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SVHC Summer Gala Raises Record Funds| 12:35PM / Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Summer Gala—the Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Foundation's signature fundraising event was held for the first time in two years on the evening of June 11 at the Hubbell Homestead in Bennington. The event hosted more than 400 people and raised more than $450,000. This is the highest amount ever raised at an SVHC event, according to SVHC. Funds raised will support the Vision 2020 project to renovate and expand the Emergency Department and Regional Cancer Center. "The outpouring of support for our hospital and the exceptional physicians, nurses, and staff was incredibly inspirational," said SVHC's Vice 0 Comments
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Vaping: The Hidden Danger in Plain SightSubmitted by SVMC,
09:20AM / Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | |
 These days, it's hard to go anywhere without encountering someone using a vaping device. Often called "e-cigs," "jules," "vapes," "vape pens," or "ENDS" (electronic nicotine delivery systems), these battery-operated devices deliver nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals in the form of an aerosol that users inhale. While vaping devices may look harmless—some are even designed to look like everyday objects, including pens, USB drives, watches, and markers—the risk they pose is very real and especially dangerous for youth. Danger in disguise According to Dare Chammings, director of the Alliance for 0 Comments
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Williamstown Town Meeting Includes Call for 'Equanimity'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:14AM / Monday, June 20, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two current and one former member of the Select Board used last Tuesday's annual town meeting to appeal for more civil discourse in town government. The tone for the evening was set when Anne O'Connor received the Scarborough-Salomon-Flynt Community Service Award. O'Connor, who served two terms on the Select Board before choosing not to run for re-election last May was singled out by the award committee largely for her efforts to promote environmental causes. She acknowledged that in her remarks before speaking at length about the conversation the community has been having around issues of race and equity since the summer of 2020, 7 Comments
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Williamstown, Lenox Soccer Clubs Dominate Tournament| 12:58PM / Sunday, June 19, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- Host Lenox and the Williamstown Youth Soccer Club each took home three titles from Saturday's Berkshire County Youth Soccer League Spring Tournament at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School. Williamstown squads earned championships in the Boys B-Cup division for grades 5 and 6, the Girls MTOC division for grades 5 and 6 and the Boys MTOC division for grades 7 and 8. Lenox teams were victorious in the Girls B-Cup for grades 5 and 6, the Boys B-Cup for grades 7 and 8 and the Girls division for grades 7 and 8. The seventh division winner came from Berkshire HIlls, which took home the Boys MTOC division for grades 5 and 6. Teams from Adams, 0 Comments
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Deerfield Valley Event Raises Money for SVHC| 10:35AM / Thursday, June 16, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Richard Caplan of Deerfield Valley Real Estate met with Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) President and CEO Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, to present the proceeds of a fundraising event held on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. The event was sponsored by Caplan and his wife Laurie of Deerfield Valley Real Estate and by Richard Messina, founder, president and CEO of The Benchmark Company, an investment banking firm based in New York City, and his wife and Pam Brocius. "The Hermitage Club members and the Messina's and my guests were so generous with their support at this event," Caplan said. "We are proud 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Lecture for 'Rodin in the United States'| 09:22AM / Thursday, June 16, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, June 18, in conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibition "Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern," the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, the exhibition curator and former director general of the National Institute of the History of Art in Paris. The lecture is presented live in the Clark's auditorium and broadcast simultaneously on Zoom at 11 am. "Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern" features some fifty sculptures and twenty-five drawings, including both familiar masterpieces and lesser-known works. The exhibition tells the story of the 0 Comments
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Better Bennington Corporation Presents Thursday Night Live| 03:54PM / Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Better Bennington Corporation announces its third Thursday Night Live event featuring Planet Kniffen on Thursday, June 16 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm at Merchants Park on the Thomson Family Stage. The address is 119 North Street. The rain location is Mission City Church and that call will be made by 2pm on the day of the performance. This event is free and open to the public. Local vendors will be on hand with food, crafts, and more starting at 3:30pm along with buskers. Gift baskets from downtown businesses will be raffled off at the end of the performance. Raffle tickets are $1 for 1 or $5 for 6. Planet Kniffen, an eclectic jazz ensemble, 0 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians| 01:08PM / Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ada D. Stewart, MD, FAAFP, is the board chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the next guest on Medical Matters Weekly. Viewers are invited to tune in at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22. The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast on svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Since 2012, Stewart has served as a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, South Carolina, as lead provider and 0 Comments
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Father's Day Activities At The Clark| 12:20PM / Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will host Father's Day activities on Sunday June 19. Art-making activities will be offered from 1 to 4 pm and they will be free with gallery admission. Special gallery guides are available for visitors at the Clark's Admissions desk to provide a self-guided walk-through of the galleries focused on fathers and father figures. After, visitors can make a card or bookmark to share with the special people in their lives. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Town Meeting Sends Zoning Bylaws Back to Planning BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:45AM / Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Maybe it is the venue. For the first time in nine years, Williamstown on Tuesday held a town meeting in the gymnasium at Mount Greylock Regional School. And just like in 2013, the hot-button issue was left unresolved. Back then, the question was whether to try to use a town-owned property off Stratton Road to build replacement housing for the homes lost at the Spruces Mobile Home Park due to Tropical Storm Irene. This time, it was a series of Planning Board proposals to modify the town's zoning bylaw to make it less restrictive and allow for more housing options in the town of 7,700. On Tuesday night, town meeting voted decisively 1 Comment
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Fire Officials Urge Residents to Leave Fireworks to the Professionals| 08:03AM / Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | |
 STOW, Mass. — Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and State Police Colonel Christopher S. Mason are reminding residents to leave fireworks to the professionals this summer. Massachusetts fire departments reported more than 900 fires related to illegal fireworks between 2012 and 2021, officials said. In addition to the 43 fire service injuries and $2.1 million in damages attributed to these fires, Massachusetts medical facilities reported 31 severe burn injuries extending to 5 percent or more of the victims' bodies that were caused by illegal fireworks. "People are injured and property is lost to illegal fireworks every single year in 0 Comments
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Williamstown Comprehensive Plan Seeks Input on Project's TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:29PM / Monday, June 13, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on one issue before they even begin Tuesday's continued annual town meeting. The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will be collecting preferences for one of three names for the document it hopes to finish next year. After taking suggestions from residents, the committee narrowed the field to three finalists to name the plan, the successor to 2002's Master Plan. In the lobby at Mount Greylock Regional School Tuesday evening, residents will be able to pick from among three choices: "Envisioning Williamstown 2035," "Forward Together," and "Nourishing Justice, Equity and 0 Comments
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