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Williamstown Finance Committee Finishes Review of FY25 BudgetBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Finance Committee last week voted to recommend town meeting pass a fiscal year 2025 budget that would result in about a 1 percent increase in the amount of money needed to be raised in property taxes. The meeting at Town Hall was the last in a five-week series of sessions during which Fin Comm members repeatedly pushed to keep the tax levy increase as close to zero as possible at a time of rising costs both for Town Hall and the public schools. "Overall, what I think you'll see is not a budget that is very exciting in terms of new ideas, new initiatives, things of that nature," Town Manager Bob Menicocci said when introducing the 0 Comments
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Habitat for Humanity Plans Wednesday Info Sessions on Williamstown DevelopmentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:17PM / Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity will hold two information sessions this spring for residents interested in a planned five-home development off Summer Street. The non-profit will explain more about the project on Wednesday, March 27, and Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Harper Center on Church Street. The 1.75-acre lot currently is owned by the town's Affordable Housing Trust, which acquired it and a parcel at the corner of Cole Avenue and Maple Street for the purpose of developing income-restricted housing. Northern Berkshire Habitat built two homes on the Cole-Maple site and has turned its attention to Summer Street, where it 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Buddha Sculpture| 08:07AM / Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 2 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a lecture by Cynthea J. Bogel (Kyushu University / Clark Fellow). Bogel explores motifs on the pedestal of a key eighth-century sculpture: a colossal gilt-bronze Buddha (Nara period, 710–784) and the main icon of the temple Yakushiji. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Scholars interpret the pedestal motifs as a pastiche of Sinitic symbols inconsistent with Buddhist representation. Bogel understands the pedestals of important seventh and 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Votes Down Gaza Ceasefire ResolutionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:22PM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN. Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted, 4-1, not to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. After several weeks of passionate testimony on both sides of the question at board meetings and countless hours of conversations in town and online, the decision for several members came down to a basic principle: It is not the job of the board to speak for the town on complex, politically divisive issues like the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Andrew Hogeland, one of the longer-tenured members of the board who has been associated with the concept that the elected body should "stay in its lane" and not take sides on issues outside town 0 Comments
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Williamstown Zoning Board Clears College's Practice FacilityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | |
Williams College associate counsel Laura Gura discusses the MRC in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College on Thursday cleared the second of three local regulatory hurdles on its way to building an indoor athletic practice facility on the north end of campus. On a 5-0 vote, the Zoning Board of Appeals found that the town's 35-foot height limit on buildings would be "a practical prohibition" on the use planned for what the school is calling a multi-purpose recreation center on Stetson Road. The planned building will have three tennis courts, a three-lane 200-meter track and provide indoor practice space 0 Comments
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Nine Inducted into County Girls Basketball Hall of FameBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:02PM / Saturday, March 23, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire County High School Girls Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday welcomed nine new members, including seven women who were lauded for their many successes on the hardwood. At least one also was recognized for her failures. “I think the thing I’m proudest of is not so much what she did on the court, but how she was able to put herself in a position to fail time and time again,” Frank Field said in his remarks about his daughter, 2017 Hoosac Valley High School graduate Fallon Field. “That’s not easy for kids to do. Those who do it can really excel. “No matter what the role was … whether it was the 0 Comments
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Letter: Letter to Williamstown Board of SelectmenLetter to the Editor,
04:00PM / Thursday, March 21, 2024 | |
 To the Editor:
To the members of the Williamstown Board of Selectmen: First of all, let us say thank you for your commitment to this community. Williamstown is a well-run town, and you should be proud of your contribution. That being said, we are distressed to hear that you are planning to make a statement on behalf of the community regarding the Hamas/Israel war. In our opinion, this goes far beyond your mandate as selectpersons. You were elected because of your perceived qualifications to run the affairs of this small town. You were not elected to pretend to represent the opinion of us or any other member of this community concerning international affairs, and it would be presumptuous
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Williamstown Con Comm OKs Waubeeka Repair, Rural Lands Parking LotBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:34PM / Thursday, March 21, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission last week gave the green light to two projects along Route 7. The new owner of Waubeeka Golf Links and the executive director of the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation were before the commission seeking negative determinations of applicability under the Wetlands Protection Act for activity on their lands. A negative determination from the panel means that landowners do not have to file a more costly and time-consuming Notice of Intent, which involves a full engineering study. Waubeeka owner Chris Kapiloff sought and received the Con Comm's permission to replace an existing but failed pipe that was installed to 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens '84 Charing Cross Road'| 08:00AM / Thursday, March 21, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 28, the Clark Art Institute hosts a free screening of the 1987 film "84 Charing Cross Road" as part of the Williamstown Public Library 150th Anniversary Film Series. The Clark shows the film at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: A New York City bibliophile writes to the manager of London bookshop Marks & Co. in search of titles she has been unable to turn up locally. He responds politely, and over the course of two decades a long-distance friendship evolves. David Jones' film version beautifully illustrates the powerful bond of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire District Shifts to CM at Risk Model for Fire Station ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:37AM / Thursday, March 21, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After disappointment in the response to the Fire District's first request for bids, the Prudential Committee on Wednesday decided to go with a different method to find a contractor for the Main Street station project. By a vote of 4-0, the committee opted to put the project out to bid under the construction manager at risk model. Earlier this year, the station was put out to bid under the "design-bid-build" model, the other process allowable under Massachusetts law for a project this size. That request for proposals yielded just one bid, for $18,936,159, from Allegrone Construction. The district had been operating with an 0 Comments
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Clark Names Recipient of Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing | 12:20PM / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute has selected Bénédicte Savoy as the recipient of the 2024 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. Savoy is a professor of art history at Technische Universität in Berlin and is a noted expert on the provenance and repatriation of works of art, including looted art and other forms of illegally acquired cultural objects. "The Clark Prize raises awareness of the importance of writing that bridges scholarly and popular interest and seeks to encourage support for clear and engaging writing that inspires readers to connect with the arts," said Olivier Meslay, the Hardymon Director of the Clark 0 Comments
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Williamstown Con Comm Keeping Spruces Article on Town Meeting WarrantBy Stephen Dravis,
12:15PM / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission last week reaffirmed its commitment to a proposal to transfer control of the Spruces Park to that body. Con Comm Chair Lauren Stevens asked his colleagues whether they wanted to reconsider a decision to ask town meeting to put the Spruces property under the commission's care, custody and control. "The Spruces is a multi-use property, everything from the agricultural portion to a bike path to a pollinator garden to dog-walking and, soon to be established by the Select Board, an unleashed portion of the dog walking even though FEMA will not allow a fence," Stevens said. "A portion of the land will be 0 Comments
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