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SVHC, CCV Welcome Early Childhood Education Program Residents| 09:03AM / Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) and the Community College of Vermont (CCV) launched their Early Childhood Education (ECE) Residency Program with a ceremony attended by the 18 matriculating students, each organization's staff, and representatives from Vermont's Federal Legislative Delegation. The ECE Residency program incentivizes early childhood education students in either CCV's early childhood education associate degree or childcare certificate program by paying them to increase their course load and graduate sooner. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration congressionally directed funds through 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: Feb. 17| 08:50AM / Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | |
 February 17, 2023 Broken Heart Syndrome SVMC Cardiologist Dr. Scott Rogge discusses the real toll of heartache on the body, and answers the age-old question: can you really die from a broken 0 Comments
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Williamstown Planners Send Warrant Articles to Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:29AM / Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week voted to send five zoning bylaw amendments to the Select Board for inclusion on May's annual town meeting warrant. But residents have at least three more chances to weigh in on the proposals before that warrant is sealed in mid April. The first chance will come on March 13, when the Planning Board chair and co-chair plan to attend a meeting of the Select Board to explain the proposed warrant articles. The planners then have scheduled an informal "information session" to receive comment from residents on March 14. Finally, the Planning Board will hold its legally mandated public hearing on the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Nonprofit Awards Call for Nominations| 10:39AM / Monday, February 20, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, in partnership with The Berkshire Eagle, will host the 6th annual Berkshire Nonprofit Awards on Tuesday, May 23 at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. The awards recognize work being done by individuals in the nonprofit sector. "Everyone seems excited to return to an in-person event," says NPC founder Liana Toscanini. "The networking part of the celebration, being all together again, is something people look forward to." Nominations are being solicited from across the Berkshires in seven categories: Executive Leadership, Board Leadership, Rock Star, Unsung Hero, 0 Comments
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Williams Men, Women Advance to League Semi-Finals| 06:11PM / Saturday, February 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maddy Mandyck had a double-double Saturday to lead the Williams College women's basketball team to a 62-55 win over Bates in the NESCAC tournament quater-finals. Mandyck scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Mia Holtze scored a team-high 16 points for Williams (18-7), which faces Trinity next weekend in the league semi-finals at Tufts. Men's Basketball WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Nate Karren scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and the Williams men came back from a nine-point half-time deficit to earn a 62-47 win over Trinity in the NESCAC quarter-finals. Dalton's Brandon Roughley scored 10 points for top-seeded Williams 0 Comments
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Williamstown's CARES Study on Track for June 30 ReportBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:35PM / Saturday, February 18, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A group of volunteers working on an assessment of how safe residents feel in their community told the Select Board on Monday that they hope to have a report finalized by June 30. Social workers Abigail Reifsnyder and Kerri Nicoll appeared before the board to give it an update on the Community Assessment and Research, or CARES, project that launched in 2021 with the hope of an 18-month turnaround. That timetable was thrown off when the director hired by the town to conduct the study left midway through the project, Reifsnyder said. The good news is that the work of the project continued, largely through the efforts of volunteers like Nicoll 0 Comments
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The Zonta Club of Berkshire County Offers Scholarship| 11:34AM / Saturday, February 18, 2023 | |
LENOX, Mass. — Applications for the 2023 Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award are now available from the Zonta Club of Berkshire County website, www.ZontaBerkshire.org. The goal of the Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award Program is to encourage young women to participate in public affairs by recognizing a young woman’s commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to the empowerment of women. Applicants are asked to reflect on their voluntary commitment to their school and to their community and the problems limiting the empowerment of women in their own country and 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Promises and Risks of Multispecies Images| 08:30AM / Friday, February 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Research and Academic Program Fellow Shawn Michelle Smith that contemplates the promises and risks of multispecies imaginings while reflecting on what it means to think about species historically and today. Smith considers Alison Ruttan's artwork "The Four Year War at Gombe" (2009–2011) in this presentation. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium and is free and open to the public. A reception in the Manton Research Center reading room at 5 pm precedes the program. Shawn Michelle Smith 0 Comments
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Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk, owner of Neathawk Signs and Design, to create a 3D sign for the business.
Neathawk installed the sign late Monday afternoon that features multicolored hand prints from the children as the leaves of a tree poking out of the top. Underneath the name and address "a place to grow" is written. The children's hand prints were taken at the school and Neathawk then scanned them into her design programs to create the sign.
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