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Mount Greylock School Committee Declines State Budget ResolutionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:49AM / Monday, May 26, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday opted not to advocate for fundamental changes to state budgeting in Boston. Members Steven Miller and Curtis Elfenbein brought their colleagues a resolution that the pair proposed their committee send to the Massachusetts Association of School Committees for adoption at its 2025 annual meeting. If advanced and, eventually, adopted by the statewide advocacy group, the resolution would have urged "elected representatives to immediately move to sustainable budgets over the next three years so that constitutionally mandated services, in particular education, receive the necessary 0 Comments
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Veteran Spotlight: Navy Petty Officer Denis RussellBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires
05:20PM / Sunday, May 25, 2025 | |
 PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Denis Russell served his country in the Navy from 1969 to 1975 as a petty officer, third class. This proud Vietnam veteran grew up in Somerville. His basic training took him to the Navy's only boot camp, Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. "They used to shut off the heat at night. I only had one blanket and in the morning you had an eighth of an inch of ice on the windows," he remembered. He also did A School, or vocational, training in Illinois as well and offered this: "I worked really hard and wanted to prove I had worth and value and skills. I graduated 11th in my class of 500. I was so proud of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Town Meeting Honors Civic Leaders, Protects Vulnerable ResidentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
08:10AM / Saturday, May 24, 2025 | |
Thomas Sheldon listens as Moderator Elisabeth Goodman reads the citation honoring his late wife, Ginny. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Three longtime contributors to the town were called out for recognition at Thursday's annual town meeting, including one who was recognized posthumously. Retired Fire Chief Craig Pedercini earned the municipal employee of the year award from the local chapter of League of Women Voters. Select Board member Jane Patton was recognized by one of her colleagues on the occasion of her final meeting in the post. And Virginia Sheldon received the town's top honor for volunteerism. Sheldon, who died in October, was known to many as a leader 0 Comments
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Williamstown to Apartment Dwellers: Don't Smoke 'Em if You Got 'EmBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
11:09PM / Thursday, May 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Town meeting Thursday decided to implement a ban on smoking or vaping tobacco products in apartments with more than four units and to limit the number of days in a year that home can be rented as an "Airbnb." As expected, those were two of the issues that generated discussion in a 2 1/2-hour meeting in the Mount Greylock Regional School gymnasium. But, in the end, the votes were not particularly close in either case. The smoking ban, which had the support of the town's Board of Health and Select Board, passed on a vote of 148-56. The town clerk reported that 308 of the town's 4,677 registered voters, 6.6 percent, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute Presents Artist's Talk with Laura Ellen Bacon| 08:33AM / Thursday, May 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— The Clark Art Institute will host an artist's talk with British artist Laura Ellen Bacon on Thursday, May 29, at 4 p.m. Bacon is one of the artists participating in the upcoming "Ground/work 2025" exhibition. Bacon will be on the Clark's campus in May to construct a sculpture using willow branches. Attendees are invited to join her outdoors at the sculpture's location, situated beyond the bridge from the Lunder Center where the Nan Path and Woodland Trail intersect, to learn about her creative process as it unfolds. This event offers an opportunity to hear directly from the artist during the creation of her work. "Ground/work
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Smoking Ban, Airbnb Limits Put to Williamstown Town Meeting MembersBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The age-old tension between individual liberties and the common good will be in play when residents convene for the annual town meeting on Thursday evening at Mount Greylock Regional School. Two articles on the 32-item meeting warrant seek to clarify that balance in one way or another. One, a proposal generated by the town's Planning Board, would set a limit on the number of days a residence can be utilized as a short-term rental, commonly referred to by the trade name Airbnb. Another, on the warrant via citizens petition, would prohibit smoking tobacco products in multifamily dwelling units (apartments) with more than four units per 0 Comments
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North Williamstown Commercial/Residential Site Slated for AuctionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Sunday, May 18, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A large commercial property near the Vermont border is set to be auctioned off next month. Last weekend, JJ Manning Auctioneers posted signs at 877 Simonds Road (U.S. Route 7) announcing a June 17 auction at the property, which was home to the former Chenail farm stand and currently houses other businesses, including a martial arts studio. The online advertisement for the property says it encompasses about 7.1 acres of mixed-use land with eight structures, including a two-family home and two greenhouses. At the south end of the property, it is bisected by Broad Brook; about 1.5 acres of the lot (21 percent) is on the south side of the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board OKs Budget for Pride Month EventsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Friday, May 16, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday approved town funds to support a series of Pride Month activities in town this June. By a vote of 5-0, the board OK'd up to $5,000 to fund events that will kick off with a Progress Pride Flag raising in front of town hall on Sunday, June 1, followed by a community meal on the lawn of the Milne Public Library. That kickoff celebration accounts for nearly half of the funds sought by the organizing committee planning the festivities, Select Board member Randal Fippinger told his colleagues. "This is a [Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee] event connected with the public library and other folks in 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute to Host Contemplative Tour of Art and Landscape| 04:09PM / Thursday, May 15, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will offer a program titled "Sensing Nature: From the Outside In" on Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. This free event, led by a Clark educator, focuses on connecting with nature and art to enhance well-being. The program will begin with a short, mindful walk in the woods on the Clark's campus, intended to engage the senses with the natural environment. Following the walk, participants will engage in a contemplative art-looking experience within the galleries. Advance registration is required, and capacity is limited. The event will proceed rain or shine, but will be canceled in the event of extreme weather. Participants are asked
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Busy Night for Williamstown Police Includes Life-Saving Moment| 01:22PM / Thursday, May 15, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Police Department on Wednesday evening had its hands full with several incidents, including one that allowed officers to help save a life. Between 5 and 9 p.m., WPD officers responded to a three-car motor vehicle accident, calls involving domestic violence and one emergency on Williams College campus where the local police were the first on the scene, Chief Michael Ziemba said on Thursday. The evening included deployment of the department's K9 Unit for tracking and one arrest. "While the number and types of calls are fairly typical, or what some would call 'routine' for our police department, being able to say that we 0 Comments
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Berkshire Green Drinks to Feature Hoffmann Bird Club| 11:45AM / Thursday, May 15, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Green Drinks will host a presentation by Audrey Werner and Steven Miller of the Hoffmann Bird Club on Wednesday, May 21, at 6:00 p.m. The event, titled "Flock Together with Hoffmann Bird Club," will be hybrid, taking place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn Kitchen & Bar of the Williams Inn, located at 103 Spring St, Williamstown, MA. An in-person social gathering will begin around 5:15 p.m. The presentation will introduce attendees to the Hoffmann Bird Club, a Berkshire County nature organization. Werner and Miller, members of the club's executive committee, will discuss the club's history, upcoming bird walks and events,
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Williams College Graduate Student to Present Judith M. Lenett Lecture at Clark Art Institute| 03:05PM / Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Williams College graduate student Riley Yuen (M.A. Class of 2025) will present the 2024–25 Judith M. Lenett Lecture at the Clark Art Institute on Monday, May 19, at 5 p.m. Yuen, the Judith M. Lenett Memorial Fellow, will discuss her research on the artistic practice of Nam June Paik, focusing on a 1986 untitled multimedia piece recently acquired by the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. The artwork consists of two rectangular painted canvases joined at an angle, featuring three functional audio-visual units with rear-mounted monitors and two antennas on the top edges. Yuen’s research included examining comparable audio-visual units from the 1970s to the
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