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Waste-to-Hydrogen Technology Pitched to Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:11PM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The founder and president of a Williamsburg-based decarbonization advocacy group Monday told the Select Board that a proposal to process municipal solid waste at the local level will save towns money and address inequity built into the current system of waste disposal. "The new trend with the closure of incinerators and waste energy plants and landfills in the states is to put them on trains and send them to very unfortunate communities that are receiving those materials, where they are being incinerated or being landfilled," Local Power President Paul Fenn told the board. "And they are being poisoned. This is unsustainable, obviously, 0 Comments
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Images Cinema's Summer Outdoor Movie Series| 09:07AM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema will present their annual all-ages Under the Stars summer outdoor movie series this July on four consecutive Sunday nights starting at sundown (around 8pm). Concessions will be available onsite. Movies are free to attend. The audience is invited to bring chairs and blankets, picnics, bug spray. "Images Cinema is excited to bring back Images Under the Stars, our annual outdoor all-ages film series in the heart of Williamstown," said Executive Director Dan Hudson. "This year we're dropping the 'Family Flicks' but we're keeping the 'Under the Stars.' Rest assured we're not changing the 0 Comments
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Crust Pizza Obtains Alcohol License for Williamstown LocationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday OK'd an alcohol license for the new Crust Pizza location at 46 Spring Street, in space recently occupied by the Red Herring. Crust owner Jim Cervone told the board that he hoped to open a second location for the PIttsfield pizza shop in late August or early September. Cervone said the business's practice is to get Training for Intervention Procedures or TIPs training for all employees 18 and older and that policy is to have at least one TIPs-certified team member on the premises at all times. That said, Cervone said alcohol sales are not a focus of his restaurant. "Crust is not the kind of place 0 Comments
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Striking Out Cancer Event Moved to July 1| 09:41AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- After Saturday's rain forced a postponement, the Striking Out in the Berkshires Jimmy Fund fund-raiser will try again on Saturday, July 1 at Clapp Park. Players of any ability are welcome to participate in a charity baseball and softball games. So are players with no ability at all. "I've had some people call and text me and ask, 'Do you have to be a baseball player?' No, you don't," organizer Joe DiCicco said last year of the Striking Out Cancer in the Berkshires event. "It's about fun and about raising money for a good cause." DiCicco started Striking Out Cancer in 2021 in honor of his wife, who 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: June 23| 09:33AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 June 23, 2023 Take the Next Step on National HIV Testing Day Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) can affect anyone regardless of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, gender, or age. While the rate of new HIV infections in the U.S. has declined steadily since 2016, it’s
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Joe Henry | 08:50AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, July 5 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute continues its five-part outdoor concert series with a performance by Joe Henry. The free outdoor concert takes place near the Reflecting Pool. According to a press release: Grammy award–winning musician and troubadour Joe Henry performs his singular style of folk and Americana. As a songwriter and artist, Henry is celebrated for his exploration of the human experience. A hyper-literate storyteller, by turns dark, devastating, and hopeful, he draws an author's eye for the overlooked detail across a broad swath of American musical styles. Brimming with a tenderness for the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Housing Trust Awards First-Time Homeowner GrantBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:21PM / Sunday, June 25, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The trustees of the town's Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday approved a grant under its DeMayo Mortgage Assistance Program for the first time in more than a year. On a vote of 5-0, the trustees OK'd a $15,000 award to a longtime resident of Pownal, Vt., looking to become a first-time homeowner in Williamstown. A representative of lender Greylock Federal Credit Union told the trustees that the would-be homeowner would have needed help from family to make the purchase happen, but for the grant from the town. "He is looking to retire soon and wants to put down roots in Williamstown," Catherine Squires told the board. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Con Comm OKs Water Street DevelopmentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:20AM / Sunday, June 25, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission on Thursday set conditions for what is now planned for a 16-unit residential development on the site of the former Grange Hall on Water Street. Engineer Charlie LaBatt of Guntlow and Associates appeared before the Con Comm to explain the erosion and stormwater management plan for the project, which has been scaled back considerably from when it first was discussed at Town Hall about a year ago. At one point, developers Hicks Stone and Bill Freeman talked about placing as many as 28 units on the 6.6-acre site, a concept that would have included four apartments in the existing Grange Hall. "Further evaluation of 0 Comments
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Thunderstorms to Close out the Week Staff Reports ,
02:29PM / Thursday, June 22, 2023 | |
With warmer temperatures and high humidity this weekend, expect some thunderstorms. Thursday, June 22 should be mostly pleasant with a high of 77. Sunshine will give way to clouds and some possible showers this afternoon, according to Accuweather. Expect similar temperatures Friday but with more clouds. A light shower can be expected in the afternoon. Showers will continue on and off throughout the night. There is a chance scattered thunderstorms. On Saturday, June 24 you can anticipate showers and a thunderstorm in the morning becoming more widespread as the day continues, according to the Weather Channel. The same can be expected Sunday so batten down the hatches. Temperatures this
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Hermanos Gutierrez| 08:23AM / Thursday, June 22, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute kicks off its five-part outdoor concert series with a performance by Hermanos Gutiérrez on Wednesday, June 28. The free concert takes place at 6 pm near the Reflecting Pool. According to a press release: Guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez evoke expansive plains and rough wildernesses. Almost painterly in their mastery of their instruments, the two brothers, Alejandro and Estevan, transport their audiences to the wilds of Italian Westerns. With their guitars they travel through landscapes haunted by vaqueros, cancioneros, wanderers, fugitives, lovers, family, and whatever ghosts their listeners bring to 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire Building Committee Looks to Press National Grid on Interconnection IssueBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Thursday, June 22, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District's Building Committee discussed on Wednesday how it could put pressure on National Grid to upgrade the town's infrastructure to accommodate plans for a new net-zero fire station and other potential solar projects in town. At issue is the district's application for interconnection with the utility's electrical service line. The plan is to build a connection that will allow the district to both draw electricity from the grid and feed power to it from the solar arrays planned at the Main Street station. At Wednesday's Building Committee meeting, the district's project coordinator told the body that 0 Comments
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BArT Announces Upcoming Enrollment Deadline| 10:38AM / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. – Berkshire Arts and Technology (BArT) Charter Public School is currently accepting applications for students in grades 6 through 10 for the 2022-2023 school year. The next enrollment deadline for the 2023-2024 school year for grades 6 through 10 is Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at noon. To apply is to visit https://bartcharter.schoolmint.com/. Interested families should note that the best way to secure a seat, or a desirable waitlist spot for the 2023-2024 school year is to apply before the Aug. 3 deadline. More information on the school's enrollment and lottery process can be found at www.bartcharter.org. Interested families should contact the
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