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Clark Art Screens Free Noir Film Series | 10:41AM / Saturday, October 25, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Beginning this fall, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, hosts a series of classic noir films. All films are free and screened in the Manton Research Center auditorium on select Thursdays at 6 pm. October 30 The Big Sleep (1946) Based on Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name, The Big Sleep might be the high-water mark of Hollywood's love affair with the infinitely slippery possibilities of the English language. It is also a study in the evasiveness of genre. Although the morals are skewed, the bullets plentiful, and the femmes most definitely fatale, Bogart's Marlowe is a decent, (mostly) unconflicted hero, 0 Comments
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Williamstown's READI Committee Discusses Main Street IncidentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:48PM / Friday, October 24, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The director of Williams College's Campus Safety Services on Monday briefed the town's diversity committee on the school's response to a recent uptick in incidents of a harassing nature on Main Street (Route 2). "Since August, we've had about a dozen incidents or so ranging from alleged harassment to potential bias incidents that have occurred," Jeff Palmer told the Racial Equity, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. "During that time, we've sent a handful of messages to the campus community, one encouraging them to report and to identify the vehicles and also sharing some of our efforts to mitigate some of 0 Comments
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Letter: Vote Markey for Senate Letter to the Editor,
04:05PM / Thursday, October 23, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Recently, we learned that frequent Berkshire visitor, U.S. Senator Ed Markey, has another Democratic challenger. Last time it was Rep. Joe Kennedy. This time it's Rep. Seth Moulton. [Alex Rikleen of Acton, a former teacher, is also running.]
I'm not against primaries, but as WBUR in Boston said: "Moulton is running on age, but what else?" Joe Kennedy had the same platform — and Massachusetts voters rejected him.
It seems to me a candidate's age is irrelevant if he's doing the job, and Ed Markey is doing his job. Very well, in fact. As I said, he's no stranger to the Berkshires, and he's fighting Trump's fascist policies in
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Williamstown Planning Board Refining Campus Overlay ProposalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Thursday, October 23, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week discussed bringing a campus overlay proposal to town meeting as soon as this May. One member of the board and the town planner have been consulting with officials at Williams College on a potential fix to a long-term issue: The bulk of the college's campus is in the General Residence zoning district, where the kinds of buildings the school needs do not fit the regulatory regime. Much of campus was built out before the advent of zoning, and those structures are protected by the rules around pre-existing non-conformity. But a lot of the school's infrastructure has been built since the town instituted zoning under a 0 Comments
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Trick-or-Treat, Halloween Events 2025| 02:40PM / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | |
 Halloween falls on a Friday this year. Some communities may hold their trick-or-treating hours during the weekend, or hold events ahead of the holiday. Check back as the holiday approaches for what your town is doing. If you are going door-to-door, remember to dress appropriately, carry a flashlight and only visit homes with lights on in your neighborhood. Below is a list of towns holding trick-or-treat hours on Halloween, unless otherwise noted. Those towns that are crossed out are dates from last year that have not been updated. The towns with the asterisks are the same times every year. If you don't see your town listed and you know the hours, let us know
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Construction Begins on Images Cinema's Two-Screen Theater Renovation| 01:44PM / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Images Cinema, the Williamstown movie house, has begun work on its long planned Capital Project to renovate and upgrade its facility. While its Main Theater is closed for renovations, programming continues in its Lounge space with Bartender hours and Cinema Lounge shows and continuing community events. "We're very excited to begin work on this important project," said Images Board Chair Kevin O'Rourke. "Images is, and has been for years, an anchor of Spring Street and the Williamstown business community. The overwhelming support of the community, including our members, has been incredible." So far, the LOOK FORWARD Campaign has raised
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Williamstown Select Board Opts Not to Fill Vacant SeatBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:56AM / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday decided not to fill seven months remaining on a vacant seat and instead allow town voters to fill out the board in May's annual town election. For the second time in a year, the five-person board finds itself down a member. This time, it is due to the resignation of Jeffrey Johnson, who stepped down this fall because of health issues. Johnson earned his second three-year term on the board in the May 2024 town election, meaning that the remaining two years of his seat will be on the ballot this spring, along with the seats currently held by Stephanie Boyd and Shana Dixon, who was elected last May to fill the final year 11 Comments
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Letter: No 'No King Day' in WilliamstownLetter to the Editor,
11:20AM / Monday, October 20, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Apparently, there was no scheduled "No Kings Day" rally in Williamstown, the home of Williams College.
So ..... I took my sign and my trusty chair and sat on the lawn outside the Williamstown traffic oval just before the library's entrance.
My sign was small, but it slowed most of the speeding traffic. Got a couple of honks. I also put my signs in my Jeep's windows in the library's parking lot.
I sat there for about two hours. One elderly couple stopped looking for the rally that had been held at Field Park inside the oval at the previous No Kings rally. Alas, there was only me and my sign. A couple riding on a tandem bike holding a No Kings sign
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Davone Tines With Ruckus | 11:15AM / Monday, October 20, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute welcomes the return of renowned early music band, Ruckus, for a new concert performance featuring acclaimed bass-baritone Davóne Tines on Friday, Oct. 24. The group will present a new program, "What is Your Hand in This?," as part of a national tour leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The performance takes place at 7 pm in the Clark’s Manton Research Center auditorium. In a biting exploration of American revolutionary music, they time-travel through four centuries of reimagined songs, hymns, and ballads, along with a newly commissioned work by composer Doug 11 Comments
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A New Bakery is Open in WilliamstownBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
04:58AM / Monday, October 20, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – A new bakery is opening up at the Colonial Plaza in the former Maestries Munchies. Great Falls Baking Company opened on Oct. 11 showcasing many baked goods made in house from scratch. Since she was a girl, owner Andrea Bennetch was an aspiring baker. "When I was that young, my mom was going back to school, and so there were nights during the week where we would just be home with my dad while my mom was at school. And at that point in my dad's life, he could not cook anything except for, like, eggs and sandwiches. So after doing that for two weeks, I was like, Mom, you need to teach me to cook something because I'm tired of eating this,"
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Williamstown Select Board Talks TrashBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Sunday, October 19, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A paper and cardboard compactor at the transfer station installed a couple of years ago is saving the town tens of thousands of dollars each year, the Select Board learned recently. Nancy Nylen, who represents the town on the 14-town Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District, was before the board at its late September meeting to talk about the district's activities and the operations at the town transfer station. The large green compactor is the most prominent modification to the town facility since a large solar field was installed on the capped landfill in 2017. Like the 19 1.9-megawatt photovoltaic array that helps power town 11 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Book Talk | 01:30PM / Thursday, October 16, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Clark Art Institute hosts a book talk with author Bonnie Tsui. Tsui discusses her 2025 book "On Muscle," in which she brings her blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. The free event takes place in the Clark’s Manton Research Center auditorium at 6 p.m. In "On Muscle," Tsui traces how muscles have defined beauty—and how they have distorted it—through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health. Woven throughout are Tsui’s own drawings and 11 Comments
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