college reportedly is mulling whether to accept federal grant money that comes with new strings attached. On Tuesday morning, the Boston Globe reported that Williams "temporarily paused" federal research grants while the college reviews Trump administration rules that would condition grants on the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses. The Globe reported that the college planned a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Celebrates Father's Day | 08:06AM / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, June 15, the Clark Art Institute celebrates Father's Day with an art pop-up and free activities. From 11 am to 1 pm, attendees can visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper to view "Dads in Art," a curated pop-up exhibition of prints, drawings, and photographs that showcase both the "strength and tenderness of the world's fathers." At 2 pm, there will be an interactive, all-ages tour in the permanent collection highlighting representations of nurturing, support, protection, and more. From 1–3 pm, at the Museum Pavilion attendees can design a bookmark with a message of appreciation for a 0 Comments
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Hoosac Water Quality District to Keep Producing Compost for NowBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:40AM / Monday, June 09, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Hoosac Water Quality District will continue its decades-long practice of composting biosolid waste and offering it for sale as fertilizer. The district's Board of Commissioners made that decision in a meeting on Wednesday at the Williamstown Municipal Building after a half dozen North County residents raised concerns about the dangers of recycling feces contaminated with polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which have been linked to cancer. Earlier this spring, the four-member commission learned that a deal that would have imported biosolids, or sludge, from other municipalities to be composted at the district's Williamstown facility no 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Told Not to Be Wedded to Their PlansBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
09:46PM / Sunday, June 08, 2025 | |
The bleachers were filled with cheering parents. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — No doubt, many of the 575 newly minted Williams College graduates have big plans for their post-college lives. But during Sunday's 236th commencement exercise, they were reminded not to put too much stock in those designs. Mayel Levin, the Phi Beta Kappa Society speaker and one of two graduates to address the crowd on the Library Quad told her classmates that her path to a bachelor's degree did not follow a conventional blueprint. "Many students arrived at Williams straight from high school with AP credits, joined the right clubs, built strong 0 Comments
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Student Charged with Vandalism, Resisting Arrest at Williams CollegeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
12:52PM / Sunday, June 08, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A 20-year-old Williams College student was arrested Sunday on charges of vandalism, destruction of private property and resisting arrest after an early morning incident on the day of the college's commencement exercises, police said. Liam Carey of Virginia, was being held on $7,500 cash bail, Williamstown Police Chief Michael Ziemba said late Sunday morning. The WPD was called to campus at about 8 a.m. Sunday for a report of a person who had taken down the American flag from a campus flag pole, raised what "appeared to be either a Palestinian flag or a free Palestine flag" and tied himself to the pole, Ziemba 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Grads Told: 'Recognize Spark of Humanity' in AllBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:15PM / Saturday, June 07, 2025 | |
The class of 2025 named Blair Dils as Teacher of the Year. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School's class of '25 Saturday reflected on the meanings of individuality and collectivism. The tone was set by interim Superintendent Joseph Bergeron, who chose "uniqueness and commonality" as the themes of his introductory remarks. And each of the members of the class who addressed the ceremony echoed the sentiment in her own way. Polly Rhie and Malia Koffi spent much of their time at the podium sharing personal anecdotes about their time at the school and in their formative years in the community. Rhie then 0 Comments
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