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Mount Greylock District Plan Looks to Serve Every Student
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:13PM / Wednesday, December 14, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — While the numbers continue to show students in the Mount Greylock Regional School District beat the state average in most metrics, the administration is focused on making sure that all of the district's students are thriving.   "Part of expanding opportunities is not as much about creating more opportunities but getting more people to see all of the opportunities that we offer are potentially for them and then supporting them as they step into attempting those opportunities and making it safe to do so," Superintendent Jason McCandless told the School Committee last week.   McCandless provided the committee with a wide-ranging update on the

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Williamstown Select Board Discusses Ideas to Alter Town Meeting
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:00PM / Tuesday, December 13, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday discussed some of the changes it might consider making to the annual town meeting and called on residents to provide their comments about any and all modifications being considered.   After a 4 1/2-hour meeting in June at Mount Greylock Regional School, the board made it a priority to look at ideas that might make the meeting more efficient, assigning members Randy Fippinger and Jane Patton to work with Town Moderator Elisabeth Goodman to study the issue.   On Monday, Fippinger went through a series of 12 suggestions designed to make the meeting more intended to either make the meeting more accessible to a wider range of

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Clark Art Exhibition of 18th Century French Drawings
12:00PM / Tuesday, December 13, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In partnership with the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Clark Art Institute opens the first exhibition ever presented of the National Library of France's eighteenth-century French drawings.   The exhibition, "Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France," includes a selection of eighty-four studies, architectural plans, albums, sketchbooks, prints, and optical devices that expand understanding of drawing as a tool of documentation and creation in the age of Enlightenment.    These works of art span the domains of natural history, current events, theater

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Pittsfield, Williamstown Developments to Receive Housing Tax Credits
08:31AM / Tuesday, December 13, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The White Terrace rehabilitation project in Pittsfield and the RiverLofts at Cable Mills in Williamstown will both recive federal and state low-income housing tax credits and subsidy funds.   The Baker-Polito Administration announced $93.4 million in direct funding and $33 million in state and federal housing tax credits to support the development of 790 housing units across 14 projects.   "Our Administration has made it a priority to create adequate housing to support our economy and families since day one," said Governor Charlie Baker. "We have been proud to make record investments to build and preserve tens of thousands of housing units

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Berkshire County Fire Departments Awarded Grants
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02:50PM / Monday, December 12, 2022
STOW—The Baker-Polito Administration announced $5 million in grant awards to 308 fire departments from the FY23 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.   In Berkshire County Adams, Dalton, Great Barrington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, and Williamstown all received grants.   "We ask so much of our firefighters, and no matter how dangerous or difficult the situation, they always do whatever it takes to help," said Governor Charlie Baker. "This program is an opportunity to make sure they are properly protected every time they answer a call for help."   The

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Clark Screens Short Films Focused on Early Animation
12:03PM / Monday, December 12, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the first event in its Film and Drawing series, inspired by the exhibition, "Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France."   The program includes a series of short films focused on early animation, ranging from Winsor McCay and his dinosaur Gertie to the surrealist animations of Len Lye.   Free; no registration is required. For more information, including the full lineup of short films to be screened, visit clarkart.edu/events.   

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SVHC Weekly Health Update: Dec. 9
08:28AM / Monday, December 12, 2022

December 9, 2022

#3 in SVHC's 8-Week Healthy Holiday Challenge

Physical Therapist Caitlyn Boyd shares the third challenge in SVHC's 8-Week Healthy Holiday Challenge. Get a fresh goal every Friday through January 13, and share your progress on social media with

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National Grid Recommends Home Preparations Ahead of Winter
12:14PM / Sunday, December 11, 2022
WALTHAM, MA — With colder weather and storm season approaching, including the likelihood of rain and strong winds later today, National Grid is encouraging customers to proactively prepare their homes and businesses for the weeks and months ahead.   "As we head into the late fall and begin winter, the chance for inclement weather to potentially impact our customers in Massachusetts is greatly increased," said Tanya Moniz-Witten, Vice President of New England Electric Operations. "Ahead of storm season, we recommend all our customers make sure they are prepared in case of outages in their area. National Grid takes steps throughout the year to make our system more

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Williams Men's Basketball Improves to 9-0
11:07PM / Saturday, December 10, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Nate Karren led four players in double figures Saturday as the Williams College men's basketball team beat Springfield College, 72-53.   Karren scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed out four assists.   Wahconah's Brandon Roughley scored eight points and tied for the team-high with seven boards.   Williams finishes the semester with a 9-0 record and is off until Dec. 29 when it goes to Clark University.   Women's Basketball MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Maddy Mandyck scored 17 points, and Mia Holtze had a double-double to lead Williams to a 72-54 win over Wesleyan.   Holtze finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Mandyck just

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Williams College Lays Out Concepts for Potential Campus Changes
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:22AM / Saturday, December 10, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College would see a reconfiguration of its dorms and radical changes to its athletic infrastructure if it follows the path laid out by an ambitious campus plan that grew out of a multi-year strategic planning process.   A project manager from the college and an associate planner from Boston design firm Sasaki Associates gave a presentation on Tuesday to the town's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee.   "For the last year and a half or so, we have been hard at work on our own campus framework planning effort, which is the first large-scale, consolidated planning at a campus level that the college has endeavored in its long-standing

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Amherst Men's Hockey Beats Williams on Late Goal
11:48PM / Friday, December 09, 2022
AMHERST, Mass. – Connor Guest scored with 1 minute, 58 seconds left in the third period to break a tie and send the Amherst men’s hockey team on to a 4-3 win over Williams on Friday night.   Owen Stadheim, Jonah Gold and Jacob Eckerle each scored for Williams.   Evan Ruschil had 34 saves for Williams (3-4, 2-3 NESCAC), which is at Hamilton on Saturday.  

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Williamstown's DIRE Committee Discusses How to Deal with 'Article 37 Reports'
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:08PM / Thursday, December 08, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town's diversity and racial equity committee Monday talked about how it should process reports it receives from other boards and committees in town government.   In 2020, town meeting passed a warrant article that, in part, stated that "town employees and public office holders" should submit quarterly reports to the then unnamed "race and equity advisory committee."   According to Article 37, which passed overwhelmingly at the meeting, those reports, "should include types and vendors of equity training and policies and procedures created to advance access for traditionally under-represented groups."   Article

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