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National Grid Recommends Home Preparations Ahead of Winter| 12:14PM / Sunday, December 11, 2022 | |
WALTHAM, MA — With colder weather and storm season approaching, including the likelihood of rain and strong winds later today, National Grid is encouraging customers to proactively prepare their homes and businesses for the weeks and months ahead. "As we head into the late fall and begin winter, the chance for inclement weather to potentially impact our customers in Massachusetts is greatly increased," said Tanya Moniz-Witten, Vice President of New England Electric Operations. "Ahead of storm season, we recommend all our customers make sure they are prepared in case of outages in their area. National Grid takes steps throughout the year to make our system more 1 Comment
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Williams Men's Basketball Improves to 9-0| 11:07PM / Saturday, December 10, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Nate Karren led four players in double figures Saturday as the Williams College men's basketball team beat Springfield College, 72-53. Karren scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed out four assists. Wahconah's Brandon Roughley scored eight points and tied for the team-high with seven boards. Williams finishes the semester with a 9-0 record and is off until Dec. 29 when it goes to Clark University. Women's Basketball MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Maddy Mandyck scored 17 points, and Mia Holtze had a double-double to lead Williams to a 72-54 win over Wesleyan. Holtze finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Mandyck just 0 Comments
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Williams College Lays Out Concepts for Potential Campus ChangesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:22AM / Saturday, December 10, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College would see a reconfiguration of its dorms and radical changes to its athletic infrastructure if it follows the path laid out by an ambitious campus plan that grew out of a multi-year strategic planning process. A project manager from the college and an associate planner from Boston design firm Sasaki Associates gave a presentation on Tuesday to the town's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. "For the last year and a half or so, we have been hard at work on our own campus framework planning effort, which is the first large-scale, consolidated planning at a campus level that the college has endeavored in its long-standing 1 Comment
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Amherst Men's Hockey Beats Williams on Late Goal| 11:48PM / Friday, December 09, 2022 | |
AMHERST, Mass. – Connor Guest scored with 1 minute, 58 seconds left in the third period to break a tie and send the Amherst men’s hockey team on to a 4-3 win over Williams on Friday night. Owen Stadheim, Jonah Gold and Jacob Eckerle each scored for Williams. Evan Ruschil had 34 saves for Williams (3-4, 2-3 NESCAC), which is at Hamilton on Saturday. 0 Comments
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Williamstown's DIRE Committee Discusses How to Deal with 'Article 37 Reports'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:08PM / Thursday, December 08, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's diversity and racial equity committee Monday talked about how it should process reports it receives from other boards and committees in town government. In 2020, town meeting passed a warrant article that, in part, stated that "town employees and public office holders" should submit quarterly reports to the then unnamed "race and equity advisory committee." According to Article 37, which passed overwhelmingly at the meeting, those reports, "should include types and vendors of equity training and policies and procedures created to advance access for traditionally under-represented groups." Article 1 Comment
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Clark Art Hosts Williams College Chamber Music Gala| 04:00PM / Wednesday, December 07, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Sunday, Dec.11 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a concert by the Williams College Music Department in the Clarks Michael Conforti Pavilion. The Chamber Music Gala presents an afternoon of chamber music by students in the Music Department at Williams. Prior to their performances, student musicians will introduce their repertoires. The program of string and woodwind chamber music showcases students performing selections from their fall semester chamber music collaborations. Free; no registration is required. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events. 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Hockey, Men's Basketball Get Non-League Wins| 11:24PM / Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Erin Pye stopped 31 shots Tuesday to backstop the Williams College women's hockey team to a 4-1 win over Nazareth. Maddie Tix recorded a pair of assists for Williams (3-4), which travels to play William Smith on Saturday. Men's Basketball ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Cole Prowitt-Smith scored 21 points to lead Williams to a 66-56 win over SUNY-Oneonta. Declan Porter ad Nate Karren each scored 13 for Williams (8-0), which hosts Springfield on Saturday. 0 Comments
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Clark Art: Opening Lecture for Promenades on Paper | 04:01PM / Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Dec. 17 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by exhibition curator and Clark-Getty Paper Project Curatorial Fellow Sarah Grandin in conjunction with the opening of "Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France." Grandin shares the history of the national library of France's collections, and how that shaped the selection of works included in the Clark's exhibition. The free talk is presented in the Clark's auditorium. According to a press release: In partnership with the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Clark is 0 Comments
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Delta-10 Tetrahydrocannabinol: Latest Research on D10 Cannabinoid| 02:22PM / Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | |
 THC has long been considered the bad boy of cannabinoids, at least in terms of legality, whereas CBD has always been the star. There are other cannabinoids besides the notorious delta-9 THC, as evidenced by the recent discovery and investigation of various cannabis derivatives. However, it is possible that delta-10 THC only appeared by accident. Like thousands of other chemical compounds, delta-10 THC is found in cannabis plants. While it hasmany chemical and physical characteristics similar to delta-8 and delta-9, there are slight but essential variations. In minimal amounts, delta-10 THC (delta-10 Tetrahydrocannabinol) is a naturally occurring substance in cannabis plants, unlike 0 Comments
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nbCC's Forum to Focus on Self-Care Practices| 12:40PM / Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This month the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (nbCC) invites the public to participate in a morning focused on self-care. Attendees will learn about various tips and practices they can incorporate into their lives to ensure they are taking better care of themselves. This month's forum will offer demonstrations, samples, take-home items, and information for better physical, nutritional, emotional and mental health. No registration required and masks are optional. The forum will be on Friday, Dec. 9, at 10:00 a.m. to noon, at the First Congregational Church, located at 906 Main Street in Williamstown. nbCC 0 Comments
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REAL ID Credential Won't Be Needed Until 2025| 10:41AM / Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is alerting the public the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the REAL ID full enforcement date from May 3, 2023 to May 7, 2025. Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older will need a REAL ID compliant driver's license or identification card, or another TSA-acceptable form of identification, for domestic air travel and to enter certain federal facilities. TSA publishes a list of its acceptable identification documents on its website: https://www.tsa.gov/real-id These credentials can include an RMV-issued REAL ID driving license or ID, or a
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Williamstown Community Preservation Committee Sets Deadline for ApplicationsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:03PM / Monday, December 05, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee expects the town to have up to $300,000 to award to new applicants for Community Preservation Act funding in fiscal year 2024. Last month, the CPC met at town hall to, among other things, review its financials heading into the FY24 application cycle. The committee agreed to set a date of Jan. 6 for applications for new CPA grants. The committee then will review those applications this winter and recommend the applicants it deems appropriate to May's annual town meeting, which has the final say on awards. Chair Philip McKnight opened the November meeting by reviewing a spreadsheet that lays out the 0 Comments
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