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1Berkshire Accepting Applications for Best Foot Forward Facade Improvement Micro-Grants| 08:38AM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire, thanks to a one-time grant award, announced that they are accepting applications for a second year of the Best Foot Forward Facade Improvement Micro-Grant program. In 2022, this program provided 31 small businesses and organizations across the Berkshires with facade improvement grants of up to $1,000, helping not only to improve individual storefronts, but to improve the aesthetics of our downtown commercial districts in the region. In 2023, this program returns and is expanded. A minimum of 47 grants of between $500-$1000 will be made available on a rolling basis to small businesses and organizations with first-floor store fronts. A 0 Comments
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Williams Men Edge Amherst| 10:44PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Nate Karren scored 25 points Wednesday to lead the Williams College men’s basketball team to a 66-65 win over Amherst. Declan Porter scored 15, and Spencer Spivy added 12 in the win. Williams (16-1, 3-1 NESCAC) hosts Middlebury on Saturday. Women’s Basketball AMHERST, Mass. – Maya Cwalina had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead Amherst to a 50-40 win over Williams. Arianna Gerig scored 26 for Williams (12-6, 3-1), which goes to Middlebury on Saturday. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Rural Lands to Purchase Oblong Road ParcelBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation has finalized a purchase and sales agreement for a 10-acre parcel on Oblong Road. "We put some money down [Tuesday], and we will put a bigger deposit down on Friday," WRLF President Greg Islan said on Wednesday afternoon. "Basically, it's a done deal. Both sides have signed the purchase and sales agreement." The non-profit conservation trust succeeded in November in convincing the Select Board to assign the town's right of first refusal on the property, which has been conserved under the commonwealth's Chapter 61 program since the 1980s. Under Massachusetts General Law, a 15 Comments
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Auction of Williamstown's Orchards Hotel Postponed to FebruaryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:10PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The real estate auction of a closed Main Street hotel again was postponed late Tuesday, fewer than 24 hours before the scheduled sale. The 49-room Orchards Hotel has been closed since March 2020 and did not reopen for business after the economy restarted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston's Daniel P. McLaughlin and Co. Auctioneers has advertised public auctions several times starting in the summer of 2021. The most recent, for Wednesday at 10 a.m., still was on the auctioneers' website at midday Tuesday. But currently, the auction is listed as being rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 10 a.m., at 206 Adams Road; the Orchards' 0 Comments
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Letter: Faulty Conclusions About Youth CenterLetter to the Editor,
04:00PM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 To the Editor:
I am disappointed that I have to write yet again to address the many faulty conclusions and misleading figures published on your website regarding the Williamstown Youth Center's funding request to the town. To publish one such letter, along with a response, seems to me a reasonable presentation of differing opinions for your readers to sort out. To publish a second does not encourage not public debate about an important issue but simply kickstarts a useless back and forth that can only cause bad feelings and muddy the discussion of a pretty simple request.
Pat Meyers can write a letter every day of the week that would only restate the concerns expressed in their
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Williamstown Receives Half-Million Dollars in CPA Fund RequestsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:16PM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee will meet later this month to consider six requests that, combined, seek more funds than the town will have available under the Community Preservation program in fiscal year 2024. Those six applications add up to $515,000 in funding requests. According to town officials, the CPC will have a total of $370,604 in Community Preservation Act funds to recommend to May's annual town meeting. That is more than the $300,000 the CPC discussed at its November meeting because it reflects actual receipts of matching funds from the commonwealth, according to Town Manager Robert Menicocci, who, by statute, is a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Concerts at the Conforti Series | 08:14AM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A new concert series at the Clark Art Institute, Concerts at the Conforti, kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 28 with an afternoon performance of new classical music at 3 pm followed by an evening show of electronic music at 7 pm. Both events are presented in the Michael Conforti Pavilion at the Clark. The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) performs the afternoon concert featuring music composed and arranged by AMOC musicians. According to a press release, Doug Balliett, Emi Ferguson, Jordan Dodson, and Keir GoGwilt create a unique blend of folk, baroque, and classical influences to tell musical stories about journeys across the Camino de Santiago, 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock School Committee Hears Budget Requests, Budget ConstraintsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:01AM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On the same night it heard about a challenging budget season ahead, the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee heard requests for as many as eight new full-time positions in the district. The first order of business on the schedule Thursday was a discussion of fiscal year 2024 funding priorities for Williamstown Elementary School and Mount Greylock Regional School. Middle-high school Principal Jacob Schutz gave a presentation from Mount Greylock's School Council that identified five priorities for FY24, including the addition of four positions: a Spanish teacher, visual arts teacher, a 504 coordinator and a behaviorist. The 0 Comments
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Top 5 Tips for Snow Blower Safety| 10:00AM / Monday, January 16, 2023 | |
 Vermont receives an average of 89 inches of snow every winter, so it’s a good time for a refresher on snow blower safety. While our snow-removal machines are helpful, they can be dangerous too. In fact, the majority of winter hand injuries relate to the use of a snow blower. They add up to thousands of injuries each year. Here are the top five tips for snow blower safety: Dress appropriately. Warm well-fitting clothes are a must. Anything loose or dangling, like a scarf, could become tangled in the machinery and cause an accident. Footwear with good traction is also important, as slip and fall injuries are common, as well. Ear plugs or noise-canceling headphones will help
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Clark Art Airs Production of 'Jack Absolute Flies Again'| 08:27AM / Monday, January 16, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute airs a presentation of "Jack Absolute Flies Again" (2 hours, 30 minutes), a production of London's National Theatre, on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 1 pm. The Clark airs the broadcast in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack's advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms. Emily Burns directs this new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire District to Seek $25M for Station ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:59AM / Monday, January 16, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The committee that oversees the town's fire district Thursday approved warrant article language seeking authority to borrow up to $25 million to build a new station on Main Street. That is the number officials will seek on Feb. 28 at a special district meeting at Williamstown Elementary School. Three members of the five-person Prudential Committee attended Thursday's special meeting to sign off on the language. Chair David Moresi was joined by Joe Beverly and Alex Steel for a brief hybrid meeting at the current fire station on Water Street. The $25 million will be sought to cover the cost of "the design, engineering, 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: Jan 13| 04:26PM / Sunday, January 15, 2023 | |
 January 13, 2023 #8 in SVHC's 8-Week Healthy Holiday Challenge Physical Therapy Assistant Jason Howland, PTA, of SVMC Outpatient Therapy delivers the last challenge in SVHC's 8-Week Healthy Holiday Challenge. Post your progress on social media with 0 Comments
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