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Jimmy Fund Fund-Raiser Returns June 28By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
12:45PM / Tuesday, June 03, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A local fund-raiser for the Jimmy Fund keeps getting bigger and bigger. Striking out Cancer in the Berkshires returns for a fifth year on Saturday, June 28, on Buddy Pellerin Field at Clapp Park. Organizer Joe DiCicco, who started the event in 2021 in honor of his late wife, never expected to still be planning for the event five years later. “It is amazing,” he said recently. “I just didn’t know what to expect five years ago, but every year it gets bigger.” And it gets more successful. In 2024, Striking Out Cancer in the Berkshires raised $10,400, its best year yet, adding to a total of close to 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Chooses Officers, Talks PrioritiesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:58AM / Tuesday, June 03, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The latest iteration of the Select Board last Wednesday reorganized for the 2025-26 session and talked about its priorities for projects it wants the town to tackle over the next 12 months. Stephanie Boyd, one of three returning members of the five-person panel, was elected to serve as chair. Peter Beck and Matt Neely were elected vice chair and secretary, respectively. In one of her first moves as chair, Boyd told her colleagues that she plans to include a portion of each meeting for members to make agenda requests for upcoming meetings. "I just want to say when I chair, I try not to be the boss of the committee, but I can be a bossy 0 Comments
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New Williamstown Fire Chief Swears to ProtectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:12AM / Monday, June 02, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — East met west in the Williamstown Fire Station on Saturday afternoon. A large contingent of firefighters and their supporters from the other end of the commonwealth were on hand to watch as the Williamstown Fire District officially installed its new chief. And after Jeffrey Dias pledged his service to his new community, his thoughts turned to the people who shaped his career, the last two decades of which he spent with the South Shore community of Onset. "There are some other people I have to mention, my sounding boards who kept me pointed in the right direction for years and years," Dias said. "Chief John Walcek, Wareham 0 Comments
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Family Home With Room to PlayBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:18PM / Friday, May 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Looking for a spacious home with a luxurious kitchen on a quiet street? We have one for you in Williamstown. Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are discussing an inviting family home at 4 Woodlawn Drive. The house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms and was built in 1955 but was fully remodeled in 2021-2022. The asking price is $795,000. The house is 2,100 square feet with 0.36 acres. It will come with a dishwasher, washer, refrigerator, range, range hood, dryer. Located off Cole Avenue, it's not far from Williams College, Williamstown Elementary School, Linear Park and
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Clark Art Hosts Williams College Graduate Program Symposium | 11:48AM / Friday, May 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Friday, June 6, 2025, from 9:30 am to 5 pm, the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art hosts its annual symposium at which graduating Masters students make presentations on their individual research activities. The symposium is presented in the auditorium of the Clark Art Institute's Manton Research Center. The Graduate Program in the History of Art, operated jointly by Williams and the Clark, is one of the most respected programs in its field, stated a press release. Alumni have gone on to become influential scholars and leaders of renowned museums and arts institutions, among other organizations. The graduate program
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Clark Art Presents an Exploration of the ASO O. Tavitian Collection | 07:58AM / Thursday, May 29, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, June 3 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts "Exploring the Aso O. Tavitian Collection," a presentation by Hardymon Director Olivier Meslay, Deputy Director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator Esther Bell, and Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions Kathleen Morris. This free event explores the gift to the Clark of 331 works of art from the foundation of the late philanthropist Aso O. Tavitian. The gift includes art from Mr. Tavitian's collection as well as significant support for the long-term care of these holdings, including the construction of a new Aso O. Tavitian Wing at the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Pride Month Celebration Kicks Off SundayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Thursday, May 29, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is going all out and all month for its first celebration of Pride Month. The festivities kick off with a program at the Clark Art Institute and community picnic on Sunday and run through a trans clothing swap on June 28 with something happening every weekend in between. An ad hoc committee of nine residents has been planning the events since the start of the year, and the Select Board earlier this month allocated $5,000 to support the festivities. One member of the committee, Susan Briggs, said the group considered whether to focus on one big event or a series that would run throughout the month and decided the latter was more 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute to Air Met Opera's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'| 08:23AM / Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present a broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" on Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m. This screening is the final installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD and will be shown in the auditorium within the Manton Research Center. The broadcast will include the complete performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Rossini's opera features a cast led by Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina and American tenor Jack Swanson as Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky will portray Figaro, the barber of Seville, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Queering The Clark| 07:05AM / Monday, May 26, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, June 1 at 11:15 am, the Clark Art Institute presents "Queering the Clark," an educator-led tour of the permanent collection exploring art through a queer lens in celebration of Pride Month. According to a press release: Together, participants contemplate questions like "What makes an artwork queer?" and "How does our understanding of queerness today shape how we understand the identities and lives of artists in the past?" Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Meet in the Museum Pavilion. 0 Comments
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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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