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Clark Art Presents Weekly Watercolor Program| 12:16PM / Thursday, June 29, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute offers drop-in watercolor painting on Thursdays in July and August (July 6, 13, 20, and 27 and August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31) from 1–4 pm. The weekly program takes place on the Clark Center's Fernández Terrace. Visitors are invited to pick up a miniature watercolor kit and try their hand at plein air painting on the Clark's 140-acre campus. See the landscape with new eyes after getting inspired by the Clark's special exhibition, Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth, or by the permanent collection galleries. Watercolor kits include paint, paper, miniature palette, and optional painting prompts. 0 Comments
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Williamstown First Congregational Church Welcomes Pastor| 08:46AM / Thursday, June 29, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The First Congregational Church-Williamstown announced the impending arrival of our new settled pastor following a nationwide search. The Rev. Deanna Shorb will assume her duties effective July 1 -ending our period of interim ministry that was ably served by the Reverend Mark Seifried and Bridge Minister Reverend James Lumsden. Shorb studied theater in college and came to Williamstown in the late 1980s to work in the Williams theater program. She thrived in the theater program but also started to evolve towards a "call" to the ministry through her service work of establishing a soup kitchen in North Adams and a chapter of Habitat for 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Regional High School Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 08:27AM / Thursday, June 29, 2023 | |
Total school enrollment 537 of which 301 have made Honor Roll for the 4th quarter Honor Roll Grade 12 Ainsley Abel, Bryn Angelini, Annabelle Art, Moby Asch, Seamus Barnes, Elizabeth Bertolino, Henrik Bingemann, Elena Caplinger, Hannah Chase, Cailean Fippinger, Emma Gilooly, Emma Gray, Arthur Greenfield, Dylen Harrison, Ezra Holzapfel, Lucy Igoe, Lily Jayko, Lyla Kocsis, Clarissa Louis, Dakota Marquis, Will Marsh, Maxwell McAlister, Patrick McConnell, Altan McIntosh, Olivia McKeon, Emma Newberry, Zenalyssa Packer, Beatrice Pedroni, Sarah Polumbo, Andres Sanchez, Foster Savitsky, Jennah Simpson, Kiersten Simpson, Molly Sullivan, Rose Sutter, Samuel Tucker-Smith, 0 Comments
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Museum Set to Open in Lee, Seeks VolunteersCommunity submission,
06:37AM / Thursday, June 29, 2023 | |
 LEE, Mass. -- The Baseball in the Berkshires Museum will open its summer 2023 exhibit at the Lee Premium Outlets on Thursday, July 6. Visitors will have a chance to learn about stories rooted in baseball diamonds and corn fields from Sheffield to North Adams. "With summers short and winters long, we find that the history of Berkshire County baseball is not only rich with numerous major and minor league players but also many recreational players," museum director Larry Moore said. "These athletes’ dreams are fulfilled on the numerous local diamonds. Additionally, there are many famous players with connections to the Berkshires. Griffey, Maddox, Ruth, 0 Comments
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PhoneBros, Team DB Earn Giorgi League Wins| 11:19PM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Dave Wellington scored 31 points Wednesday to lead PhoneBros to a 95-90 win over Cold Hearts in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League A Division. Julius Woods scored 30 and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Mike Taylor had a double-double with 17 poitns and 13 boards. Sean Harrigan led Cold Hearts with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Shaq Ardrey and Tank Roberson added 23 and 17 points, respectively. And Lavante Wiggins scored 12 points and collected 10 rebounds in the loss. Team DB won Wednesday's nightcap, beating Battle of the Future, 82-67. Tay Sandifer led the way in the win with 21 points. Lay Brown and Deonte Sandifer scored 16 0 Comments
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Waste-to-Hydrogen Technology Pitched to Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:11PM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The founder and president of a Williamsburg-based decarbonization advocacy group Monday told the Select Board that a proposal to process municipal solid waste at the local level will save towns money and address inequity built into the current system of waste disposal. "The new trend with the closure of incinerators and waste energy plants and landfills in the states is to put them on trains and send them to very unfortunate communities that are receiving those materials, where they are being incinerated or being landfilled," Local Power President Paul Fenn told the board. "And they are being poisoned. This is unsustainable, obviously, 0 Comments
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Images Cinema's Summer Outdoor Movie Series| 09:07AM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema will present their annual all-ages Under the Stars summer outdoor movie series this July on four consecutive Sunday nights starting at sundown (around 8pm). Concessions will be available onsite. Movies are free to attend. The audience is invited to bring chairs and blankets, picnics, bug spray. "Images Cinema is excited to bring back Images Under the Stars, our annual outdoor all-ages film series in the heart of Williamstown," said Executive Director Dan Hudson. "This year we're dropping the 'Family Flicks' but we're keeping the 'Under the Stars.' Rest assured we're not changing the 0 Comments
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Crust Pizza Obtains Alcohol License for Williamstown LocationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday OK'd an alcohol license for the new Crust Pizza location at 46 Spring Street, in space recently occupied by the Red Herring. Crust owner Jim Cervone told the board that he hoped to open a second location for the PIttsfield pizza shop in late August or early September. Cervone said the business's practice is to get Training for Intervention Procedures or TIPs training for all employees 18 and older and that policy is to have at least one TIPs-certified team member on the premises at all times. That said, Cervone said alcohol sales are not a focus of his restaurant. "Crust is not the kind of place 0 Comments
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Striking Out Cancer Event Moved to July 1| 09:41AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- After Saturday's rain forced a postponement, the Striking Out in the Berkshires Jimmy Fund fund-raiser will try again on Saturday, July 1 at Clapp Park. Players of any ability are welcome to participate in a charity baseball and softball games. So are players with no ability at all. "I've had some people call and text me and ask, 'Do you have to be a baseball player?' No, you don't," organizer Joe DiCicco said last year of the Striking Out Cancer in the Berkshires event. "It's about fun and about raising money for a good cause." DiCicco started Striking Out Cancer in 2021 in honor of his wife, who 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: June 23| 09:33AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 June 23, 2023 Take the Next Step on National HIV Testing Day Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) can affect anyone regardless of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, gender, or age. While the rate of new HIV infections in the U.S. has declined steadily since 2016, it’s
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Joe Henry | 08:50AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, July 5 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute continues its five-part outdoor concert series with a performance by Joe Henry. The free outdoor concert takes place near the Reflecting Pool. According to a press release: Grammy award–winning musician and troubadour Joe Henry performs his singular style of folk and Americana. As a songwriter and artist, Henry is celebrated for his exploration of the human experience. A hyper-literate storyteller, by turns dark, devastating, and hopeful, he draws an author's eye for the overlooked detail across a broad swath of American musical styles. Brimming with a tenderness for the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Housing Trust Awards First-Time Homeowner GrantBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:21PM / Sunday, June 25, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The trustees of the town's Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday approved a grant under its DeMayo Mortgage Assistance Program for the first time in more than a year. On a vote of 5-0, the trustees OK'd a $15,000 award to a longtime resident of Pownal, Vt., looking to become a first-time homeowner in Williamstown. A representative of lender Greylock Federal Credit Union told the trustees that the would-be homeowner would have needed help from family to make the purchase happen, but for the grant from the town. "He is looking to retire soon and wants to put down roots in Williamstown," Catherine Squires told the board. 0 Comments
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