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Williamstown Select Board Allocates ARPA Funds to Fire Station ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:09AM / Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted to allocate $225,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Williamstown Fire District's new station building project. The rest of the town's remaining unallocated ARPA funds, nearly $1.2 million, will go toward general town infrastructure projects, according to votes taken by the board on Monday. Those projects will be determined by the town manager, who may need to come back to the board for subsequent votes to approve specific actions to obligate the money, Andy Hogeland pointed out during Monday's discussion. Select Board Chair Hugh Daley pushed for the board to at least earmark all of the 68 Comments
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BArT Charter Basketball Advances to League Semi-FinalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:46PM / Monday, February 13, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Sawyer Moser Monday scored 20 points to lead the Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School basketball team to a 58-40 win over Hadley's Hartsbrook School in the River Valley Athletic League tournament. The Wolf Pack used a 15-2 run in the first quarter to take control of the game, and the margin never dipped below 12 points the rest of the way. Corey Lynch scored 15, and Matt Lizzo scored 11 for BArT in a game played at the Armory. Ivan Chen added seven points in a game that doubled as Senior Day for BArT, which saw its regular season finale canceled due to weather. BArT coach Rob Daugherty said that his team made the most of its 0 Comments
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Clark in Talks to Buy Buxton LandStaff Reports,
04:37PM / Monday, February 13, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is purchasing the 114-acre Buxton School property in an agreement that will allow the private school to continue operating independently. Officials say this will ensure the long-term stability of the century old school. "As a small school focused on art, academics, and community, this is a historic opportunity for Buxton to ensure that the school and its mission are strengthened for years to come," Head of School Peter Beck said in the statement. "Stone Hill is so important for Buxton, for the Clark, and for Williamstown. This partnership helps protect that landscape for all of us." The Clark will 1 Comment
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SVHC Weekly Health Update: Feb. 10| 08:23AM / Monday, February 13, 2023 | |
 February 10, 2023 Restoring Heart Health After a Cardiac Event Each year, 805,000 Americans have a heart attack. For 200,000 of those folks, it’s not their first. Learn how cardiac rehab can help prevent a second heart 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Persepolis'| 08:21AM / Monday, February 13, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 pm, the Clark Art Institute screens the English-language version of "Persepolis," the adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical novel. The presentation is the final event in the Clark's Film and Drawing series inspired by the exhibition, "Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century Drawings" from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which is currently on view through March 12. According to a press release: "Persepolis" traces Marjane Satrapi's growth from young child to rebellious teen. The film takes place in Iran, during the tense political climate of the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Nomination Papers, Dog Licenses Available | 08:12AM / Monday, February 13, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nomination papers for elected offices in the Town of Williamstown are available in the Town Clerk's office as of Feb. 6, 2023. Offices on the May 9 annual Town Election ballot will be two Select Board seats, each for a three-year term, two Library Trustee seats, each for a three-year term, two Planning Board seats, one for a five-year term and the other, a one-year seat to fill the remainder of a five-year term. Candidates seeking to run for office must stop by Town Clerk, Nicole Beverly's Office to pick up nomination papers. All signatures must be ink signatures, no electronic signatures are allowed. Completed nomination 0 Comments
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After 'Spirited' Debate, Williamstown CPC Sends 5 Requests to Town MeetingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:06PM / Saturday, February 11, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday voted to send town meeting five of the six applications for fiscal year 2024 funding. But the last substantive votes of the night were preceded by a lengthy debate among committee members about how to balance the funds sought in the largest applications against the panel's stated goal to carry over 10 percent of its available funds to FY25. Most of the committee's votes were unanimous, including one to reject an application from the town for $100,000 in CPA funds to defray an unexpected $1.3 million town liability for overruns in a $5.3 million pedestrian/bike trail project. Town 6 Comments
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Mount Greylock High School Second Quarter Honor Roll| 08:01AM / Saturday, February 11, 2023 | |
The total school enrollment is 542 of which 327 have made the Honor Roll for the second quarter. Grade 12 Ainsley Abel, Arsil Ahmad, Bryn Angelini, Annabelle Art, Moby Asch, Seamus Barnes, Elizabeth Bertolino, Matthew Bertolino, Henrik Bingemann, Elena Caplinger, Matteo Chang, Hannah Chase, Cailean Fippinger, Lainey Gill, Emma Gilooly, Emma Gray, Dylen Harrison, Starr Hassan, Ezra Holzapfel, Aiden Hoogs, Lucy Igoe, Lily Jayko, Lyla Kocsis, Grace Lillie, Clarissa Louis, Wren Mangano, Will Marsh, Maxwell McAlister, Patrick McConnell, Altan McIntosh, Olivia McKeon, Emma Newberry, Liam O'Keefe, Zenalyssa Packer, Beatrice Pedroni, Sarah Polumbo, Christiane Rech, Ernani Rosse, Joshua 0 Comments
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Community Contra Dance in Williamstown| 09:15AM / Friday, February 10, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The North Berkshire Community contra dance is resuming with live music by New England fiddler George Wilson and Selma Kaplan on keyboard, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the First Congregational Church. Dave Eisenstadter will call (teach) all the dances. According to a press release: A talented, multi-instrumentalist and singer, George Wilson's repertoire samples a wide variety of traditional and folk styles. As a fiddler, he has over 500 tunes for dancing and listening — tunes from New England, Quebec, Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and Shetland. His dynamic fiddling, strongly influenced by Cape Breton and French Canadian styles, has been popular 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Sending Field Project Bonding Question to TownsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:25AM / Friday, February 10, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday decided to begin the process of sending a bond authorization vote to its member towns' annual town meetings this spring in order to finance a track and field project at the middle-high school. In a vote of 6-1, the committee voted to ask voters in Lanesborough and Williamstown to approve up to $1.8 million in borrowing toward what is currently estimated to be a $4.125 million project. The $1.8 million figure represents the shortfall in the district's coffers after it applies the bulk of the remaining proceeds from a $5 million capital gift from Williams College and the $100,000 in 1 Comment
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Williamstown Fire District Panel Talks Station Tax ImpactBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:55AM / Friday, February 10, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With fewer than three weeks left until a special Fire District meeting to decide whether to build a new station on Main Street, a district committee Thursday talked publicly for the first time about the potential property tax implications. Jeffrey Thomas, the chair of the district's Community Advisory Committee, walked his members through four different bond payment scenarios at Thursday's hybrid meeting of the committee. Based on numbers Thomas presented, the property tax bill for a single-family home with a median value of $358,600 would go up by between $319 and $351 over the life of a 25-year bond, depending on how the debt repayment is 14 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Plays, Comedy Nights, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:31PM / Thursday, February 09, 2023 | |
 Cold weather getting you down? No worries, Berkshire County has a variety of events to warm up your weekend from concerts, comedy nights, and more. Friday, Feb. 10
Try your hand at sketching at the Clark this Friday. Drawing Closer: Animal Planet The Clark, Williamstown The Clark Art Institute is inviting artists of all skill levels to draw using this month's "Animal Planet" theme from 10:30 to noon and selections from its collection of prints, drawings, and photographs as inspiration. Basic materials are provided during this fee event but advance registration is required as capacity is limited. More information is 0 Comments
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