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Williams Softball Sweeps HamiltoniBerkshires.com Sports,
08:39PM / Saturday, April 08, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Sadie Leonard struck out 14 and allowed three hits in pitching the Williams College softball team to a 5-0 win in a double-header sweep of Hamilton on Saturday. Sydney Fleming homered and drove in a pair of runs in the win. In Williams' 10-4 Game 2 win, Fleming and Alyana Granados each homered. Williams (7-9, 3-1 NESCAC) hosts Smith on Wednesday. Baseball CLINTON, N.Y. -- Jakob Cohn and Henry Juan each went 3-for-5, and James O'Connor homered as Williams earned a 9-5 win over Hamilton to salvage a split in a three-game weekend series. Williams (8-10, 3-3) goes to Skidmore on Wednesday. Men's Lacrosse BABSON PARK, 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Musical Performances, Bingo, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:41PM / Friday, April 07, 2023 | |
Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this warm weekend including live music, Bingo, outdoor activities, and more. Look for Easter egg hunts and scrambles here. Head to Downtown North Adams on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the monthly First Friday event. Galleries, businesses and organizations are participating in the April First Friday "Clean & Green" event. Second Chance Composting and the city of North Adams will be accepting recyclables and composting materials under the Mohawk marquee, the Hissing Booth is back at Plant Connector, WallaSauce will be making fanny packs out of old material and a number of galleries 0 Comments
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SVMC Lifts Universal Mask Requirement | 10:47AM / Friday, April 07, 2023 | |
 BENNINGTON, VT. — Beginning April 10, 2023, masks will be optional for patients, visitors, and staff without any respiratory symptoms at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and its campuses. Individuals with respiratory symptoms will still be required to wear a mask, and immunocompromised patients are encouraged to continue to wear masks. SVMC has had a universal mask requirement in place since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitalizations for COVID and other respiratory illnesses have remained low for several months, and the health system vaccinated more than tens of thousands of community members at its widely successful resource center. Both of 0 Comments
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Fresh Fest: A Farming and Food Film Fest at Images Cinema| 08:32AM / Friday, April 07, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents its 14th annual farming and food film festival: Fresh Fest. Fresh Fest seeks to connect local farmers and food producers with the community around conversations that impact all. This year's films explore regenerative agriculture, growing cannabis, and seed saving. This mini-fest kicks off with a reception on Friday, April 14 at 6:30pm, featuring refreshments from Cricket Creek Farm and Wild Oats. Fresh Fest 2023 is sponsored by the Williams College Center for Environmental Studies, Hachette Book Group (of which Storey Publishing is an imprint), and Wild Oats. Admission for all events is a 0 Comments
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Williamstown's DIRE Committee Critical of Mount Greylock FY24 BudgetBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Friday, April 07, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Members of the town's diversity committee Monday criticized Mount Greylock Regional School District officials for pulling a district-wide director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging out of the fiscal year 2024 budget. Last week's School Committee vote was raised toward the end of the town's Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee meeting. And it was clear that none of the four members present were happy about the district's strategy for containing costs to the taxpayers of Lanesborough and Williamstown. Andrew Art brought it up to the rest of the group, saying that he was "heart-broken" to see the School 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Lacrosse Wins Ninth Straight| 09:36AM / Thursday, April 06, 2023 | |
BABSON PARK, Mass. -- Isabel Arvelo scored four goals Wednesday to lead the Williams College women's lacrosse team to a 13-5 win over Babson. Caroline Pratt made nine saves to earn the win in goal for Williams (9-1), which hosts Hamilton on Tuesday. Men's Lacrosse MEDFORD, Mass. -- Tommy Swank scored four goals to lead Tufts to 14-11 win over Williams. Will Doran had a hat trick, and Matthew Freitas made 13 saves for Williams (5-4, 4-2 NESCAC), which goes to Babson on Saturday. Baseball WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Mikey Raby went 2-for-3 with a triple to lead Castleton State to a 6-5 win over Williams. James O'Connor went 2-for-4 with a double for 0 Comments
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Letter: Clickers, Crickets & Cliques in 01267Letter to the Editor,
05:00PM / Wednesday, April 05, 2023 | |
 To the Editor:
It's no secret that I feel strongly that Williamstown's town meeting is broken and should be largely replaced by the Australian ballot at the town election. I further suggest any expenditure greater than $50,000 be required to be approved by voters at the town election. The town election permits all the electorate to have a 12 or 13-hour window to be able go to the polling place and vote, as opposed to voting on any item at a largely unpredictable time during a much shorter town meeting. So, what is the Williamstown Board of Selectmen planning on doing? Spending an unpublicized amount of hard-earned taxpayer money on renting and buying clickers so a smaller number
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Mount Greylock Regional High School Talent Show | 02:00PM / Tuesday, April 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School's (MGRS) Friends of the Arts announce the return of the annual student/teacher talent show. Come see "Celebration of the Arts" on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown, preceded by an art show at 6:30 p.m. After a multiyear pause due to pandemic restrictions, the annual show returns to Mount Greylock. Concessions and a 50/50 raffle will be provided, with all proceeds benefiting MGRS arts. The Friends of the Arts is a parent volunteer organization that supports MGRS art events and programming. Funds 0 Comments
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SVMC Welcomes Jennifer R. LaChance to its Orthopedics Practice| 12:10PM / Tuesday, April 04, 2023 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Jennifer R. LaChance, MHS, PA-C, has joined Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) Orthopedics and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians. LaChance will practice out of SVMC's Williamstown, Massachusetts location, Northern Berkshire Orthopedics. LaChance holds a bachelor's in biomolecular science from Central Connecticut State University. She earned a master's in health sciences and a physician assistant certificate from Duke University in North Carolina. LaChance has worked as a physician assistant at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. from 2017 to 2022. She has also worked at Lawrence and Memorial Medical Group 0 Comments
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Expect Warmer Temperatures and Showers this WeekStaff Reports ,
12:35PM / Monday, April 03, 2023 | |
 It will truly feel like spring this week with warmer weather and rain. Today, Monday, April 3, expect partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the high 50s, according to Accuweather. There will be more of the same Tuesday but expect some morning showers. Temperatures will drop into the high 40s on Wednesday, April 5. Expect cloudy skies and showers, according to Accuweather. Thursday is shaping up to be the warmest day of the week with a high of 68. But, expect some showers throughout the day. Friday will be cooler in the low 50s but expect sunny skies. Expect the same thing Saturday. Accuweather predicts Easter Sunday will be sunny with 0 Comments
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: March 31| 08:23AM / Monday, April 03, 2023 | |
 March 31, 2023 Tis the Season for Ticks Over 50% of ticks tested in Vermont are infected with B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It’s in your—and your family’s—best interest to take extra precautions during the height of
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Williamstown Fin Comm Pushes for Higher Free Cash ReservesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:37AM / Monday, April 03, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Finance Committee on Wednesday generally was pleased to see a fiscal year 2024 town budget that included no projected increase in the property tax rate. But in the penultimate meeting of this year's budget review, the panel had one last request for the first-year town manager: Leave more money in the town's free cash account. Robert Menicocci presented a spending plan that sees a 3.7 percent increase in the town's operating budget from FY23. Thanks to a slight decrease in the town's assessment from the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District (McCann Technical School) and a tentative 3.16 increase in the 0 Comments
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