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Williamstown DIRE Committee Talks About Need to Fund Training in TownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:56AM / Saturday, June 10, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The diversity committee this week discussed the need for the town to make a long-term financial commitment to training for employees and members of town boards and committees in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. "There has to be, especially around budgeting, when we talk about this work, some consistency," Noah Smalls of the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee said at its Monday meeting. "I'm struggling to imagine a scenario where you put aside money for training, and it's really a one-off, it doesn't come back in some form annually or quarterly or there's some line item in each department to work 0 Comments
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WCMA Announces 'Construct Your Own Meaning' Summer Series| 09:26AM / Friday, June 09, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art will present "Construct Your Own Meaning," a series of summer programs that invites the community to interpret WCMA's permanent collection installation Remixing the Hall from their unique perspectives. Borrowing a term from DJ culture, "Remixing" describes WCMA curators' process of selecting objects from the collection that highlight multivalent correspondences between form and meaning in art. "By giving a diverse set of people outside the museum the agency and platform to share their personal connections to artwork in our collection, we are broadening who the museum is for," said Roz
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Clark Art Airs Live Production of 'Die Zauberflote'| 08:51AM / Thursday, June 08, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) airs at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, June 11 at 12:55 pm in the final installment of the 2022–23 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: One of opera's most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in nineteen years—a daring vision by renowned English director 0 Comments
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Williamstown Board of Health Reduces Number of Tobacco LicensesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Tuesday, June 06, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Board of Health on Monday morning decided to reduce the town's number of tobacco sales licenses by one and tentatively agreed to hold a public hearing in July to overhaul the town's regulations on those sales. In a unanimous vote at the end of its monthly meeting, three members of the five-person board decided to trim the number of tobacco licenses from seven to six, reflecting the fact that only six of the available licenses currently are in use. It also discussed a more long-term strategy of inserting into the town's health code language that "retires" licenses in the future if and when they go out of use. That was 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Names Speakers for 2023 Graduation Exercises| 03:01PM / Monday, June 05, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Speakers have been selected for the Mount Greylock Regional School's 2023 graduation ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, June 10, at 11 a.m. in the Mount Greylock gymnasium. Principal Jacob Schutz submitted this information about class speakers Altan McIntosh and Molly Sullivan. McIntosh, the son of Shawn and Naren McIntosh of Williamstown, was chosen by his classmates to speak at graduation. Respected and highly regarded by his peers, he is a mature, charismatic and thoughtful young man who has proven to be a natural leader in the school. His inquisitive nature has served him well at Mount Greylock, having earned top 0 Comments
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Clark Opening Lecture for 'Trembling Earth' Exhibit | 08:43AM / Monday, June 05, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— On Saturday, June 10, in conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibition, "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth," the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by Jay A. Clarke, the exhibition curator and Rothman Family Curator, Art Institute of Chicago, in its auditorium at 11 am. Free; no registration is required. According to a press release: "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth" is the first exhibition in the United States to consider how the noted Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) employed nature to convey meaning in his art. Munch is regarded primarily as a figure painter, and his most celebrated images 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Pushed Toward 'Thoughtful Engagement'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:40PM / Sunday, June 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Williams College's Class of 2023 Sunday was told to be an agent of change in the world, even when the world's problems seem insurmountable. "Sometimes it feels like the world pushes us toward righteous indignation," Fred Krupp told the graduates during commencement exercises on the Paresky Lawn. "You can't look at news on your phone and not feel it. "But our responsibility is to act in ways that help bring progress. Thoughtful engagement requires creativity, planning and strategic thinking." Krupp, who has led the Environmental Defense Fund since 1984, was one of three recipients of honorary degrees from the 0 Comments
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Williamstown's Kennedy Receives Full Military, Police HonorsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:25PM / Thursday, June 01, 2023 | |
Members of the Williamstown Police Department stand at attention during Thursday's memorial for John M. 'Mike' Kennedy, former police chief. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John M. "Mike" Kennedy was remembered Thursday as a true man of peace. "Mother Theresa, in looking around at the world she lived in, sometimes would find a lack of peace," the Rev. John P. McDonagh told the hundreds of mourners gathered at Eastlawn Cemetery. "She would pose the question, 'If we have no peace, we have forgotten that we belong to one another.' "Mike seemed to understand this, both as a criminal justice professional 0 Comments
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Preschool, Kindergarten Registrations Scheduled Around County| 12:00PM / Thursday, June 01, 2023 | |
 Berkshire County schools are scheduling and re-scheduling preschool and kindergarten registration dates and procedures for the 2021-22 school year. Schools can send their information to info@iberkshires.com to be included on this list. All students, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness, have equal access to the general education program and the full range of any occupational, vocational programs offered by public school districts. Gabriel Abbott Memorial School has begun the process of registering Kindergarten and Pre-kindergarten students for the 2023-2024 school year. Dates for 0 Comments
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Pownal National Guard Soldier Receives New Rank, New Responsibilities| 02:35PM / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | |
 LATHAM, N.Y. — A Pownal, Vt., man has been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the New York Army National Guard. Robert Hoard, assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, received the promotion Feb. 6. He was one of a number of promoted guard members announced by Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the state of New York, in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership. Army National Guard promotions are based on a soldier's overall performance, demonstrated leadership abilities, professionalism and future development potential. These promotions recognize the 0 Comments
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Williams Students Present on Major Topics in the Field| 08:19AM / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—On Friday, June 2, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art will host its 28th Annual Graduate Symposium at the Clark Art Institute, featuring scholarly presentations by the program's graduating Masters students. The presentations, timed in conjunction with Williams' 2023 Commencement weekend, will address topics in the history of art, from the Caribbean influence on fashion in the age of Josephine and Napoleon to abstraction in American landscapes; and from the history of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to "Action Plastique" and the work of Moroccan artist Mohamed Melehi. All 0 Comments
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Williamstown Conservation OKs Five Corners Roundabout ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission last week gave the green light to a long-discussed roundabout for the Five Corners intersection in South Williamstown. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation was before the commission with a notice of intent to undertake a multiyear project to reconfigure the intersection of Routes 7 and 43. Since the work takes place near the north branch of the Green River, the Con Comm has the jurisdiction of ensuring the project will not disturb the resource area. Prior to last week's local hearing, MassDOT already received a review from the commonwealth's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, which 0 Comments
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