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Williamstown's Planned Skate Park Before Conservation CommissionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:13AM / Saturday, June 28, 2025 | |
The current outdated skate park on Stetson Road. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is seeking approval from the Conservation Commission for a project to replace the 2,100 square foot skate park on Stetson Road with an up-to-date concrete park on roughly the same footprint. The project, which received a $32,000 infusion of Community Preservation Act funds from town meeting in May, is currently before the commission because of its proximity to bordering vegetative wetlands off Stetson Road. "There is wetland southwest of the project area behind a chain link fence," Andre-Anne Chenaille of civil engineering firm Guntlow and Associates told the Con Comm at 0 Comments
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Call For Art: Eyes on Art Town 2025 Williamstown Cultural District Banner Exhibition| 11:04AM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Town of Williamstown, the Williamstown Cultural District, and the Williamstown Chamber of Commerce are partnering in an opportunity to showcase local artwork right in downtown Williamstown. From Labor Day to November 2025, selected art will be reproduced on vertical banners on utility poles along Spring and Latham Streets. Artists and community members are encouraged to submit designs for the Eyes on Art Town banner call. Installed: around September 13 – November 1, 2025 (weather dependent) For those selected, original artworks can be included in an exhibit in the Spring Street Market in October. Deadline for submissions: midnight
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Clark Art Kicks Off Outdoor Concert Series with Balla Kouyate| 08:04AM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents the first in a series of free outdoor concerts with thematic connections to the Ground/work 2025 exhibition with a performance by Balla Kouyaté on Wednesday, July 2 at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn. According to a press release: Balla Kouyaté's lineage goes back more than 800 years to Balla Faséké, the first of an unbroken line of djelis in the Kouyaté clan. The word "djeli" derives from the Mandinka language, meaning the oral historians, musicians, and performers who celebrate the history of the Mandé people of Mali, Guinea, and other West African 0 Comments
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Williamstown Moves to Replace Sign CommissionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday took a step toward replacing the town's moribund Sign Commission. For a couple of years, officials have been sending out a call for volunteers to serve on the body, which has, "authority for control of all signs," under Chapter 53 of the town's code. As of the start of Monday's meeting, just one active member of the commission was serving the town and the Sign Commission was unable to conduct business. The three members of the Select Board at Monday's meeting remedied that by voting to appoint the Zoning Board of Appeals to act as the town's Sign Commission — similar to how the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Board Lifts Condemnation Order on ResidenceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:12AM / Thursday, June 26, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Tuesday rescinded an order of condemnation for a residence on Longview Terrace after praising the work done by the owner's family to make the home habitable. Health Inspector Ruth Russell reported to the board that she was satisfied with the improvements made by Raymond MacWhinnie of New Hampshire on the home occupied by his mother, Linda. In February, Russell told the board that issues ranging from rodent activity to hoarding made the home unsafe for the elder MacWhinie, and the board agreed, ordering the property to be vacated. Russell said Raymond MacWhinnie had been in contact with her at least monthly and 0 Comments
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Free Tree Identification Walk at The Clark in Williamstown| 11:59AM / Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) will host a free tree identification walk at The Clark Art Institute's grounds and walking trails in Williamstown on Saturday, June 28, at 9:30 AM. (Rain Date: Sunday, June 29) This walk will last approximately two hours and will feature slow-paced stops along the way. Participants will be outdoors for the entire duration of the walk, so appropriate footwear, clothing, and drinking water are recommended. On this guided walk, participants will learn key characteristics of trees commonly found in Western Massachusetts. Led by a Berkshire naturalist and tree enthusiast, the walk will offer tips and tricks 0 Comments
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Clark Art Free Concert By William Parker and Patricia Nicholson| 08:11AM / Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —The Clark Art Institute presents an outdoor concert on Sunday, June 29 at 5 pm featuring an evening of visionary improvisation with composer and multi-instrumentalist William Parker and dancer-poet Patricia Nicholson as they present a duo adaptation of "Hope Cries for Justice." This free event takes place on the Moltz Terrace of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. According to a press release: William Parker, a prolific bassist, composer, and educator, has dedicated his life to the concept of Universal Tonality, blending improvisation, composition, and social consciousness.
Patricia Nicholson, a dancer, poet, and organizer, integrates movement,
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Williamstown Housing Trust Close to Transfer of Summer Street LotBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Work could begin as early as July 7 on a road for a small subdivision on a town-owned parcel off Summer Street. By that time, the board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust hopes to have transferred the 1.75-acre lot to Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, which plans to build a four-home Meadowlands Subdivision on the site. On Wednesday, the trustees held the latest in a series of meetings to discuss the deed restriction that will keep those four homes affordable to people making up to 60 80 percent of the area median income. "We got the good news recently the state has approved our application," Northern Berkshire 0 Comments
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Williamstown Property Auctioned for $550KBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
07:02PM / Monday, June 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A North Adams man had the high bid last week on the former Chenail's garden center. Brian Intraversato outbid three other parties to purchase the 877 Simonds Road property for $550,000 on June 17. JJ Manning Auctioneers conducted the bidding. The property encompasses 7.1 acres of mixed-use land with eight structures, including a two-family home and two greenhouses. The south end of the property is bisected by Broad Brook; about 1.5 acres of the lot (21 percent) is on the south side of the waterway or includes the brook itself. It is assessed by the town at $632,900. The late Richard Chenail and his wife, Donna, owned the property 0 Comments
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South Street Project in Williamstown Leads to Utility OutagesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
06:37AM / Monday, June 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Two utility outages in as many days last week related to the South Street road reconstruction had town officials double- and triple-checking service maps. But they also realize that those maps are not perfect. Twenty-four hours after road crews hit a gas line that caused “a heavy odor of natural gas around Field Park,” according to a social media post by the local police, a water main break caused water to be shut off from the start of South Street north to Field Park. In both instances, service was restored within a couple of hours. The two incidents had slightly different origins, the town manager said on 0 Comments
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Williamstown's Remedy Hall Moves into New HomeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:56AM / Sunday, June 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A non-profit that began two years ago to provide "basic life necessities" to families experiencing hardships opened its doors in a new location this month. Remedy Hall, which began its life in space at the First Congregational Church, this spring moved east on Main Street (Route 2) to 620 Main St., two doors west of Aubuchon Hardware. In a post on Facebook, the non-profit's founder and driving force, Andi Bryant, said it had experienced unanticipated closures, "due to complications we have faced," at the Meetinghouse building, home to the First Congregational Church. "We've had some challenges in our current 0 Comments
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RSNE Claims County Cal Ripken CrownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:20PM / Saturday, June 21, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Ryder Tatro and Ethan Moran combined to strike out 10 hitters Saturday in leading Refrigerated Structures of New England to an 8-3 win over H.A. George in the Berkshire Cal Ripken League Majors Division Championship on Bud Anderson Field. It was a clean sweep for the Williamstown Cal Ripken program, which saw Purple Valley Auto edge Ramunto’s, 5-4, in the Minors Division final earlier in the day. In the second game of the championship double-header, Tatro got the start for RSNE and struck out eight in 4 and a third innings, allowing two hits and two earned runs before giving the ball to Moran with a 6-2 lead. “Ryder was 0 Comments
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