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Teacher of the Month: Greta Noyes By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:40PM / Saturday, December 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Elementary School first-grade teacher Greta Noyes feeds her students' natural curiosity and makes them excited to learn. It is her dedication to her students, caring heart, and welcoming atmosphere that has earned her the iBerkshires Teacher of the Month designation. "I just love what I do, and I know every day is going to be a good day … It is never a dull moment, and it's always exciting, and it's good to see the curiosity and the eagerness of our students and how they bring so much joy to the classroom," she said. The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Committee Discusses Collaboration Project with North County DistrictsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:34AM / Friday, December 19, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — News that the group looking at ways to increase cooperation among secondary schools in North County reached a milestone sparked yet another discussion about that group's objectives among members of the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee. At Thursday's meeting, Carolyn Greene reported that the Northern Berkshire Secondary Sustainability task force, where she represents the Lanesborough-Williamstown district, had completed a request for proposals in its search for a consulting firm to help with the process that the task force will turn over to a steering committee comprised of four representatives from four districts: North Berkshire School >> Read More |
The Mount Greylock Regional School District First Quarter Honor Roll| 08:12AM / Tuesday, December 02, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District 2025-2026 First Quarter Honor Roll. Total school enrollment: 540, of which 378 have made the Honor Roll for the first quarter. Addison Abel, William Apotsos, Teigan Brady, Alexander Briggs, Jaime Brito, Molly Cangelosi, Paige Cangelosi, Adriana Carasone, Cooper Carlson, Ava Charbonneau, William Cortes, Everett Crowe, Shubham Devre, Ruby Dufour, Maxwell Easton, Frances Evans, Arianna Henderson, Skylar Johnson, Emilie Jones, Maxwell Killam, Violet Kornell, Kiera Kristensen, Alexander Labendz, Nora Lopez, Amelia Madrigal, Krishiv Malhotra, Brandon Mason, Luca Mellow-Bartels, Teresa Moresi, Roman >> Read More |
Mount Greylock, Shakespeare & Co. Stage 'Twelfth Night' | 04:04PM / Monday, November 10, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School and Shakespeare & Company present "Twelfth Night" in the school's auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. Performances are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14, at 7 p.m. "Twelfth Night," by William Shakespeare, is a comedic tale of mistaken identities, wildly changing fortunes and love triangles. This production is part of Shakespeare and Company's annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare, which is celebrating its 37th year." The Fall Festival of Shakespeare is made possible with funding from the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, the Feigenbaum Foundation, the Janey Fund,
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Mount Greylock School District Addressing Food InsecurityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Monday, November 10, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The interruption in benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has the Mount Greylock Regional School District looking for more ways to address food insecurity in the families it serves. Superintendent Joe Bergeron on Thursday told the School Committee about how the district and its three schools are working to lessen the strain on members of the school community. "We started by strengthening our relationships with the local food pantries in Williamstown and Lanesborough," Bergeron said at the committee's monthly meeting. "One challenge we noticed is that sometimes for families or our high school students, >> Read More |
McCann Tech Roof, New Monument Mountain High School OK'd by VotersBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
09:46PM / Tuesday, November 04, 2025 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — By wide margins, school infrastructure projects were approved by voters at both ends of the county on Tuesday. In Adams, the question of whether to allow a Proposition 2-1/2 debt exclusion to enable McCann Tech’s roof and window replacement project received a resounding yes by a margin of 553-169. In South County, the three member towns in the Berkshire Hills Regional School District all approved a $152 million project to build a new Monument Mountain Regional High School, according to the Berkshire Edge. Up north, Adams was the last town to weigh in on the $16.8 million project at McCann Tech. It was one of only two communities in >> Read More |
Williamstown's READI Committee Discusses Main Street IncidentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:48PM / Friday, October 24, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The director of Williams College's Campus Safety Services on Monday briefed the town's diversity committee on the school's response to a recent uptick in incidents of a harassing nature on Main Street (Route 2). "Since August, we've had about a dozen incidents or so ranging from alleged harassment to potential bias incidents that have occurred," Jeff Palmer told the Racial Equity, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. "During that time, we've sent a handful of messages to the campus community, one encouraging them to report and to identify the vehicles and also sharing some of our efforts to mitigate some of >> Read More |
New Mount Greylock Handbook Outlines Restorative Practices for DisciplineBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday reviewed an updated middle-high school student handbook that includes the new student behavior code the district has developed over the past year. In conjunction with consultants from the Chicago-based non-profit The Equity Imperative, the district last year began a process of categorizing "disruptive or harmful behavior," outlining the district's responses and specifying how families will be notified. "That involves three tiers of behavior and associated responses," Superintendent Joseph Bergeron told the committee. "These behavior matrices detail all >> Read More |
Create an Ad: Ioka Valley FarmBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:27PM / Thursday, October 02, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The leaves are changing, and the air is cooling; everyone knows what that means — fall is here, and Ioka Valley Farm is inviting guests to its seasonal festivities. Fourth-grade students at Williamstown Elementary showcased the refreshing atmosphere of the four-generation family-owned farm and its fall activities as part of our Junior Marketers Create an Ad series. Every weekend from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. through Oct. 26, Ioka Valley Farm, located at 3475 Hancock Road, comes alive with activities from pumpkin picking, a mini corn maze exploration, a "tryke" track, a cow train ride, water balloon slingshot game, and >> Read More |
Savoy Residents Get First Say Wednesday on McCann Tech BondBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:44PM / Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Residents of Savoy Wednesday will have the first say — and possibly final say — on whether the McCann Technical School roof and window replacement project can go forward. Savoy has a special town meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. at the fire house to decide whether to approve the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District's request for authorization to borrow $16.8 million for the project. If Savoy says no? "The project is dead," McCann Tech Superintendent James Brosnan told the Williamstown Select Board on Monday night. Brosnan was before the Williamstown board because it, like Savoy and seven other >> Read More |
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