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Clark Art, Tanglewood Host Pulitzer Prize-Winning Art Critic| 03:00PM / Friday, August 08, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Presented in partnership with the Tanglewood Learning Institute and Tanglewood Music Center, the Clark Art Institute hosts an evening celebrating French music and art of the late nineteenth century with Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 7 pm. A limited number of tickets are still available for this event, which takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Fellows from the Tanglewood Music Center will present a performance of chamber music featuring Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 along with Ed Gazouleas, Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, 0 Comments
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Williamstown's Median Home Tax Bill Expected to Rise by 6 PercentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:11PM / Friday, August 08, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The median-valued home in town can expect to see a 6.3 percent property tax increase in fiscal year 2026. That is one of the takeaways from a presentation the Select Board will hear on Monday evening from Principal Assessor Chris Lamarre. Lamarre will be in front of the board for its annual tax classification hearing. Each year, the board faces a number of decision points about how to distribute the tax levy in the town of 7,600. Historically, the Select Board has gone along with staff recommendations to not adopt a number of provisions in Massachusetts General Law, including the split tax rate, which would charge commercial property 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fin Comm Discusses Soaring Health Insurance CostBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:49AM / Friday, August 08, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After a second straight year of hefty increases in the cost of health insurance under the Berkshire Health Group umbrella, the Williamstown Finance Committee is discussing the need for cost containment for the joint insurance purchase group. "At this point, we could be looking at another substantial increase for next year," Fin Comm member Melissa Cragg said at the panel's July 25 meeting. "Really, I think we're at the point where benefit design has to be the issue on the table. "Two-thirds of our [employee] base is unionized, so there's no reopening the contracts, probably, over this. But it's time for us to 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Community Day, Performances and MoreBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:08PM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
Take a look at some of the events happening this weekend in the Berkshires including live performances and celebrations. Editor's Picks The Mount Community Day
2 Plunkett St, Lenox
Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy a day of music and art with the family. There will be performances, baby goats, face painting, and more. You will also be able to step inside Edith Wharton's estate for free from 2 to 5 p.m. More information here. Zucchini Festival Downtown West Stockbridge Time: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Depot and Center streets will be filled with vendors and zucchini-flavored activities, including a costume contest and weigh-off. There will also be children's games and activities and a 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Soap Box Derby Returns SaturdayCommunity submission,
10:15AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Westside Legends will host its fourth annual Westside Sweet G Super Soap Box Derby on Saturday, Aug. 9, from noon to 4 p.m. with a rain date of Aug. 10. Check-in for racers starts at 11 a.m. at the corner of Columbus and Robbins Ave. The event features a day of activities for the whole family. There will be three race classes: kids from 6-12, kids from 13-17, and an adult class, ages 18 and older. Trophies will be presented in each division. The racers will “zoom” down Robbins Ave, and the finish line will be at Southern Ave. Inspired by soap box races in Pittsfield’s West Side during the 1960s, the Westside 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Talk on Bernice Abbott| 08:46AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents Berenice Abbott Bonus Selection, the third in a summer series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited aspects of the collection. This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: American-born, Parisian-trained Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) is one of the most skillful and celebrated documentary photographers of the twentieth century. Grace Hanselman, curatorial assistant for works on paper, presents a sampling of portrait and architectural photographs that complement the works 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Public Housing Benefits From Internet Access Grants| 07:24AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Healey-Driscoll administration and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) awarded $31,548,018 to four internet service providers (ISPs) to increase internet access for affordable and public housing residents statewide. Aervivo Inc. was awarded $10,527,014 for 6,402 housing units. This uncludes 30 units in Pittsfield through the Beacon Residential Management Limited Partnership and 30 units in Williamstown through the Williamstown Housing Authority. Archtop Fiber LLC was awarded $481,955 for 164 housing units. Through the Great Barrington Housing Authority, 31 housing units in Great 0 Comments
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Williamstown Calls Another Special Fire District Meeting, Truck Replacement on AgendaBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:37AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For the second time in two months, the Prudential Committee has called a special meeting of the Fire District. This time, it will be cleaning up a decision it made at the July 1 special meeting and reversing one district voters made in May 2024. At a special meeting of the Prudential Committee on Wednesday, the panel voted to set a special meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 4 p.m. at the Water Street station. Article 1 on the two-item warrant will ask meeting members to transfer $415,698 from free cash to put toward interest on bond anticipation notes related to the new Main Street station project. That is a payment the district thought 0 Comments
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Companion Corner: Orion at Second Chance Animal ShelterBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
02:04PM / Wednesday, August 06, 2025 | |
 ARLINGTON, Vt. — Orion's had a hard live and he's been patiently waiting a very long time for his forever home. iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. Orion is a 7- to 8-year-old pit bull mix who has been at Second Chance Animal Shelter since 2021. Shelter Manager Troy Quinn said Orion came to them from animal control after experiencing neglect. "He was found by animal control on a property, tied to a tree, no shelter, no food or water. He was severely emaciated, very sick, very skinny, very weak. Brought him in, he tested positive for heartworm," 0 Comments
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Clark Art Opening Lecture for 'Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes in Time'| 07:39AM / Tuesday, August 05, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 9, at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute celebrates the opening of its newest exhibition "Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time" with a free lecture. The Isamu Noguchi Museum Foundation and Garden Museum's Matthew Kirsch, curator and director of research, and Kate Wiener, curator, introduce the exhibition. The lecture takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time explores Noguchi's fluid relationship with time—his ability to move between past, present, and future in his art. Through sculpture, design, and 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Opportunity to Meet, Make Art With CATA| 12:05PM / Monday, August 04, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute invites visitors to meet the artists featured in the Community Access to the Arts (CATA) exhibition "I Am a Part of Art" that is currently on view at the Clark and participate in art-making activities along with them. The event takes place in the Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill on the Clark's campus. Spend the afternoon with the artists featured in the exhibit, learning and creating together as they share their approaches to making art. Materials will be available for visitors to experiment with the same media used by the artists. "I Am a Part of 0 Comments
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Williams Student Seeking Community Service in Vandalism IncidentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:59AM / Monday, August 04, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Williams College student charged in a commencement day vandalism incident is asking Northern Berkshire District Court to agree to a community service plan. Liam Carey, 20, of Virginia, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Aug. 11, to answer to charges of vandalism, destruction of property less than $1,200, resisting arrest and trespass arising from the June 8 incident. Williamstown Police responded to the scene near the commencement grounds at about 7 a.m. to find that Carey had removed the American flag from a college-owned flag pole and replaced it with a Palestine flag. College officials told police that Carey had smashed a 0 Comments
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