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Nearly 100 Compete in Berkshire Pride 5K| 08:28AM / Monday, June 03, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Jay Santangelo of Lenox was the top nonbinary runner at the Berkshire Pride 5K on Sunday. Santangelo covered the 5-kilometer course in 27 minutes, 14.53 seconds to place 16th overall among 94 finishers. Pittsfield's Cam LaFerriere was the overall winner in 22.45.72, a 7:19 mile pace. LaFerriere finished 24 seconds ahead of Canaan, N.Y.'s, Thomas Salaatte in second place (23:09.52). The top woman in the field was Williamstown's Maya Filson, who placed seventh overall with a time of 24:09.06. Full results are available on the Berkshire Running Center's website. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Concert By Basic and Erica Dawn Lyle | 08:09AM / Monday, June 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday June 9 at 5 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the first of its four-part Music on the Moltz concert series with a performance by Basic. Erica Dawn Lyle opens. The free outdoor concert takes place on the Clark's Moltz Terrace at the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. According to a press release: Evocative of an imaginary electronic desert blues soundtrack, Basic is a new project of Philadelphia's Chris Forsyth (guitar), Nick Millevoi (guitar, drum machine), and Mikel Patrick Avery from Natural Information Society (percussion/electronics). Inspired by the aesthetics of American guitarist Robert Wolfe Quine and 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Reminded of Community that Got Them to GraduationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:14PM / Sunday, June 02, 2024 | |
The graduates heard from two speakers — Phi Betta Kappa speaker Milo Chang and class speaker Jahnavi Nayar Kirtane. The keynote speaker, Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was unable to attend and recorded his speech for playback. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College said goodbye Sunday to its graduating seniors. And a representative of the class of 2024 took the time to say goodbye to everyone in the community who made students' journey possible. Milo Chang, the Phi Beta Kappa speaker for the class and one of two students to speak at Sunday's 235th commencement exercises, explained 0 Comments
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Williamstown Paving Schedule| 10:34AM / Friday, May 31, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Town of Williamstown will be milling and paving the following roads beginning on June 3, 2024, and in no particular order. · School Street · Moorland Street · Meacham Street · Park Street On street parking for the above listed streets is prohibited during the hours of 6:00am – 6:00pm during construction. There may be traffic delays in these areas. Schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Elementary School to Present 'Matilda, Jr.' Musical| 04:00PM / Thursday, May 30, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 6th graders of Williamstown Elementary School are set to perform Roald Dahl's "Matilda, Jr." as their spring musical this weekend in the WES Auditorium. The performances will take place on Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 1, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m. Families, friends, and community members are invited to attend. General admission is $5. 0 Comments
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BAAMS' Band and Special Guests Live at Waubeeka | 12:52PM / Thursday, May 30, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, June 1, from 4 to 7pm, Waubeeka Golf Links at 137 New Ashford Road, will host a music event benefitting Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS). The lineup includes BAAMS faculty Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Alex Blake on bass, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion. Special guests will join them. Tickets can be purchased here. There will be seating and food and drink available for purchase including flatbread pizza, wraps, burgers/cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches with mushrooms and cheese, turkey wrap, nachos, and more. There will be a full 0 Comments
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Incumbents Returned to Williamstown Prudential CommitteeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:57PM / Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As expected, incumbents Lindsay Neathawk and David Moresi won re-election to three-year seats on the Prudential Committee on Tuesday. Williamstown Fire District Clerk Sarah Currie reported Tuesday morning that 27 residents turned out at the polls at Williamstown Elementary School for the district election; there were no contested races on the ballot. A small crowd of residents convened for the district annual meeting that followed the election. All articles on the meeting warrant passed unanimously. The only question from the floor came regarding Article 11, a $60,000 appropriation for design work for the new fire station. A 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Present Art History at the Leading Edge| 01:13PM / Monday, May 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Friday, May 31, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art will host public presentations at the Clark Art Institute's Manton Research Center by the Program's graduating Masters students. The presentations, timed in conjunction with Williams' 2024 Commencement weekend, will address a variety of topics in the history of art, including the gendering of seventeenth-century sculpture, late eighteenth-century abolitionism in painting, nineteenth-century electrotypes and imperial power, early cinema and death, cultural anthropology and cybernetics at the Museum of Modern Art in
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Clark Art Free Pride Month Tour | 08:00AM / Monday, May 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, June 2, the Clark Art Institute offers a special free event, "Queering the Clark's Collection," in celebration of Pride Month. A Clark educator leads a guided tour of the permanent collection, and together educator and guests contemplate questions like "What makes an artwork queer?" and "How does our understanding of queerness today shape how we understand the identities and lives of artists in the past?" Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Pick up a ticket at the Clark Center Admissions desk, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Meet in the Museum Pavilion at 11:15 am. 0 Comments
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Williamstown American Legion Continues Legacy of Service to CommunityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:30AM / Monday, May 27, 2024 | |
A sign signifying the name change is installed at the Legion post home on Simonds Road. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The local American Legion post has a new name but maintains its old commitment to community service. This Memorial Day weekend, the members of Post 152 officially rededicate the Simonds Road headquarters from Richard A. Reuther Post 152 to J. Michael Kennedy Jr. Post 152, in honor of the longtime member who died in May of last year. The post was named for Ruether, a charter member, in 1956, shortly after the state representative's sudden death. A Williams College graduate, he served four terms in the House and had been an administrator in the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire District Meeting TuesdayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:02PM / Sunday, May 26, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District on Tuesday will ask voters to approve a fiscal year 2025 budget that includes a 3.5 percent increase in the operation budget over the current year. That is less than the 6.3 percent annual increase members approved in May 2023 and, in dollar terms, adds $18,787 to the district's maintenance and operation budget from FY24 to FY25. The Fire District meeting traditionally falls one week after the annual town meeting, where registered voters can weigh in on the town's spending plan for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. With the town meeting pushed to this past Thursday this year, there is a smaller gap between the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Volunteer of the Year Speaks for the VoicelessBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:48AM / Sunday, May 26, 2024 | |
Andi Bryant was presented the annual Community Service Award. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Inclusion was a big topic at Thursday's annual town meeting — and not just because of arguments about the inclusivity of the Progress Pride flag. The winner of this year's Scarborough-Salomon-Flynt Community Service Award had some thoughts about how exclusive the town has been and is. "I want to talk about the financially downtrodden, the poor folk, the deprived, the indigent, the impoverished, the lower class," Andi Bryant said at the outset of the meeting. "I owe it to my mother to say something — a woman who taught me it was possible to 0 Comments
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