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Williamstown Fire District Facing Emergency Repair on Fire EngineBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:47PM / Thursday, December 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District is looking at a major unplanned expense to get one of its engines back on the road. Last week, Chief Craig Pedercini told the Prudential Committee that an issue on Engine 2 that officials planned to address in fiscal year 2026 reached the point where he had to pull the apparatus from service. "[Nov. 22], when the truck came back from a visit up to the day-care center, the driver noticed that the mud flap on the driver's side was less than an inch off the floor here in the truck room," Pedercini said at the monthly meeting of the committee that oversees the district. "Looking underneath, we found that at least one 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Lecture on Dolls in Modern German Culture| 08:10AM / Thursday, December 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Christophe Koné (associate professor of German and director of the Oakley Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at Williams College) on his new book, "Uncanny Creatures: Doll Thinking in Modern German Culture" (University of Michigan, 2024). According to a press release: In it he examines dolls' omnipresence in the material, visual, and literary culture of the modern German-speaking world. Because dolls occupy a liminal space—not quite things and more than mere objects—they appear as uncanny creatures which 0 Comments
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'Wayfinding' Study Group Presents Plan to Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Thursday, December 05, 2024 | |
A new Williamstown logo developed by a working group formed to create a new system of 'wayfinding' signage for the downtown. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday heard the results of a six-month effort to develop a plan for new "wayfinding" signage throughout the downtown. Whitney Burdge of engineering, architecture and environmental consulting firm Stantec shared the results of a study intended to help the town replace its outdated and counter-intuitive signage with new markers that help visitors navigate the downtown and "speak to a distinct visual brand or identity that is unique to Williamstown." The executive director of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Free Gallery Tours for Parents, Infants| 12:09PM / Wednesday, December 04, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Dec. 7 at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts the next in its series of free tours of its permanent collection galleries designed specifically to meet the interests of new parents/caregivers and their infants. Participants should meet at the Clark's main admissions desk. The program is specially designed to provide new parents and caregivers with a stress-free experience that offers chances to socialize with others who are caring for young infants. The guided gallery tour offers an informal visit to the Clark's permanent collection free from any concerns about short attention spans or fussy babies. Works by a 0 Comments
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Williamstown Health Board Considers Local Rule on 'Flavored' TobaccoBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:20PM / Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday heard a suggestion that the town code be updated to allow the local authority to bar the sale of items that run afoul of the commonwealth's prohibition of flavored tobacco products. Jim Wilusz of the Lee-based Tri-Town Health Department met with the board via Zoom during its monthly meeting. Wilusz runs a Tobacco Awareness Program that serves 12 Berkshire County towns plus the cities of North Adams and Pittsfield. He explained that in June, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health determined that five products labeled "non-menthol" in order to make them salable in the commonwealth in fact met 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Bonnie and Clyde'| 08:18AM / Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Clark Art Institute kicks off its ten-part New Hollywood Auteurs film series with a screening of "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Presented in partnership with Images Cinema, each film is introduced by a staff member of the Clark or Images. According to a press release: Half comic fairy tale, half brutal fact, "Bonnie and Clyde" is based upon the Barrow Gang that terrorized the South in the 1930s. Part of the changing of the guard in Hollywood, the film ushered in an era of violent and sexually liberated film making. Although Truffaut’s style 0 Comments
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Hancock Holds Inaugural Tree LightingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:21PM / Sunday, December 01, 2024 | |
Town Secretary Jan Lillie provided the impetus for the new town Christmas tree. HANCOCK, Mass. — Scores of residents turned out Saturday evening to ring in a new town tradition. A light coating of snow was on the ground, and holiday spirit was in the air as Hancock lit its new town Christmas tree on the lawn in front of Town Hall. Selectmen Chair Sherman Derby credited Town Secretary Jan Lillie with the inspiration to create an opportunity for residents to celebrate the season and have a permanent symbol to light up the night sky throughout December. Over the summer, a tree was transplanted from a resident's home to the seat 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Holiday Walk Weekend Concert | 08:05AM / Friday, November 29, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute kicks off Williamstown's 41st Holiday Walk Weekend with a festive concert featuring singer Wanda Houston and the Wanda Houston Project. The concert begins at 6 pm on Friday, Dec. 6 in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 students, $5 children 15 and under). Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. For tickets and more information, visit clarkart.edu/events. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture On Photography and Antiblackness| 08:34AM / Thursday, November 28, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Photography, Antiblackness, and the Politics of the Visual," a lecture by Kimberly Juanita Brown, Director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life and Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. According to a press release: This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Brown examines photography's long history as tethered to global histories of antiblackness that have ritualized ways of seeing for the viewing public. She unpacks what she calls a 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire District to Post Chief's PositionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:09PM / Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District's Personnel Committee on Monday finalized a job description for the next chief and agreed to post the job with an eye toward getting a new leader in the door by March. That is when Craig Pedercini is set to turn 65 and retire from a department he has served for 37 years — the last 22 as chief. On Monday, the five-person Personnel Committee agreed to post the position by Dec. 1 with the hope to begin screening applicants in early January, though it left open the possibility of beginning the screening process earlier depending on the response rate. The panel's goal is to present a small group of finalists to 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents First Sunday Free: Lights, Camera Landscape| 08:00AM / Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute First Sunday Free series continues on Sunday, Dec. 1 from 1 to 4 pm. December's theme is "Lights, Camera, Landscape!" According to a press release: Contemporary artist Abelardo Morell engages with history, place, and nature in his colorful images, reflecting Claude Monet and John Constable's influence on him. Artists often draw inspiration from each other's work, and we do, too! Taking inspiration from the layers in Morell's works, experiment with creating transparent drawings that can overlap in surprising ways. Then, from the ground up, document place and perspective through a 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Regional School District First Quarter Honor Roll| 07:40AM / Monday, November 25, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The total school enrollment is 537, of which 362 have made the Honor Roll for the first quarter. Honor Roll Grade 12 Emily Alvarez, Marshall Baya, Nicholas Bellora, Jayne Beringer, Oliver Bingemann, Caelan Briggs, Claire Burrow, Aleksei Chang, Olivia Cook, Vera de Jong, Kaeya Durley, Mia Filiault, Katherine Goss, Gavin Hetherington, Chase Hoey, Charlotte Holubar, William Igoe, Jaclynn Kastrinakis, Caliegh Kiernan, Noah Klompus, Malia Koffi, Jaden Lash-St. John, Kelsey MacHaffie, Mila Marcisz, Rafael Mellow-Bartels, Cameron Miller, Arthur Millet, Liam Noyes, Mai O'Connor, Mia Patrick, Natalie Pesce, Erik Powell-Bechtel, Polly Rhie, Noah 0 Comments
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