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Williamstown Protest Speakers Call for Citizens to Rise TogetherBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:35PM / Saturday, May 03, 2025 | |
State Sen. Paul Mark becomes the 1,001 signature on Hailey Peters petition to the federal delegation to 'fire' Elon Musk. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Speakers at a May Day rally at Field Park stressed the need to rise together to push back against actions being taken by the Trump administration that they say weaken civil rights. "They are dismantling our voting rights. They are gutting protections for workers. They are attacking public education, banning books and silencing honest history," said Dennis Powell, president of the Berkshire Chapter of the NAACP. "They are playing politics with our health care, putting corporate profits above 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'The Boy and the Heron'| 07:43AM / Thursday, May 01, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, May 8 at 8:15 pm, the Clark Art Institute screens director Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" (2023). The Clark is the concluding venue for the area film series hosted by Williams College students examining how contemporary films work to pair grief and landscape. The screening is free and takes place outdoors on the Reflecting Pool lawn. According to a press release: How do directors use landscapes to interpret feelings of grief? What can cinematic landscapes teach us about grief? In this elegiac animated film from Studio Ghibli, a magical world connects a young boy named Mahito with his longed-for 0 Comments
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Golfers Sought for Mike Deep Memorial TournamentCommunity submission,
12:33PM / Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Thursday, May 1, is the deadline to register to play in the Mike Deep Memorial Tournament, scheduled for Juen 7 at Waubeeka Golf Links. The tournament is being held to raise funds for a memorial bench at the course in Deep's honor and to benefit the Mike Deep Memorial Scholarship fund, which supports students from McCann Tech, Drury and Mount Greyloock. The cost for a team of four is $175 per person. The event will feature lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. with a scramble format. There will be a 50/50 raffle at the event. To sign up, call 413-458-8355 or visit the pro shop at Waubeeka. 0 Comments
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Trees, Tall Grass Will Delineate Williamstown Dog ParkBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | |
The town plans to designate an 18-acre area, outlined in yellow, for off-leash dogs at the Spruces Park. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday saw regulations that will govern a fence-free "dog park" that the town plans to establish at the Spruces Park. Use of the 114-acre former mobile home park on Main Street has been on the table for the Select Board for more than two years, after a failed attempt by citizens petition to amend the town's leash bylaw at the 2023 annual town meeting. Last September, the board agreed in principle to a plan to designate a section of the park for dog owners to bring their pets off leash. At 0 Comments
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Clark Art Film Screening and Poetry Event| 08:14AM / Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, May 3 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "Walt Whitman Comes to the Clark," a combination film screening and poetry event centering around Whitman's most famous poem, "Song of Myself." This free event takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Whitman's "barbaric yawp," "Song of Myself" celebrates freedom, inclusion, and democracy. Working with this iconic piece, theater collective Compagnia de' Colombari has created seven short films with actors and musicians around the globe bringing Whitman's words to 0 Comments
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Clark Art to Host Final First Sunday Free with Focus on Art and Wellness| 08:00AM / Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present its final First Sunday Free of the season on Sunday, May 4, with a focus on Art and Wellness. Free admission will be offered from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature activities exploring the relationship between art and well-being, including a pop-up installation of prints and drawings in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The installation will showcase works on paper that explore themes of mental, physical, and spiritual healing through drawings, prints, and watercolors. Throughout the day, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can participate in various activities such as all-ages 0 Comments
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Williams College Art Museum Will Be a Lab for SustainabilityBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:47AM / Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | |
Michael Evans and Tanja Srebotnjak of the Zhilka Center for the Environment get into details about green standards. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The sustainable aspects of the new $175 million Williams College Museum of Art will influence the next generation of arts leaders. "Really building a learning laboratory for sustainable art museums for the future," said Pamela Franks, museum director, at Monday night's community forum. "One of the really distinctive features of the Williams College Museum of Art is its long tradition and contribution to the field of arts leadership. So a student who's leading a tour today may be the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Concludes Music in the Manton Series with Pianist Benjamin Hochman| 07:22AM / Monday, April 28, 2025 | |
 Williamstown, Massachusetts—The Clark Art Institute concludes its three-part Music in the Manton concert series with pianist Benjamin Hochman on Friday, May 2 at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Hochman presents a solo piano recital centered around brilliant American composer Matthew Aucoin's The tracks have vanished, a work inspired by Aucoin's forthcoming opera Demons, itself based on Dostoyevsky's eponymous novel. The recital program draws on an intricate web of interconnected themes, including nihilism and life under Russian totalitarianism (Ustvolskaya's Preludes) and the genre of opera transcriptions, 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Candidates Answer QuestionsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:17PM / Sunday, April 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — While three seats on the Select Board will be on the ballot at the May 13 annual town election, just one seat is contested. Longtime board member Jane Patton is opposed by Shana Dixon, chair of the town's Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee, to fill out the remaining year of a three-year term vacated last year by Andrew Hogeland, who moved out of the area. iBerkshires.com asked the two candidates a series of questions about their priorities and philosophies. Their responses are below. The Williamstown League of Women Voters is also hosting a forum with Dixon and Patton, moderated by Jennifer Howlett, on Tuesday, April 0 Comments
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Presentation on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates to Be Held at Williams College| 08:42AM / Saturday, April 26, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Hoosic River Watershed Association, Williams College Center for Environmental Studies, and the Zilkha Center for the Environment will present "Turning Stones: a Presentation on Benthic Macroinvertebrates" with aquatic ecologist and Williams College professor of biology Declan McCabe on Tuesday, April 29, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will take place in Griffin Hall Room 3 at Williams College. The presentation will cover the properties of water that support life, differences between river and lake ecosystems, life on the water surface, methods for mosquito population reduction near homes, low-cost ways to explore macroinvertebrates, and
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Letter: Sometimes It Is Best Not to Tinker With TraditionLetter to the Editor,
03:00PM / Friday, April 25, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Williamstown has a long-standing tradition of displaying American flags on utility poles along the town green (Route 2) from Memorial Day through Veterans Day. At the last Williamstown Select Board meeting, there was a 4-1 vote to replace every fourth American Flag with a Progress Pride (rainbow) flag during the month of June.
Was there any indication in the Select Board meeting packet or the posted agenda that this potentially controversial topic would be discussed, even voted upon? The Open Meeting Law requires that the public have timely notice of anticipated topics and ample opportunity to comment. If not appropriately posted, only "emergencies" are permitted
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Man Facing Charges in Williams College Restroom Surveillance| 01:44PM / Friday, April 25, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Weston man is facing charges related to a camera found with pictures and video in a restroom on the Williams College campus. Maxwell Hall, 21, was charged on March 20 with 18 counts of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling a partially nude or nude person. The charges stem from an investigation prompted by a student's complaint on Jan. 16, 2025, of a camera in the second-floor public restroom at Lasell Gymnasium. According to the District Attorney's office, the Williamstown Police Department received the report from the college's Campus Safety Service regarding suspicious activity in the gym. A 0 Comments
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