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Nomination Deadline Passes for Williamstown ElectionsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:19AM / Thursday, March 27, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters will have two contested races on the ballot when they go to the polls for town elections in May. Tuesday was the deadline to submit nomination papers for 12 positions that will be up for election this spring. The town will see a two-person race for one one-year term on the Select Board and a five-person field running for four three-year seats on the Milne Library Board of Trustees. In all, three seats on the five-member Select Board will be determined in May. Just two candidates submitted papers for the two full three-year seats available: Peter Beck and Matthew Neely. Neely currently is serving a portion of a term that 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Weighs in on FY26 Budget, CPA GrantsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:40AM / Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted to recommend May's town meeting approve most of the fiscal articles on the warrant. The board decided to put off a decision on its recommendation for an article related to the sewer department, and the panel split on whether to support a series of appropriations of Community Preservation Act funds. The fiscal articles, Nos. 3-17 on the warrant, relate to the operation of government and concern, mostly, how to spend money raised through property taxes in the fiscal year that begins on July 1. The Select Board voted to support 14 of those articles on votes of 4-0 on Monday night. The outlier was 0 Comments
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Berkshire Running Foundation Announces 2025 Race CalendarCommunity submission,
11:26AM / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Running Foundation recently announced a year-long schedule of races and community engagement. The season kicks off with the MCLA Sam Gomez 5K on Sunday, April 6. “The Berkshire Running Foundation is thrilled to be working with the community partners, MountainOne, Berkshire Health Systems, Spectrum Health and many other local organizations to bring these new and classic events to the Berkshires," Executive Director Shiobbean Lemme said. "The impact the running community makes in the Berkshires continues to grow each year, with our work in since 2011 donating over $330,000 to nonprofits in the Berkshires. We are energized at the 0 Comments
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'Nothing to Report' After Monday Police Search in WilliamstownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:56AM / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Police Department conducted a search Monday along the Mohican Trail Shared Use Path in connection to a Dec. 22 shooting. "They were just doing some searching related to some search warrants," Town Manager Robert Menicocci told the Select Board on Monday night. "As far as I understand it, there’s nothing too new to share that was discovered." The shooting incident occurred at the 330 Cole Ave. housing complex, which is abutted by the multipurpose trail. On Monday morning, the WPD posted on social media that there would be, "an increased presence in the area of the multi-use trail (bike path) 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fin Comm OKs Budget with Tax Hike, Lower Non-Profit AllotmentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Monday, March 24, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Finance Committee on Wednesday voted to send town meeting a fiscal year 2026 spending plan that would raise property taxes by more than 7 percent in the year that begins on July 1. The operating budget for town government is slated to go up by 6.1 percent, to just more than $10.6 million, and the bill for the town's public schools (the preK-12 Mount Greylock Regional School District and the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District) is up by 8 percent, to a combined $15,243,392. The main driver for all those increases is a 16 percent cost in health insurance for the labor-intensive business of providing town services and 0 Comments
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Obama Foundation Head to Speak at Williams Commencement| 01:03PM / Sunday, March 23, 2025 | |
Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo of MIT will give the baccalaureate address on Saturday, June 7. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Valerie Jarrett, CEO and a member of the board of directors of The Obama Foundation, will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 236th commencement exercise on Sunday, June 8. The day before, Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Nobel laureate, will deliver the college's baccalaureate lecture. Commencement weekend begins Saturday with the annual Ivy Exercises at 1:10 in the Quad ('62 Center in case of rain); the 0 Comments
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Q&A Williamstown Fire Chief Looks Back on 37 Years of ServiceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
08:03AM / Sunday, March 23, 2025 | |
Williamstown Fire Chief Craig Pedercini waves to the crowd during an Independence Day parade. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Craig Pedercini can only hope that his retirement party will not be as memorable as that of his predecessor. "The day of Chief [Ed] McGowan's retirement party, which was the 17th of January, we had a structure fire kind of early afternoon if I remember right," Pedercini recalls. "I was here, and I remember running out the door, and Chief McGowan happened to be popping in to say hi or whatever. "I said, 'If you want to talk to me, you're going to need to get in the car because I'm going to a fire.' He jumped in, 0 Comments
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Wind Damage Likely Will Not Delay Williamstown Fire Station ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:30AM / Thursday, March 20, 2025 | |
The trusses will be evaluated for repair and reuse but that work is not expected to affect the timeline or cost. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Recent wind damage at the new fire station's construction site will not cost the taxpayers any money and likely will not impact the project's timeline. On Thursday morning, the district's construction consultant said the project's construction manager has a plan to resequence the schedule to make up for the time it needs to reconstruct wooden trusses knocked down by the wind over the weekend. Bruce Decoteau, a retired senior project manager from Williams College, has been advising the Prudential 0 Comments
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Images Cinema Announces Earth Month Film Festival| 08:16AM / Thursday, March 20, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema has announced the 2025 Earth Month Film Festival, focusing on the theme "Animals & Us." The festival will consist of four documentaries and two feature films shown between March 25 and April 22. The festival lineup includes: "Nocturnes": Tuesday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. The screening will be preceded by experiential activities with Lauren Levato Coyne starting at 6:00 p.m. and a talk about moths at 7:00 p.m. "Every Little Thing": Tuesday, April 1, at 7:00 p.m. Ben Nickley from Berkshire Bird Observatory will be a special guest. "The Last of the Sea Women": Tuesday, April 0 Comments
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Clark Art Kicks Off Music in the Manton Series | 01:54PM / Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents the first of its three-part Music in the Manton concert series with Flore Laurentienne, Canadian Mathieu David Gagnon's incomparable musical project, on Friday, March 21 at 7 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Flore Laurentienne comes from a happy marriage between electronic and classically influenced music. The project is committed to constantly pushing the boundaries between various genres, including ambient, experimental, and progressive rock. Flore Laurentienne has recently released a new album, 8 tableaus, available on Secret City Records. Composer, orchestrator, and 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Regional School to Host Talent and Art Show| 08:08AM / Monday, March 17, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School's Friends of the Arts will present a talent and art show on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the school, located at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. The event, titled "Celebration of the Arts," will feature a talent show at 7:00 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. A student art show will precede the talent show at 6:30 p.m. and continue during intermission. Concessions will be available, with proceeds benefiting MGRS arts. The Friends of the Arts, described as a parent volunteer organization, supports MGRS art events and programming. Funds raised are used for equipment and after-school 0 Comments
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