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Talk on Frank Grant at the Williams Bookstore| 04:02PM / Monday, October 17, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A biography about Berkshire County's Frank Grant, a Black player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, will be the focus of a talk starting at 4:00 this Wednesday at the Williams Bookstore on 81 Spring Street. The new 270-page book is by a Minnesota author named Richard Bogovich. This talk is his first about Grant's biography. Also speaking at the bookstore will be Carolyn Foote-Minich, a descendant of Frank Grant's brother Clarence, and Kevin Larkin, a baseball historian and author who lives in Berkshire County. Other descendants of Clarence and Frank Grant are also expected to 0 Comments
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Berkshire Libraries Fall Crawl| 12:10PM / Monday, October 17, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — One dozen Berkshire county libraries are hosting The Berkshire Libraries Fall Crawl from October 17 to October 22, 2022. All are welcome to explore the Berkshires by visiting public libraries across the county. Participants can pick up a passport at the first library they visit and then drive from library to library, collecting passport stamps and small prizes. Participants are asked to take a photo of themselves at each library along the way and use the tag #BerkshireLibraryCrawl2022. Those who are unable to make the trip in person can participate in a virtual crawl at https://www.milnelibrary.org/fall-crawl-2022 to be entered into a prize 0 Comments
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Williamstown Board's Try to Make Housing Affordable Called 'Madness'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Monday, October 17, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After June's annual town meeting referred back most of an ambitious slate of proposals from the Planning Board, the panel is preparing a simpler, more focused set of proposed bylaw amendments that it hopes will be more readily understood by members of town meeting 2023. Last week, the board heard a sample of just how objectionable some residents can find even the simplest of ideas. "I may be the only person in this room feeling this way, but it seems like madness has taken hold of the Planning Board," Rhon Ernest-Jones told the board. Ernest-Jones was speaking in response to a draft warrant article that would 5 Comments
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Cost for Mount Greylock Field, Track Projected at $3.5 MillionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Sunday, October 16, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee on Thursday learned that the initial estimate to pay for a field and track project at the middle-high school is higher than anticipated, but the panel voted unanimously to take the next step toward bringing the project to fruition. Estimators hired by the district's owner's project manager, Skanska, determined that the projected bottom line for an eight-lane track around a new multi-purpose grass playing field with adjacent areas for shot put, discus and javelin competitions is just under $3.5 million, the committee learned. That estimate is based on the current market for construction and materials to 58 Comments
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Williams Field Hockey Team Edges Wesleyan| 10:01AM / Sunday, October 16, 2022 | |
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Kelly McCarthy and Catherine Torres each scored a goal Saturday to lead the Williams College field hockey team to a 2-1 win over Wesleyan. Carson Stephenson and Gates Tenewicz each playd a half in Williams' goal, combining for one save. Williams (8-3, 4-3 NESCAC) hosts Montclair State on Sunday. Football WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Matt Banbury threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown to lead Hamilton to a 15-13 win over Williams. Joe Nicholas ran for 71 yards to lead Williams (1-4), which goes to Trinity on Saturday. Men's Soccer MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Henry Kirkman scored a goal for Williams in a 1-1 tie at Wesleyan. Ben 0 Comments
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Williamstown Sets November Deadline on Conserved Land QuestionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:14PM / Friday, October 14, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Wednesday decided to set a late November deadline for the non-profit seeking to be assigned the town's right of first refusal on a 10-acre parcel of farmland off Oblong Road. A portion of the Phelps property currently used for grazing by Sweet Brook Farm is under a purchase and sales agreement for $745,000. But because the land previously was conserved under Chapter 61 of Massachusetts General Law and eligible for a lower assessment for local property tax purposes, the town has a right of first refusal to either purchase the land itself (for the agreed-upon price) or allow a qualified non-profit to buy it for purposes of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Comprehensive Plan Forums Set for Thursday Evening| 11:18AM / Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee plans an "interactive community meeting" in two sessions on Thursday at the Williamstown Youth Center. The committee, which is responsible for drafting the document formerly known as the town's master plan, will seek input from the public on all elements of the plan. The comprehensive plan, required by state law of all municipalities with a Planning Board, must address the following dimensions: land use or zoning; housing; economic development; natural and cultural resources; open space and recreation; municipal services and facilities; and circulation or 0 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Pediatric Cancer Researcher| 09:05AM / Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The next guest on Medical Matters Weekly is Mariella Filbin, MD, PhD, a leading researcher working to find a cure to children's brain tumors. The show airs on Facebook Live at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can view on facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast on svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Dr. Filbin is the co-director for Research for the Pediatric-Neurooncology Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston 0 Comments
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SVHC's Weekly Health Update: Oct. 7| 01:07PM / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | |
 October 7, 2022 Medical Matters Weekly: Breast Cancer Research Medical Matters Weekly Host Dr. Trey Dobson caught up with Linda Vahdat, MD, MBA, of Dartmouth Cancer Center, on the most recent advances in breast cancer treatment. WATCH NOW Breast Cancer Screening
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Extremist Graffiti Found on Williams College MonumentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:54AM / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College on Monday reported that the school's Soldier's Monument on Main Street was defaced with apparent white supremacist graffiti. President Maud Mandel sent an email to the college community reporting that a local resident reported to the school the presence of a Confederate flag and the painted word "Rebel" on the base of the Civil War statue, located outside the school's Griffin Hall. "The Confederate flag and the word 'Rebel' are commonly used as symbols by white supremacists and other extremist factions," Mandel wrote. "The appearance of those marks is more evidence that we live in a world 0 Comments
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Williamstown DIRE Committee to Consider 'Purpose' DocumentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:29AM / Monday, October 10, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's diversity committee last week decided it needs a little more time to respond to an evolving purpose statement its members have been discussing with members of the Select Board. The latter body had hoped to have a response from the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee in time for possible adoption of the purpose document at the Select Board's Oct. 12 meeting. But the joint working group of the two panels was unable to sign off on the latest draft before the DIRE Committee's Oct. 3 meeting. "Jeff [Johnson] and I wanted to not have it be a public document until there was a consensus among the four of us: Noah 0 Comments
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