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Williamstown Planners Reject Sweet Farm Road WaiversBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:59AM / Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday voted not to grant the waivers needed to allow a request to accept Sweet Farm Road as a public way to go before town meeting in May. Representatives of the Sweet Farm Road Home Owners Association brought the town the request to accept the 3,600-foot road built off Henderson Road to support an 18-lot subdivision. Over the course of a public hearing that took more than 90 minutes, the planners granted eight waivers related to the design of the road and its associated infrastructure but denied three waivers related to the town's minimum road construction standards. At the outset, Planning Board Chair Peter Beck 0 Comments
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Divided Williamstown Select Board Implements Senior Tax ExemptionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:25PM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted, 3-1, to implement a means-tested senior property tax exemption that town meeting approved last May. The annual town meeting overwhelmingly supported the home rule petition, which was waiting on approval from the legislature and the signature of the governor before the local property tax relief plan could be put into action. The town learned in January that it had the go-ahead. But one member of the Select Board argued that the panel should hit pause on the plan because of unintended consequences that actually could hurt the seniors it is meant to benefit and because the implementation could result in the town 0 Comments
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Milne Public Library Launches Updated Branding and Website| 10:52AM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The David and Joyce Milne Public Library has implemented a new visual identity and website design. The library has also announced an expanded focus on community engagement. The library's marketing campaign includes new flyers designed to increase visibility. The changes coincide with the library's 150th anniversary. A new library director and a marketing and communications staff member have been added. The library's new logo incorporates a design representing Williamstown's landscape, while maintaining elements of the original logo created by John Macdonald. The redesigned website, milnelibrary.org, features an expanded 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute to Host 'Start with Art' Program| 10:30AM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will host a free program, "Start with Art," on Saturday, March 8, at 10 a.m. The program will focus on the theme of "Movement." The event is designed for children aged three to six and their caregivers. Activities will include art-making and discussions about artwork. Gallery guides will be available for children to use while exploring the museum's collection of paintings and sculptures. The program will take place in the Michael Conforti Pavilion. The event is free of charge. Accessibility inquiries can be made by calling 413-458-0524. 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Moves Draft Budget Forward By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Thursday agreed to move ahead with the draft budget largely intact from the version the panel reviewed at its Feb. 13 meeting. If moved forward by the full committee after its March 13 public hearing and, ultimately, approved by voters in each member town, the fiscal year 2026 spending plan would continue a recent trend of spending down the district's reserves and still translate to assessment increases of nearly 8 percent for Williamstown and 7 percent for Lanesborough from the fiscal year that ends on June 30. "Between now and March 13, there will be areas where we're refining utilities and 0 Comments
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Contra Dance Event Scheduled in Williamstown| 03:22PM / Monday, March 03, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — North Berkshire Community Dance will host a contra dance on Saturday, March 8th, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church, located at 906 Main St. Luke Donforth will serve as the caller, providing instruction for each dance. Live music will be performed by the band Spare Parts. Admission is on a pay-as-you-can basis, with a suggested range of $12 to $20. Barter is also accepted. The event is open to individuals of all experience levels. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive at 7:30 p.m. for introductory instruction. Spare Parts, featuring Bill Matthiesen on piano, 0 Comments
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Williamstown Discussion to Focus on Town CommunicationiBerkshires.com Staff,
10:10AM / Monday, March 03, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The town is inviting community members to a conversation about how they perceive official town communications and what they would like to see changed. Anyone who lives, works or goes to school in town is invited to conferences on Wednesday and/or Thursday with facilitators from the Collins Center at UMass Boston to address the following topics. How easy is it to find what you need from the town? Are the website and online services easy to use? Are town communiciations accessible and useful? What would make you feel like you belong or have a voice in town government? The Wednesday, March 5, session will be virtual from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The next day, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Conversation With Kiki Smith | 07:51AM / Monday, March 03, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, March 8 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents artist Kiki Smith in conversation with Kathleen Morris, Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and curator of decorative arts at the Clark. This free lecture is given in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition "Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris," and takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. Smith, whose large-scale tapestry "Seven Seas" is the latest work in the "Wall Power!" exhibition, joins exhibition curator Morris in a conversation about how Smith, who has worked in 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Music in the Manton Concert Series | 08:07AM / Sunday, March 02, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This spring, the Clark Art Institute presents Music in the Manton, a series of concerts in the Manton Research Center auditorium. The lineup includes: Friday, March 21, 7 pm
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Clark Art Screens Free Small Town Film Series | 08:45AM / Saturday, March 01, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This March and April, the Clark Art Institute hosts a series of modern and classic films highlighting the charms of small towns. All films are free and screened in the Manton Research Center auditorium on select Thursdays at 6 pm. March 6 "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) Director Orson Welles follows the declining fortunes of the wealthiest family in town through its spoiled heir George (Tim Holt). As the Ambersons fall, the town they were once the talk of begins to change too. (Run time: 1 hour, 28 minutes) March 13 "George Washington" (2000) Four children at the edge of adolescence make a mistake that cannot be undone. One of them,
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Clark Art Screens 'The Magnificent Ambersons'| 03:58PM / Friday, February 28, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 6, the Clark Art Institute kicks off its new Small Town film series with a screening of "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Spanning the turn of the nineteenth century into the twentieth, Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons" follows the declining fortunes of a wealthy family through its spoiled young heir George (Tim Holt). This twisting family saga is propelled by nostalgia, jealousy, and disappointed hopes. As the Ambersons fall, the small town they were once the talk of begins to change too, absorbing the shifts of the new century. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Board of Health Looks at Tenant Issues, Home CondemnationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:13PM / Friday, February 28, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health Monday heard complaints from tenants about the conditions of their apartments and condemned a Longview Terrace home that has been on the board's radar for months. The owner occupant of 92 Longview Terrace and her son attended the Monday morning hearing to ask that the board allow the family to address conditions at the home without taking the step of condemnation. In the end, the board agreed with Health Inspector Ruth Russell that in order to ensure no one was living at the property, the panel needed to issue an order to condemn. Monday was not the first time Russell told the board about her efforts to inspect the 0 Comments
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