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Hancock Town Meeting Votes to Strike Meme Some Found 'Divisive'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:40PM / Monday, May 06, 2024 | |
Hancock town meeting members Monday vote on a routine item early in the meeting. HANCOCK, Mass. — By the narrowest of margins Monday, the annual town meeting voted to strike from the town report messaging that some residents described as, "inflammatory," "divisive" and unwelcoming to new residents. On a vote of 50-48, the meeting voted to remove the inside cover of the report as it appeared on the town website and in printed versions distributed prior to the meeting and at the elementary school on Monday night. The text, which appeared to be a reprinted version of an Internet meme, read, "You came here from there because you didn't 0 Comments
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Author Talk at the Milne Library | 03:37PM / Monday, May 06, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thomas E. Johnson, Jr., author of "Common Place: The Public Library, Civil Society and Early American Values" will speak at the Milne Library in Williamstown on Saturday, May 11, at 2:00 p.m. Part of the library's 150th anniversary celebration, the topic of this free lecture is: Massachusetts Libraries, Past and Future. In addition to covering the history of libraries in western Massachusetts and the future of public libraries in general, Johnson will also discuss the Milne's new strategic plan. According to a press release: Johnson's book tells the stories behind early libraries in America 0 Comments
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New Ashford Fire Department Puts New Truck into ServiceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:35AM / Sunday, May 05, 2024 | |
New Ashford Fire Department Chaplain J.D. Hebert gives an invocation on Saturday morning. NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — With a blessing from its chaplain and a ceremonial dousing from a fire hose, the New Ashford Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday christened its first new apparatus in two decades. The company purchased a 2003 HME Central States pumper from the town of Pelham earlier this year. On Saturday, the department held a brief ceremony during which Chaplain J.D. Hebert blessed both the new engine and the company's turnout gear. After the apparatus was sprayed with a hose, a handful of New Ashford's bravest helped push it as it was backed into 0 Comments
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Berkshire Green Drinks presents Northeastern Cliff Swallows| 11:53AM / Friday, May 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Linda Merry, a conservation biologist and operational meteorologist, will present at the May Berkshire Green Drinks on Wednesday, May 8. This free hybrid event will take place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn of the Williams Inn, 103 Spring Street in Williamstown. The in-person social gathering will begin around 5:15 PM; the presentation and Zoom meeting will start at 6:00 PM. If the weather permits, the in-person gathering will take place outdoors. Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) welcomes back Linda Merry—who initially presented at Green Drinks in August 2022—for an update on her ongoing research on cliff 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock 3rd Quarter Honor Roll| 08:07AM / Friday, May 03, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— The total school enrollment is 553 of which 338 have made Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter. Grade 12 Ava Anagnos, Lex Anagnos, Thomas Art, Jude Bakija, Phoebe Barnes, Liam Berryman, Mirabel Boyer, Jacqueline Brannan, Emma Brennan, Jose Brito, Kaylie Bryan, Dominic Carnevale, Sylvie Clowes, Levi Cohen-McFall, Julia DeChaine, Benjamin Dingman, Karlie Dowling, Emily Dupuis, Olivia Filiault, Belen Galvez, Louis Gotlieb, Che Guerra, Emma Kate Hane, Phoebe Hughes, Jason Jaros, Shea Johnson, Talia Kapiloff, Ece Karakaya, Erin Keating, Ryan Keating, Luka Lash-St. John, Caleb Low, Cecilia Malone, Grace Malone, Judge Martin, Lily McDermott, Quinn 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture On Native American Burial Mounds| 08:00AM / Friday, May 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, May 7 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Putting The Mounds In Perspective," a lecture by Michael Gaudio (University of Minnesota/Clark Professor 2023–2024). In it he explores a much-discussed feature of the nineteenth-century North American landscape: Native American burial mounds. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: In 1899, the art historian Alois Riegl declared that the content of modern art, and of landscape painting in particular, was a scientific "mood" in 0 Comments
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Hancock Town Meeting Features Major Question on School ChoiceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Friday, May 03, 2024 | |
 HANCOCK, Mass. — Town meeting voters will be asked Monday to approve a request to change state law in a way that will preserve education at Hancock Elementary School. They also may be asked to take a stand on an addition to the town report that stirred some controversy in the town of 757. Article 18 on the annual town meeting warrant is a home-rule petition to ask the Legislature to exempt the single-school district from a provision in state law that enables students enrolled under Massachusetts' School Choice program to continue their education at the same school as their classmates after sixth grade. Massachusetts General Law Chapter 76, Section 12B, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Constant Smiles and Ava Mirzadegan| 08:37AM / Thursday, May 02, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Music at the Manton Concert spring series concludes with a performance by Constant Smiles and Ava Mirzadegan on Sunday, May 5 at 5 pm. The performance takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Constant Smiles began in 2009 in leader Ben Jones' home of Martha's Vineyard. Inspired by the island's now-defunct community record store Aboveground Records, the group made their live debut as a noise duo opening for Ralph White (Bad Livers). Fourteen indie-folk albums later, Constant Smiles returns to their electronic roots with their latest 0 Comments
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Williams College Students Start Encampment over GazaBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:30AM / Thursday, May 02, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Several dozen student protesters Wednesday began an encampment at the heart of Williams College's campus to amplify their demands that the school divest from companies with ties to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The move follows months of protests on campus, at the Field Park rotary and in town hall from students and other residents concerned about indiscriminate bombing that has reportedly killed more than 30,000 Palestinians since Israel began its response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist group. It also mimics similar encampments on college campuses around this country, most notably at places like New 0 Comments
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Adams Lions Club Golf Tourney Set for May 18Community submission,
04:57AM / Thursday, May 02, 2024 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. -- The Adams Lions Club’s annual golf tournament will be Saturday, May 18, at Forest Park Country Club. Teams of four will compete in a 9-hole scramble format with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. Proceeds will support Lions initiatives, including scholarships for local high school graduates and community events, such as a Halloween parade for local children and lunch for senior citizens. In addition, the club assists residents who need help with vision and hearing loss-related needs and supports research to cure eye diseases and diabetes. The entry fee is $50 per player or $200 per team and includes nine holes of golf, carts, longest drive and 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Inks MOU on Mountain Bike TrailBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:11AM / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A planned mountain bike trail cleared a hurdle last week when the Select Board OK'd a memorandum of understanding with the New England Mountain Bike Association. NEMBA Purple Valley Chapter representative Bill MacEwen was back before the board on April 22 to ask for its signoff to allow the club to continue developing a planned 20- to 40-mile network on the west side of town and into New York State. That ambitious plan is still years down the road, MacEwen told the board. "The first step is what we call the proof of concept," he said. "That is a very small loop. It might technically be a two-loop trail. It's a proof of 0 Comments
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Berkshire Student Film Festival at Images Cinema| 04:10PM / Monday, April 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents the inaugural Berkshire Student Film Festival on Saturday, May 4. There are two screenings of the same program, at 4:30 and 7:30pm. Jury Prize Winners will be announced at the end of the 4:30pm screening. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street. The Berkshire Student Film Festival has been guided by Images Cinema's Student Engagement Committee, consisting of students from Bennington College, Buxton School, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), and Williams College. A call for film submissions of 10 minutes or less for high school and college students was made in January 2024, with efforts to contact all the relevant
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