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| Williamstown Planning Board Again Takes Up Short-Term Rentals
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday discussed a bylaw proposal that might be ready for May's annual town meeting after bouncing back and forth between the Planning Board and Select Board the last couple of years.
But one board member said the regulation needs a lot more work.
Chair Peter |
 | Berkshire Adult Baseball League Playoffs Continue Wednesday
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Dalton Moneymakers and Tunnel City Freight will play Wednesday evening at Joe Wolfe Field in the rubber match of their Berkshire Adult Baseball League 33-and-over division semi-final.
The Moneymakers last weekend rebounded from a 6-4 loss on Saturday to tie the best-of-three series at a game apiece with |
 | Williamstown ZBA Passes Art Museum Project
A historical marker commemorates a French and Indian War fort on the site where Williams College plans its new art museum. The college has plans to update the marker, similar to the new marker explaining the Haystack Monument installed last year on campus.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Zoning |
| Incumbents Only Candidates for Mount Greylock School Committee
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The composition of the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee likely will remain unchanged after November's election.
Only three incumbent members of the seven-member panel returned nomination papers for the seats that will be on the ballot for voters in Lanesborough and Williamstown on Nov. |
 | Williamstown FY25 Tax Bills Up Slightly, Tax Rate Falls Again
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The median property tax bill for fiscal year 2025 is expected to see its lowest year-to-year increase since 2019, the Select Board learned on Monday night.
Assessor Christopher Lamarre laid out the tax ramifications of the FY25 town budget at the board's annual tax classification |
| WCMA Awarded Grant To Support Energy Efficiency in New Building
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art has received a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to implement Direct Digital Controls (DDC) in the new museum building to optimize the energy efficiency of the building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
WCMA was one of 69 arts |
 | Clark Art Invites Visitors To Meet CATA Artists
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute invites visitors to meet the CATA artists featured in "I Am a Part of Art" and participate in community art-making activities.
The event takes place in Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone |
| Williamstown Select Board Seeks Applicants to Fill Vacancy
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday issued a call for volunteers to occupy an upcoming vacancy on the five-person panel.
By a unanimous vote, the board set a Sept. 9 deadline for residents to submit a "government engagement" form and any accompanying materials for consideration. The board then plans |
 | Waubeeka Plans Glowball Tournament for Charity
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Golfers will light up the night sky and support a charity that helps underserved communities around the world at Waubeeka Golf Links this week.
Waubeeka will host a Glowball Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 7 to 10 p.m., to benefit Hope International, a Pennsylvania-based Christian charity |
 | Clark Art: Spore Into Specimen Workshop
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On August 17 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Andrea Puccio, director of the library, and Terri Boccia, collections development librarian, lead a tour of rare books in the Clark library's collection featuring mushrooms.
The workshop takes place in the scholars' seminar room, located |
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