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Letter: Electronic Voting at Town MeetingLetter to the Editor,
02:00PM / Friday, May 12, 2023 | |
 To the editor:
This year, for the first time in Williamstown, we're proposing the town use electronic voting for town meeting.
At the start of the meeting, I will move to use electronic voting (a version of secret ballot) for the first 15 warrant articles. Those warrant articles are financial in nature and traditionally have passed almost unanimously without much debate. We will use those warrant articles to get people comfortable with the operation of the electronic voting devices. (We have some pre-meeting test questions set up for training, too. It's a simple device to use.)
After Article 15, I will move to consider Article 27 out of order to see if town meeting will agree to
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Dog Leash Bylaw Among Issues Before Williamstown Town MeetingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Friday, May 12, 2023 | |
Select Board member Randal Fippinger says dog owners aren't following the rules and that's keeping some residents from enjoying some of the town's recreational areas. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Randal Fippinger does not want to see a dog fight on the floor of the annual town meeting. Fippinger authored a warrant article that would require dogs to be kept on leash unless they are on the property of the dog's owner or in an "area designated off-leash for dogs." The measure would strike the current language in the town's bylaw, which indicates that "voice control" is an acceptable means for controlling dogs in public 0 Comments
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Chip In! Golf Tournament| 12:12PM / Thursday, May 11, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. There will be a golf tournament benefiting the Williamstown Youth Center at Waubeeka Golf Links on May 18. Email Mike Williams at mike@williamstownyouthcenter.org to register a foursome or call 413-458-5925. The cost is $150 per player. 0 Comments
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Greylock ABC Fund Launches with New Grant Program| 08:00AM / Thursday, May 11, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Greylock ABC Fund launched earlier this month with a renewed mission to support the educational development of students in grades pre-K through 12. The Fund, established in partnership with Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF), maintains its focus on educational attainment for students of color while extending opportunities to students of low socio-economic status, and program support for multicultural and academic programs that benefit students of all demographic groups. The Fund offers two opportunities. The first is a grant open to schools and nonprofits, and the second is scholarship for individual students to attend 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Regional School Presents 'Peter and the Starcatcher'| 02:00PM / Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School presents "Peter and the Starcatcher" in the school's auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. Performances are Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. According to a press release: "Peter and the Starcatcher" imagines how Peter became Pan, came to Neverland and met the future Captain Hook. Taking place on two ships and a magical island, this comedy is playful and exciting enough to amuse children of all ages, but also has plenty of jokes for grown-ups, too, including jabs at the British Empire and a reference to Philip Glass. Come sit back, 0 Comments
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Granola for Good: Healthy Granola Collection| 12:06PM / Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In celebration of the Jewish festival of Shavuot, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires invites residents to donate packaged whole grain granola or granola bars for distribution to local shelters and food pantries. The drive will be held through the month of May. Drop-off locations: The Berkshire Food Co-op (34 Bridge Street, Great Barrington) Hevreh of Southern Berkshire (270 State Road, Great Barrington) Concepts of Art (65 Church Street, Lenox) Jewish Federation of the Berkshires (196 South Street, Pittsfield) Williams College Bookstore, (Williamstown) 0 Comments
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Boyd, Hogeland Elected to Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:05PM / Tuesday, May 09, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A newly elected member of the Select Board said that Tuesday gave her an opportunity to connect with her constituents, but she did not hear anything that surprised her in the concerns they expressed. "I'm pretty active, as you know, already in small town politics in Williamstown on the Planning Board and the Comprehensive Plan [Steering Committee]," Stephanie Boyd said moments after the vote tallies were announced. "So a lot of what we were doing was just connecting with people. "It was the first time many of us have had a chance to talk after the pandemic." Boyd and incumbent Andrew Hogeland emerged victorious in 0 Comments
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Pittsfield's Striking Out Cancer Event Back for Third YearCommunity submission,
09:00AM / Monday, May 08, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Area baseball and softball players ages 13 and up are encouraged to participate in the third annual Striking Out Cancer in the Berkshires Event on Saturday, June 24. The day-long baseball and women's softball games will be played at Clapp Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A $10 donation gets you the opportunity to participate in the event. All proceeds go to the Jimmy Fund at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Participants will receive a T-shirt to commemorate the event. Joe DiCicco started Striking Out Cancer as a daylong baseball game in 2021 in memory of his wife. Last year, the event added a softball game. Players who sign up 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Conrad Tao and Patrick Higgins | 08:37AM / Monday, May 08, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, May 13 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a concert by Conrad Tao and Patrick Higgins. The performance takes place in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion. According to a press release: Conrad Tao and Patrick Higgins present a two-part program, pairing historical works with the world premiere of Higgins's "Toccata and Fugue" for solo piano. The evening also features a special guitar performance by Higgins, described by The Quietus as "one of the most gifted guitarists working right now. Tao regularly performs as a soloist with the New York and Boston Philharmonic Orchestras. As both a composer and 0 Comments
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Williamstown Town Election TuesdayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:59PM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters Tuesday will choose two people for three-year terms on the Select Board at the annual town election. Stephanie Boyd, Andrea Bryant, Paul Harsch and incumbent Andrew Hogeland appear on the ballot in the day's only contested race. Voters will be asked to choose two names from that list, and the top two vote-getters will earn seats on the five-person board. Of the four candidates, Bryant is the only one who chose not to answer a series of questions asked by iBerkshires.com or participate in an annual forum sponsored by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. On April 11, one day after receiving the questions from 0 Comments
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Hidden Heroes: Exhibit, Monday 'Teach-In' Highlight Williamstown's Ishmael TitusBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:54AM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
An image of Ishmael Titus on a plaque installed in Charlotte, N.C., in 2015 recognizing his service in the battles of Kings Mountain and Guilford Courthouse with Gen. Nathaniel Greene's forces. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A group of Williams College students is working to promote the life of a neglected town hero. And they want the town to follow suit. Tryphena Bossman and Olivia Johnson last week met with the town's Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee to talk about the work they have done in an Africana studies class to research the life of Ishmael Titus, an enslaved American who fought in the Revolutionary War and relocated to 0 Comments
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Car Hits Main Street Home in WilliamstownStaff Reports,
09:54AM / Saturday, May 06, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Clarksburg resident was cited by police after a Tuesday accident that sent their car into a home on Main Street, according to a police report. Williamstown police said Jay J. Wright of Hayden Hill Road was traveling east on Main Street (Route 2) at about 4 p.m. when his vehicle veered to the left and crossed the westbound lane near Southworth Street. At the intersection, Wright's 2014 Toyota clipped the front end of a Honda driven by Kareen Annette Honecker of Williamstown, who was on Southworth waiting to turn onto Main Street, according to the report. Wright's car continued across Southworth Street and about 276 feet across a lawn 0 Comments
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