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Clark Art Hosts Free Outdoor Classical Concert, Family Concert| 08:19AM / Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—Over Labor Day weekend, The Knights return to the Clark Art Institute to present two free concerts. The first is an outdoor concert on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 4 pm on the Fernández Terrace. The second is an indoor, family-friendly concert on Sunday, Aug. 31 at noon in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Both performances complement the Clark's "A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945" exhibition, which spotlights women artists working in Great Britain who created spaces for themselves and others in a field that was dominated by men. Outdoor Concert Saturday, Aug. 30, 4 pm In celebration of the A Room 0 Comments
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Court Orders Accused Williams College Vandal into Diversion ProgramBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:43AM / Monday, August 25, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Williams College student accused of an act of vandalism on campus on the morning of June's commencement exercises was assigned on Monday to a diversion program in Northern Berkshire District Court. Liam Carey of Virginia was ordered to community service following a brief pretrial hearing via Zoom. His lawyer, Luke Ryan of Northampton's Strehorn, Ryan and Hoose, appeared in person before Judge Paul Vrabel in a hearing that was continued from Aug. 11. "After some extensive negotiations," the defendant and the district attorney's office agreed to a period of 50 hours of community service for Carey, Ryan told the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Housing Trust Releases Funds to Northern Berkshire HabitatBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Monday, August 25, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The trustees of the town's Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday committed to contributing $100,000 toward the construction of the first of four Habitat for Humanity homes off Summer Street. Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity President Keith Davis again explained the reason why the local non-profit needs additional town support to kickstart a planned four-home subdivision on 1.75-acre lot the trustees purchased in 2015 for the purpose of building income-restricted housing. The Trust board had planned to make a $120,000 allotment that would have gone toward the subdivision's road and the first home. But last month, at Northern Berkshire 0 Comments
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Q&A: New Principal Takes Over at Williamstown ElementaryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:40AM / Saturday, August 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Benjamin Torres said he never intended to be a school administrator. He was happy pursuing his passion as a technology teacher at Holyoke Community Charter School. But the road that led to his new post as principal of Williamstown Elementary School started when he realized how many more lives he could impact when not tethered to a single classroom. "Little by little, my principal started to see how I was building relationships with students, how I was connecting with the kiddos, helping to reverse some behaviors," Torres said recently. "Some students who were disengaged, not wanting to come to school, I started helping them get 0 Comments
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Ayelada Now Open in WilliamstownBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Thursday, August 21, 2025 | |
The shop will offer four rotating flavors a week and a variety of toppings. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Crust pizzeria now offers its sister product, Ayelada frozen yogurt and gelato. Owner James Cervone said many of his Williamstown customers had been asking if they would bring the frozen yogurt shop there. They first offered limited options of the locally crafted yogurt from the freezer, but after seeing how popular it was, they decided to open a yogurt shop inside. Cervone and his wife and co-owner, Lisa, opened Ayelada on East Street in Pittsfield in 2013 and Crust in the space next door in 2020. Cervone said people liked the idea of having a meal at 0 Comments
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Williamstown Finalizes Torrey Woods Road Utility Pole PlanBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Thursday, August 21, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board Monday OK'd a plan for new utility poles on Torrey Woods Road after hearing that the residents who originally raised questions were satisfied with the final configuration. In a special, single-item meeting, the board wrapped up a public hearing that began in July. Last Monday, at the first continuation of the hearing, the board left with a sense that the property owners on both sides of the road that would be impacted were close to an agreement. This week, National Grid's Nicholas DeRosa was back before the board. "At the meeting last week, we discussed a possible third option to shift Pole 2 away from the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Talk on J.M.W. Turner| 08:26AM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m., the Clark Art Institute will present a close look at the work of British artist J.M.W. Turner. Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth, this presentation concludes the summer's series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited prints, drawings, and photographs from the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection. This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) is beloved for his incomparable landscape watercolors. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Planners Dig into Idea of College Zoning OverlayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
The west side of Southworth Street was singled out during the Planning Board's discussion about distinguishing residential areas from the campus core. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week discussed an initiative to create an overlay district to address the reality of having a college campus in the middle of the General Residence zoning district. Samantha Page and Community Development Director Andrew Groff recently met with school officials, including Williams' associate vice president for campus planning and operations, to talk about what such an overlay district could look like and how it might streamline the evolution of the college 0 Comments
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Clark Art Disussion on Ground/Work 2025 Artist | 08:13AM / Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 23 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the next installment in its Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series. Through guided conversation and reflection, participants in these events consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment. On Aug. 23, a Clark educator leads a close examination and in-depth discussion around the outdoor sculpture the End by American artist Hugh Hayden. The artist, best known for his works in salvaged wood with protruding, preserved natural branches, transforms local hemlock trees into a massive upside-down ribcage, a form that suggests 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock School Committee Seeks Input on Superintendent HiringBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:00AM / Monday, August 18, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School Committee delayed the decision on promoting the interim superintendent to full-time superintendent and heard an update on the new incident response plan the district will roll out this fall. During its meeting on Thursday, Chair Julia Bowen suggested that the panel hold off on elevating Joe Bergeron to the superintendent post in order to allow more time for input from the community. Last month, the committee agreed to enter into negotiations with Bergeron, who took over as interim superintendent last year after serving as the district's assistant superintendent and business manager. No one at the meeting 0 Comments
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Williamstown Making Progress on Recreation InitiativesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
08:30AM / Sunday, August 17, 2025 | |
Signage at Williamstown's new fitness pad includes a QR code to get more information on using the equipment. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — New recreation opportunities are popping up around town this summer with more to come, officials hope. On Monday, Town Manager Robert Menicocci told the Select Board that a new "fitness pad" is ready to go on Stetson Road, next to where a new skate park was permitted on Thursday. Meanwhile, at Williamstown Elementary School, two new fully accessible playgrounds are nearing completion with hopes that they will be open in time for the start of school on Sept. 2. That week also is targeted by Menicocci for a ribbon 0 Comments
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Williamstown, Residents Close in on Agreement about Utility PolesBy Stephen Dravis,
08:23AM / Saturday, August 16, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Select Board Monday heard what it hopes will be a compromise that will satisfy all parties concerned about a plan to place five new utility poles on Torrey Woods Road. National Grid came to the board, in its capacity as the town’s road commission, to seek approval to erect the new poles that will serve 88 Torrey Woods Road, where Anddie Chan-Patera and Anthony Patera are building a new home. Usually, hearings on such requests are uneventful, since the utility communicates with landowners in advance of the hearing to get “buy in” before going before the town board. But at a July 28 Select Board meeting, the residents of 150 0 Comments
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