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Letter: Williamstown Planning Board ProposalsLetter to the Editor,
05:00PM / Wednesday, June 08, 2022 | |
 To the Editor:
How many citizens voted at the last town election? How many will vote at the town meeting? Town meeting is quaint AND irrevocably broken. A holistic approach to town zoning is far preferable. Selectively passing one or two of the failed Planning Board's proposed zoning changes amounts to spot zoning. All related articles should be tabled or voted down. Here is something to consider if you think the GR proposals, at minimum, are harmless. If you own land that can be divided into two or more now buildable parcels, guess what? Your property taxes will be jacked up because now, your property is "more valuable!" Voila! These ill-thought out zoning changes have
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Williamstown Health Board Again Advises Masks at Town MeetingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:31PM / Wednesday, June 08, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday declined to institute a face-covering mandate for next Tuesday's resumption of the annual town meeting. Against a backdrop of declining local numbers for COVID-19, the board instead decided to continue its stance of strongly recommending masking in indoor spaces and reiterated the places where residents can obtain one. Town meeting, which began on May 17, adjourned to June 14 as its first order of business. The meeting will resume at 7 p.m. that Tuesday at a larger venue, the gymnasium at Mount Greylock Regional School. Prior to the May meeting, a resident obtained a Berkshire County Superior Court order 0 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Radiation Oncologist| 01:14PM / Wednesday, June 08, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Matthew Vernon, MD — a radiation oncologist, medical director of the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, and an avid road and adventure racer—will be the next guest on Medical Matters Weekly at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15. 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. Dr. Vernon has been instrumental in procuring advanced technology for cancer 0 Comments
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Diversity Committee Members Speak of Pain From Threatening EmailBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:33AM / Wednesday, June 08, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Members of the town's diversity committee Monday talked about the emotional toll from an email that threatened violence against the committee and others speaking out about making the town more welcoming to diverse populations. "When I read it, I had such a rush of blood going up to my ears that I didn't hear anything for a few minutes," Andi Bryant told her colleagues during a virtual meeting. "It was that startling and that frightening for me. "I spent a couple of days in fear, and I'm not too ashamed to admit that. It scared the hell out of me. It made me question what I'm doing." Intimidation 1 Comment
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Music From Around the World With the Taconic Chamber Players| 03:57PM / Monday, June 06, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Better Bennington Corporation announced its second Thursday Night Live performance with Taconic Chamber Players performing "Music From Around The World" on Thursday, June 9 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm at Merchants Park on the Thomson Family Stage. The address is 119 North Street. This event is free and open to the public. Local vendors will be on hand with lemonade, treats, crafts and more starting at 3:30pm as well as 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. Violinists Joana Genova and Jamecyn Morey will be joined by violist Ariel 0 Comments
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Noted Historian to Williams Grads: 'Democracy in Peril'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:21PM / Sunday, June 05, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has made a career of studying and teaching about American history. On Sunday morning, he gave the graduating seniors at Williams College the short course, and a lot of it was pretty bleak. “We’re living in American democracy’s hour of maximum danger,” Meacham told the graduates and friends gathered on the college’s library quad. “That is not hyperbole. It is an age of declining trust and growing extremism, of spreading lies and an erosion of truth and a primacy of brute power and a deadly dearth of compassion and of 1 Comment
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Williams Men's Crew Wins IRA ChampionshipWilliams Sports Information,
10:06PM / Saturday, June 04, 2022 | |
 WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — The Williams College men's crew returned to Mercer Lake Saturday morning for the finals of the IRA Championship. Great racing conditions saw Williams put on an impressive showing - the first varsity eight finished in first place to claim the inaugural D3 IRA National Championship. The varsity four finished a close third in the C-final to earn 15th place overall. Williams capped off a dominant spring campaign as National Champions- a historic first for the program and a suitable send off for the Class of 2022. The pressure had been on the first varsity eight throughout the spring campaign, as Williams sat atop the IRCA and IRA D3 polls for five 0 Comments
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Williamstown Releases Content of Email that Threatened Public OfficialsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
08:35AM / Friday, June 03, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A May 23 email that sparked a police investigation and drew condemnation from two town committees threatened public servants with a "knife across your throat." On Thursday afternoon, the town responded to a public records request for the message that was characterized as "violent" and "intimidation" in a joint statement issued Wednesday by the Select Board and the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee. The town redacted the identity of the person who sent the email, citing a provision in Massachusetts General Law that allows nondisclosure of information that, "may constitute an unwarranted invasion of 20 Comments
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Williamstown Officials Condemn Threatening Email, Call for RespectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15AM / Thursday, June 02, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board and the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning an email directed at the latter panel and calling for more respect in public discourse. In their second joint meeting in six days, the Select Board and DIRE Committee reviewed and edited the statement that grew from a May 26 executive session regarding, "an email that included violent imagery sent to the DIRE committee on May 23." According to Wednesday's statement, that email was sent by a resident of the town and was investigated by the Williamstown Police Department, which consulted the State Police and 9 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes the Red Cross's Vermont Leader| 03:34PM / Wednesday, June 01, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Kevin Mazuzan, executive director of the American Red Cross in Vermont, will be the next guest on Medical Matters Weekly at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8. The show will address the broad spectrum of work the American Red Cross does in Vermont communities. 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. Mazuzan joined the American Red Cross in August 2015 as the 0 Comments
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'Abusive' Behavior Reported Near Williamstown Bike Trail ProjectStaff Reports,
03:59PM / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is asking users of Cole Field, Linear Park and the Spruces to heed warning signs and respect workers building the Mohawk Bike Path. The town reports that people have been "removing sedimentation controls, survey markers and signage" and using profanity toward workers on the job site. "If this pattern of destructive and abusive behavior continues, it will be necessary for the town to close the Spruces and other access points for the duration of the summer," according to a news release on the letterhead of interim Town Manager Charlie Blanchard. The bike trail, which runs from Syndicate Road near North Street to the 0 Comments
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