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Teacher of the Month: Karen DuCharmeBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:28PM / Sunday, April 13, 2025 | |
Karen DuCharme's integrated life skills class is designed to prepare all students for the world post high school. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School life skills special education teacher Karen DuCharme has been selected as the April Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire Community College, will feature distinguished teachers nominated by community members. You can nominate a teacher here. She has been a teacher for 24 years, starting at Pittsfield High School, and has been at Mount Greylock Regional School for the last 11 years. "I always say that I didn't really choose >> Read More |
Williams: No Evidence of ICE Activity on CampusiBerkshires Staff,
09:43PM / Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College is advising its community members in the wake of rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel have been spotted on campus. In a communitywide email on Wednesday afternoon, the school's director of Campus Safety Services said that the rumors of ICE activity have not been substantiated and advised recipients of their rights if they are approached by ICE agents. "If you are approached by immigration officers, please contact CSS immediately," CSS Director Jeff Palmer wrote. "You are not required to provide any information. You can inform ICE that you are not attempting to obstruct their actions but >> Read More |
Transgender Athlete Issue Hits Home for County ResidentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:45AM / Sunday, March 30, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For Noah Greenfield, a potentially difficult part of life was made easier by sports. Greenfield competed on the girls cross country and Nordic ski teams at Mount Greylock Regional School as a ninth-grader, leading the Mounties to a skiing state championship in 2017. Greenfield finished his high school career competing for Mount Greylock's boys teams after transitioning to his true identity. "It was something that I started thinking about around sixth or seventh grade but didn't have the knowledge or vocabulary to name what it is or look into it that deeply," Greenfield said of his transition journey. "Around >> Read More |
Obama Foundation Head to Speak at Williams Commencement| 01:03PM / Sunday, March 23, 2025 | |
Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo of MIT will give the baccalaureate address on Saturday, June 7. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Valerie Jarrett, CEO and a member of the board of directors of The Obama Foundation, will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 236th commencement exercise on Sunday, June 8. The day before, Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Nobel laureate, will deliver the college's baccalaureate lecture. Commencement weekend begins Saturday with the annual Ivy Exercises at 1:10 in the Quad ('62 Center in case of rain); the >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Committee Sends FY26 Budget to Member TownsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:54AM / Monday, March 17, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to send its member towns a fiscal year 2026 spending plan that calls for increases of about 7 percent in the assessment to Lanesborough and 8 percent in the assessment to Williamstown. The committee's annual public hearing and vote on a spending plan for the next academic year concludes a process that began in earnest for the panel in December. That is when the School Committee first heard the budget requests from the middle-high school. At its January meeting, it heard the budget priorities for the district's two elementary schools. The budget approved on Thursday >> Read More |
Bennington College Offering Late-Decision Applications| 03:27PM / Monday, March 10, 2025 | |
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Bennington College has launched a college admissions application round for prospective students: late decision. This new admissions round responds to the evolving needs of prospective students navigating their college search. "Each April, selective college admissions directors take calls from their college counseling colleagues on the other side of the desk. They share stories of applicants who are either not satisfied with their options or wish to rethink them for various reasons and inquire about accepting a late application," said David Buckwald, the college's vice president for enrollment management and marketing. Bennington wants to >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Moves Draft Budget Forward By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Thursday agreed to move ahead with the draft budget largely intact from the version the panel reviewed at its Feb. 13 meeting. If moved forward by the full committee after its March 13 public hearing and, ultimately, approved by voters in each member town, the fiscal year 2026 spending plan would continue a recent trend of spending down the district's reserves and still translate to assessment increases of nearly 8 percent for Williamstown and 7 percent for Lanesborough from the fiscal year that ends on June 30. "Between now and March 13, there will be areas where we're refining utilities and >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional School Presents 'Grease'| 11:50AM / Friday, February 21, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School presents "Grease" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 27, February 28 and March 1, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. According to a press release: Join Sandy, Danny and the rest of the gang at Rydell High for a night of laughs, dancing and timeless show tune classics like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin’" and "You’re the One That I Want." With the book, music and lyrics written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, this beloved musical is an irreverent take on teen love, friendship and rebellion. First staged in
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Mount Greylock Regional School District Second Quarter Honor Roll| 08:16AM / Thursday, February 20, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District has released its 2024-2025 second quarter honor roll, with 346 students out of a total enrollment of 534 achieving honor roll status. Emily Alvarez, Marshall Baya, Jameson Bayliss, Nicholas Bellora, Jayne Beringer, Oliver Bingemann, Claire Burrow, Miguel Camacho, Olivia Cook, Vera de Jong, Kaeya Durley, Katherine Goss, Chase Hoey, Charlotte Holubar, William Igoe, Jaclynn Kastrinakis, Caliegh Kiernan, Noah Klompus, Malia Koffi, Jaden Lash-St. John, Kelsey MacHaffie, Mila Marcisz, Rafael Mellow-Bartels, Cameron Miller, Arthur Millet, Mai O'Connor, Mia Patrick, Erik Powell-Bechtel, Polly Rhie, >> Read More |
Presentation on The Future of Wolves at MCLA's Green Living Seminar| 08:07AM / Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carnivore Conservation Director Renee Seacor will give a presentation on the future of wolves on Feb. 26 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar Series. Seacor, who directs Project Coyote at the Carnivore Conservation, will discuss the potential of wolf recovery in the Northeast, highlighting the history of wolves in the region, previous attempts at reintroduction in the Adirondack Park, the emerging science of wolf and coyote genetics, and the intersection of these issues with public policy. Despite being federally protected as an endangered species, the wolf faces significant challenges as it attempts to reclaim its historical range in the >> Read More |
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