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Williamstown Prudential Committee Selects Onset Deputy as Next Fire ChiefBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:18PM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — It took the Prudential Committee less than 14 minutes to unanimously vote to offer the post of fire chief to Onset's Jeffrey Dias. Dias, deputy chief of a department of full-time and volunteer firefighters, was the only nomination to succeed retiring Chief Craig Pedercini. The committee members pointed to Dias' dedication, experience and certifications as informing their decision. "The credentials is what it came down to for me, where we want to see the department — from a year from now, in five years," said committee member Lindsay Neathawk. "I feel that he was just the right candidate to bring us forward with the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne | 03:52PM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, March 18, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Clark Professor 2024–25). She investigates one of the most enigmatic passages in the German-Jewish art historian Aby Warburg's picture-atlas Mnemosyne, his attempted summation in arrays of images of his work on the afterlife of antiquity, centered on Renaissance Europe and nearing completion when he died in 1929, stated a press release. This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Mnemosyne ends with 0 Comments
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Clark Art Invites People With Dementia and Caregivers for Gallery Talk | 08:43AM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, March 17 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark. This free gallery talk program is designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the general public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity. Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. To register, call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563; accompanying care-partners must also register. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Opening Lecture on Pastoral on Paper | 08:10AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture by William Satloff in conjunction with the opening of Pastoral on Paper. The exhibition's curator and a student in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art, Satloff introduces the concept of the pastoral landscape. Surveying the rich array of books, drawings, paintings, and prints presented in the exhibition, he explores how leading artists of the Baroque and Rococo periods envisioned the idyllic lives of shepherds. This free event takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. Pastoral on Paper is organized by the Clark Art 0 Comments
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Hopkins Memorial Forest to Host Maple Fest| 08:01AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Hopkins Memorial Forest will hold its annual Maple Fest on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 271 NW Hill Road. Admission is free. The event will feature demonstrations of maple sugaring processes, including tree tapping and wood splitting. Attendees can observe the evaporator in operation, participate in syrup tastings, and listen to live music. The 2,600-acre Hopkins Forest, managed by Williams College, includes hiking and cross-country ski trails, a visitor center, an herb garden, and a maple sugaring operation. Limited parking is expected; carpooling or cycling is recommended. 0 Comments
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Bennington College Offering Late-Decision Applications| 03:27PM / Monday, March 10, 2025 | |
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Bennington College has launched a college admissions application round for prospective students: late decision. This new admissions round responds to the evolving needs of prospective students navigating their college search. "Each April, selective college admissions directors take calls from their college counseling colleagues on the other side of the desk. They share stories of applicants who are either not satisfied with their options or wish to rethink them for various reasons and inquire about accepting a late application," said David Buckwald, the college's vice president for enrollment management and marketing. Bennington wants to 0 Comments
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County's 'Super Six' Head to Final FourBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
05:26AM / Monday, March 10, 2025 | |
 Out of 10 No. 1 seeds in the MIAA basketball tournaments this winter – five boys, five girls – nine are still playing. Those nine did not have to play the Lee High girls basketball team. The ninth-seeded Wildcats pulled off arguably the season’s biggest upset on Saturday when they upended No. 1 Hopedale to reach this week’s state semi-final round. On Sunday afternoon, the Lee girls got together to celebrate their Final Four berth in style, cutting down one of the nets in their gymnasium and boarding a flatbed for a parade down Main Street. Senior captain Mia Puleri said that Lee, which trailed by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter on 0 Comments
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Williams College Plans Temporary Parking Lot at Former Field House SiteBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:37PM / Sunday, March 09, 2025 | |
The foundation of the demolished Towne Field House is still visible on the Williams campus. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College last month secured the town's permission to convert the former site of Towne Field House to a temporary parking lot. In a series of meetings hearings before the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Conservation Commission, the college received a special permit and a negative determination of applicability of the Rivers Protection Act to enable to new use for the lot on Latham Street. Engineer Charlie LaBatt of Guntlow and Associates represented the college before both town panels, stressing each time the temporary nature of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Prudential Committee Interviews Fire Chief CandidatesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:24PM / Saturday, March 08, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday interviewed three finalists to replace retiring Fire Chief Craig Pedercini. In a series of back-to-back sessions at Town Hall, the panel questioned Spencer Chief Robert Parsons, Onset Deputy Chief Jeffrey Dias and Williamstown Lt. Ryan Housman, who were chosen from 24 applicants by a Personnel Committee established by the elected Prudential Committee members. Each candidate was asked a series of questions by all five committee members in interviews that lasted from 45 minutes to an hour apiece. The three finalists talked about, among other things, their dedication to the fire service, the challenges of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'George Washington'| 03:15PM / Friday, March 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 13, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a screening of "George Washington" (2000) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: This film unfolds during a balmy July in a North Carolina town where kudzu embraces abandoned buildings. Four children at the edge of adolescence make a mistake that cannot be undone. They are forced to grow up, albeit only partially. One of them, George (Donald Holden), emerges as a local hero. Sublimely narrated by the twelve-year-old Nasia (Candace Evanofski), George Washington is about the relationship between choice and chance, and the 0 Comments
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Williamstown's Spring Election Taking ShapeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:35PM / Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Four potential candidates have taken out nomination papers for three seats on the Select Board that will be voted on this May, the town clerk reported on Wednesday. Peter Beck, whose five-year term on the Planning Board is expiring, has taken out papers for a three-year seat on the Select Board, as has Matthew Neely, who was appointed last fall to fill a seat vacated by Andrew Hogeland. In most years, the five-person Select Board has at most two seats on the May ballot, but Hogeland's resignation created a scenario where more than half the board will be up for grabs in May. The three-year terms of incumbents Randal Fippinger and Jane 0 Comments
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Sage City Symphony Presents Free Concert | 08:25AM / Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt.—Sage City Symphony will perform a concert at 4:00 p.m. in Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA Building, Bennington College. The program includes works by Verdi, Glinka, Sibelius, and Mozart, as well as compositions by students from Long Trail School and Burr & Burton Academy. The performance will feature: Giuseppe Verdi's "Overture to Nabucco" Mikhail Glinka's "Valse-Fantaisie" Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro Aperto" (1st movement) from "Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra," featuring soloist Julius Boxer-Cooper of Bennington College. Student 0 Comments
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