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Williamstown Fin Comm, Select Board Talk Need to Grow Tax BaseBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:06AM / Monday, January 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Residents carry a higher tax burden than people in surrounding towns, and the problem will only get worse unless the town sees more development. That was the message from the chair of the Finance Committee during her panel's joint meeting with the Select Board last week. Melissa Cragg framed her remarks with a five-page memo she wrote outlining the current conditions for Williamstown taxpayers. The main takeaways: Williamstown's property tax burden per residence ranks in the top third in the commonwealth and second out of 32 communities in Berkshire County. And the town's per capita spending per resident (removing its 2,000 0 Comments
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Roughley, Williams Men's Basketball Win at Bates| 08:35PM / Saturday, January 27, 2024 | |
LEWISTON, Maine -- Dalton's Brandon Roughley scored 19 points, and the Williams College men's basketball team outscored Bates, 50-28, in the second half en route to an 84-69 win on Saturday. Roughley shot 8-for-12 from the floor and passed out five assists in the win. Nate Karren led Williams with 21 points and 10 assists. Williams (16-5, 6-1 NESCAC) hosts Trinity on Friday. Women's Basketball WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Elsa Daulerio scored 22 points to lead Bates to an 86-70 win over Williams. Arianna Gerig scored 24 points, and Tatum Leuenberger had 15 points and nine rebounds for Williams (9-12, 1-6), which goes to Trinity on 0 Comments
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Williamstown Community Preservation Committee Advances Funding RequestsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:16AM / Saturday, January 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday caught some breaks, cut some deals and found a way to fully or partially fund all of the applications the town received for Community Preservation Act funds for fiscal 2025. Going into Wednesday, it looked like there was no way the committee would be able to satisfy all of its applicants. And, while one entity walked away with a little less than 60 percent of its original ask and another got 78 percent, the remaining three parties have a chance to receive exactly what they asked for when the committee forwards its funding recommendations to May's annual town meeting. The first break the CPC 0 Comments
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Clark Offers Free Gallery Tours for Parents and Infants| 08:00AM / Friday, January 26, 2024 | |
 WILIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Feb. 2 at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts a tour of its permanent collection galleries for new parents/caregivers and infants. The event is free. Participants should meet at the Clark's main Admissions desk. In this special program, new parents and caregivers bring their infants into the galleries for a guided visit and the opportunity to socialize with other community members in a casual environment. The informal tour includes a unique look at the Clark's permanent collection, featuring an array of works by a variety of artists. Each month offers a different selection of artworks. Best suited for adults with 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Force of Evil'| 08:00AM / Thursday, January 25, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Feb. 1, the Clark Art Institute continues its free five-part film series highlighting a group of classic films that have been recently restored to provide an exceptional viewing experience. The Clark shows Force of Evil at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: "Force of Evil" (1949; 1 hour, 18 minutes) concerns an unscrupulous lawyer, Joe Morse (John Garfield), who, by consolidating a numbers racket, has the opportunity to partner with ruthless gangster Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts). As a fitting backdrop for this tale of moral corruption, director Abraham 0 Comments
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OTT Taxi Sets Up Livery Service in WilliamstownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:08PM / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — OTT Taxi has a new home. But it will not be getting a new name, even though the owner says it is not actually a taxi service. "We're running a livery service right now," John Lord said on Tuesday morning. "We do scheduled time calls." Last week, "On Time Taxi" announced via Facebook that it again was open for business after the city of North Adams ordered it to "cease operations" over the lack of a physical location at which it could operate under a permit issued by the city. On Friday, The Berkshire Eagle reported that OTT's new office is 311 Main St. in Williamstown, a building 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Conversation on Environmental Issues in Art | 08:10AM / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020." This conversation between Tim Medland, curator of the current exhibition at Poster House in New York, "We Tried to Warn You!," and Clark curator of contemporary projects, Robert Wiesenberger, takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: For the last half-century, artists and designers all over the world have sought to express the urgency of environmental issues in graphic terms—and to spark action. Their efforts have met 0 Comments
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Bay State Winter Games Returning to Berkshires| 08:00AM / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 2024 Bay State Winter Games Figure Skating Competition will return to the Berkshires for the 37th year Jan. 26-28 at the Williams College Lansing Champman Skating Rink in Williamstown. Figure Skating The competition will include over 400 performances from skaters representing the United States Figure skating Association and the Ice Sports Industry Skating program. All events will be held at the Williams College Lansing Chapman Skating Rink. These skaters will range in age from 5 to over 60 and represent communities from throughout Massachusetts as well as Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire & Rhode Island Skating Show The show will feature 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Hears Plan for Updated Skate ParkBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday night heard a presentation from a group that hopes to renovate and upgrade the town's skate park on Stetson Road across from Bud Anderson Field. Bill MacEwan of the New England Mountain Bike Association told the board that the existing facility is both out of date and in disrepair, with cracks in the asphalt surface that make the existing ramps dangerous for skateboarders and other users of the jumps. Even leaving aside the deterioration in the 20-year-old facility, it is underutilized, MacEwan said. "Great intentions when it was built," he said. "This was a common solution, to build a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Sensing Nature At the Clark | 08:00AM / Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Jan. 28 at 2 pm the Clark Art Institute presents a new program, Sensing Nature at the Clark: From the Outside In. Clark educators lead a slow engagement with nature and art, focused on enhancing wellbeing. This new seasonal program encourages visitors to connect deeply with the landscapes on the Clark's campus and in the galleries. The event begins outdoors, with a short, mindful walk in the woods designed to engage your senses with the natural environment. An experience in the galleries using the same contemplative approach to explore one or two works of art follows. Free. Advance registration encouraged; recommended for 0 Comments
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North Berkshire Waste District Interested In Hydrogen Facility Project By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:50PM / Monday, January 22, 2024 | |
ADAMS, Mass.— Members of the Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District (NBSWMD) were intrigued by a plan by Local Power to work towards community-wide decarbonization through a waste hydrogen facility in Western Massachusetts. In a presentation on Jan. 11, Local Power President Paul Fenn told the district members that Local Power helps local governments set up community-wide decarbonization with a focus on localization "as a core strategy in an industry defined by centralized energy and capital sources." He said the community choice aggregation firm helped usher in community choice power supply programs to many towns and cities in Berkshire
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SVMC Wellness Connection: Jan. 19| 08:17AM / Monday, January 22, 2024 | |
 January 19, 2024 January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month ? Often referred to as “the silent thief of sight,” glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. In fact, more than 3
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