News and events in Williamstown, Mass.
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Images Cinema to Show Ukrainian Film 'The Guide'08:00AM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The "Stand With Ukraine Through Film" project is coming to Images Cinema. Images Cinema will host a special screening of "The Guide" on May 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase through their website (https://imagescinema.org/movie/the-guide-2014/), and patrons will contribute as they wish. Donations will be also accepted through QR codes, which will be placed in the lobby for moviegoers to scan, and donation jars will also be placed on-site. All event proceeds will go toward supporting Ukraine. Featured everywhere from Good Morning America (Community theaters come 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williamstown Fire District Moving to Acquire New OPM for Station ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff 05:37AM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — More than two years after choosing an owner's project manager for its new station project, the Fire District is set to move forward with a new OPM. Prudential Committee Chair David Moresi mentioned the move during his report to the annual Fire District meeting on Tuesday at Williamstown Elementary School. "We are very pleased with the most recent [construction cost] estimates projected, as well as what we consider to be a significant cost savings by soliciting for a new OPM," Moresi said during his address to the meeting. After the half-hour meeting concluded, Moresi confirmed that the protracted negotiations with Colliers 0 Comments Read More >> |
Clark Art Joins 2023 Blue Star Museum Initiative12:22PM / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is one of more than 2,000 museums nationwide participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2023 program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 2023, and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. "We look forward to welcoming U.S. military personnel and their families to the Clark this summer and to thanking them for their service and commitment," said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute. "We have been so inspired by our participation in the Blue 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williamstown Fire District Meeting Set for TuesdayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff 04:47AM / Monday, May 22, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Fire District voters Tuesday will be asked to approve a $524,000 fiscal year 2024 operating budget and 10 other items on an 11-article warrant at the annual district meeting. The budget is up 6.3 percent from the $492,882 approved by district voters last spring for the current fiscal year. It comes up midway through the meeting, set for 7:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at Williamstown Elementary School. The two largest drivers of the bottom line increase are the maintenance and operation line item and management services. M&O is up by $10,000 from a year ago, from $55,000 to $65,000, a rise of 18 percent. Management services is up 0 Comments Read More >> |
More Than 400 Compete in Steel Rail RacesiBerkshires.com Sports, 03:28PM / Sunday, May 21, 2023 | | PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Williamstown's Alex White was the first runner across the finish line at Sunday's MountainOne Steel Rail Marathon on the Ashuwilticook Trail. White maintained a 6 minute, 26 second per mile pace over the 26.2 mile course from Pittsfield to Adams and back. He reached the finish line in 2:48.42.41 to finish 5-1/2 minutes ahead of the rest of the other 72 runners who finished the event's marathon division. The fastest finisher in the marathon was Stephen Gulley of Billingham, the event's lone hand pedaler, who finished in 2:20:05.36. The first female runner across the finish line was Assonet's Hailey Desmarais 0 Comments Read More >> |
Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Raffling ShedStaff Reports , 02:00PM / Sunday, May 21, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity's shed raffle has returned. The 8-by-10 garden shed, funded by an anonymous donor, built by the McCann Carpentry Program students, and decorated by the Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity construction crew, will be on display on Main Street in Williamstown, across from the end of Water Street, in front of the former Masonic Lodge at the end of May. All proceeds will go toward building the non-profit's next home. Raffle tickets may be purchased online until June 30 at go.rallyup.com/nbhfh23. Tickets cost $5 apiece, five for $20, and 14 for $40. The drawing will be held Saturday, July 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williams Softball Eliminated in NCAA Tournament08:10PM / Saturday, May 20, 2023 | | SALISBURY, Md. -- The Salisbury University softball team Sunday scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning en route to a 6-1 win to end Williams' season in the NCAA Division III tournament. Bailey Burger-Moore hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth for Williams (24-17). 0 Comments Read More >> |
Teacher of the Month: Jenna DickinsonBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff 05:24AM / Saturday, May 20, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Williamstown Elementary School teacher Jenna Dickinson was selected for the May edition of our Teacher of the Month series, which will run for the next 12 months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. Dickinson grew up in Williamstown her whole life and attended Williamstown Elementary School. She has since returned to her alma mater to teach kindergarten. As soon as she entered the classroom to decorate earlier this year she felt like she was home, she said. Although this is her first year teaching kindergarten both parents and teacher have praised her for the work she has been doing. "She has 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williams Softball Stays Alive at NCAAs Against Carpenter's Rams10:12PM / Friday, May 19, 2023 | | SALISBURY, Md. – Kayla Chang went 3-for-4 at the plate and stole three bases to help the Williams College softball team Friday beat Framingham State, 9-4, in an elimination game at the NCAA Division III tournament. Sadie Leonard earned the win in the circle, striking out 12 and walking just two. Framingham State’s Gwen Carpenter, a graduate of Mount Everett, went 1-for-2 with an RBI in the loss. Carpenter finished her junior season with the Rams batting .393 with a team-best eight home runs. Williams fell into the elimination bracket on Friday morning with a loss to host Salisbury University. It will try again to beat Salisbury and stay alive in the 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williamstown Fire District Gets OKs for Site Work on Station SiteBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff 02:27PM / Friday, May 19, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District this month received approval from two town bodies for the "early site work" planned in conjunction with the construction of a new station on Main Street. In separate sessions with the Conservation Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals, fire district officials got the OK for a "cut and fill" project that will raise the grade of the area planned for construction to bring it roughly to the same elevation as Main Street (Route 2). The Con Comm also conducted a site visit on the 562 Main St. property and approved the project's delineation of wetlands on the 3.7-acre property. That delegation will allow 0 Comments Read More >> |
Clark Art Research and Academic Program Fellowships11:02AM / Friday, May 19, 2023 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2023–2024 class of Fellows for summer 2023 and the upcoming academic year. The Clark is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes top international scholars for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 400 individuals hailing from thirty countries, forming a global network of scholars united 0 Comments Read More >> |
Williams Softball Wins NCAA Tournament Opener10:18PM / Thursday, May 18, 2023 | | SALISBURY, Md. -- Tayler Wise drove in a run in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday to give the Williams College softball team a 1-0 win over UMass-Dartmouth in the NCAA Division III tournament. Sadie Leonard struck out 13, walked four and allowed just two hits to earn a complete-game win in the circle. Williams (23-15) faces Salisbury University on Friday morning. 0 Comments Read More >> |
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