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Williamstown Police Seeking 9 Percent Budget HikeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:45PM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A return to pre-pandemic level staffing and an adjustment to the commonwealth's police reforms have the Police Department seeking a 9 percent increase in funding in the fiscal year 2024 budget. Police Chief Mike Ziemba last week presented his budget to the Finance Committee alongside Town Accountant Anna Osborn and Town Manager Robert Menicicoci. Fin Comm Chair Melissa Cragg noted that the WPD spending plan is an outlier compared with other town budget centers, which are seeking more modest 3 to 5 percent increases in the budget that will go to the annual town meeting in May. But Ziemba explained that there are good reasons why his department 9 Comments
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Lack of Assisted Living Demand Has Sweetwood Eyeing ApartmentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:57AM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The owner of Sweetwood assisted living facility on Cold Spring Road is looking to change its zoning to allow its vacant units to be leased as apartments. Sweetwood hopes to ask town meeting to rezone its property from Rural Residence to the Southern Gateway District, which currently runs along Route 7 with a southern terminus at the intersection with the Taconic Trail (Route 2). And it wants the town to change the use table to allow by right the conversion of existing buildings to multi-family housing; currently, that is allowable by special permit in the Southern Gateway District, but it is a by-right use in other business zones. The 9 Comments
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Williamstown Town Manager Details Reasons for Trail OverrunBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Monday, March 20, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A flawed design process is responsible for the $1.3 million overrun in a 2.4-mile bicycle and pedestrian path built under the auspices of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the town manager said this month. The town is on the hook for that $1.3 million, which exceeds the 10 percent contingency that MassDOT built into the budget for a multimodal trail bid at around $5.3 million. At a meeting of the town's Finance Committee this month, Town Manager Robert Menicocci gave his most detailed public explanation of how the project's cost came in so far above the $5.8 million that the state agency contributed. "There are two 10 Comments
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Williams Women's Lacrosse Wins in OT| 12:20PM / Sunday, March 19, 2023 | |
BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Elsa Dean-Mncie scored in overtime Saturday to give the Williams College women's lacrosse team a 12-11 win over Bowdoin. Franny Donohue scored four goals, and Caitlyn Joyce and Caroline Pratt combined to make five saves for Williams (4-1, 2-1 NESCAC), which hosts FDU-Florham on Wednesday. Men's Lacrosse WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Finlay MacKnight scored four goals to lead Williams to a 12-11 win over Bowdoin. Matthew Freitas made 24 saves for Williams (3-1, 3-0), which hosts Rensselaer Polytechnic on Wednesday. 0 Comments
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Vermont Public Hearings on Deer and Moose| 08:19AM / Saturday, March 18, 2023 | |
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose management for 2023 on March 20, 23 and 24. The hearings will include results of Vermont's 2022 deer seasons and prospects for deer hunting next fall as well as an opportunity for people to provide their observations and opinions about the current status of the deer herd. The hearings will also include a review of the 2022 moose hunting seasons and an opportunity for the public to provide feedback on the number of moose permits recommended for 2023. The three in-person hearings will begin at 6:30 p.m. at 0 Comments
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Former Southern Vermont College Site Sold to DeveloperBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:30PM / Friday, March 17, 2023 | |
Alfred Weissman of New York describes his plans for the former college campus on Friday morning in Bennington. BENNINGTON, Vt. — Predicting about 150 new jobs for the area, a New York real estate developer Friday announced plans to create a "four- or five-star hotel" reusing the buildings on the former Southern Vermont College campus. Alfred Weissman Real Estate of Westchester County has entered an agreement with Southwestern Vermont Health Care to purchase the 371-acre campus the Bennington hospital acquired in December 2020. "It's going to be known for being a luxury spa hotel culinary resort," Alfred Weissman told a group of Bennington 4 Comments
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Williamstown Board of Health OKs Tattoo Demonstration at College Art MuseumBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Friday, March 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday gave a variance to the Williams College Museum of Art to allow a tattoo demonstration at the venue on April 27. The public creation of body art is planned as a program in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition, which displays works of contemporary artists of Himalayan heritage alongside traditional Tibetan Buddhist art dating back to the 18th century. "One of the artists is Lama Tashi Norbu, a Buddhist monk ... and tattoo artist," WCMA Assistant Curator of Programs Roz Crews told the board. "When I invited him here to come and do a program, he suggested making a performance where one person 0 Comments
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Clark Art Invites People With Dementia and Their Caregivers | 08:24AM / Thursday, March 16, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — "Meet Me at the Clark," a free gallery talk program designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care-partners, will be held Monday, March 20 at 1:30 pm at the Clark Art Institute. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity. Free, but advance registration is required. To register, call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563; accompanying care-partners must also register. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Airs Production of 'Lohengrin'| 11:40AM / Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "Lohengrin" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, March 18 at noon in the latest installment of the 2022–23 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Richard Wagner's soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after seventeen years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of 0 Comments
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Barrett Tells Williamstown to Form Broadband CommitteeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:59AM / Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — State Rep. John Barrett III encouraged the town on Monday to form a broadband committee in order to tap into federal dollars allocated to help close the "digital divide" that prevents some residents of rural areas from accessing high-speed internet. Framing the need for broadband access as an economic development issue, Barrett touted communities, like neighboring New Ashford, that have created municipal fiber optic networks. To take advantage of the opportunity for federal subsidies, the town would need to first create a committee and hire a consultant. "I discussed it way back when [Town Manager Robert Menicocci] first came 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock District Diversity Post Casualty to FY24 Budget StressBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:32PM / Monday, March 13, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District is hitting the pause button on its search for a director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Superintendent Jason McCandless informed the School Committee at its Thursday meeting of the decision, which is related both to the district's difficulty filling the position created in the fiscal 2023 budget and challenges arising in creating the FY24 spending plan. "The reality of searching for the right person for this position and advertising is that it is an incredibly challenging position," McCandless said. "It is not a position that we put together blithely or just because it 23 Comments
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