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 | Figuring Out Fevers in Kids
Few things make a parent feel more helpless than when their child has a fever. The good news is most fevers are harmless. In fact, they’re a signal that your child’s immune system is working to fight infection. Nonetheless, it can be distressing when your child is unwell. There are so many questions: How high a fever is too high? |
 | Clark Art Gallery Talk With Emerging Art Historians
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Jan. 19, enjoy a new look at old favorites in the Clark's permanent collection.
In Fresh Takes, a Williams College graduate student shares their take on an object with the perspective of new scholarship.
Tours begin in the Museum Pavilion at |
 | Williamstown Select Board to Seek Data on Short-Term Rental Issue
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday discussed developing a town-wide bylaw on short-term rentals.
But it did not reach a consensus — even about whether to take up the project that the Planning Board asked the Select Board members to address 15 months earlier.
Four members of the five-person |
 | Clark Art Open on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is open from 10 am–5 pm on Monday, Jan. 15 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Admission is free for all through March 2024.
Visitors can view the pair of exhibitions "50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions" in the Clark |
| Williamstown Receives Nearly $400K in CPA Requests
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town has received six requests totaling $385,100 for Community Preservation Act funds for fiscal year 2025.
Two of the biggest asks come from town entities.
According to a spreadsheet on the town's website, the Community Preservation Committee is anticipating having up to |
 | Pine Cobble Names Head of School
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pine Cobble School in Williamstown has appointed Dr. Alana Harte, a longtime educator, head of school as of Jan. 1, 2024, according to a December announcement sent to the school community by its board of trustees.
Dr. Harte joined Pine Cobble in 2020 and served, most recently, as acting head of school, and prior |
 | Northern Berkshire MLK Jr. Day of Service
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Committee invites the public to the annual Northern Berkshire MLK Jr. Day of Service to celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with this annual day of volunteering.
Gather Monday, Jan. 15, as the Northern Berkshire community celebrates the life, |
 | Developers Drop Williamstown Housing After Threat of Appeal
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In June 2022, Hicks Stone began talking publicly about a proposal to construct two-family homes on a Water Street parcel.
The development called for higher density than allowable under the town's zoning bylaw but might be allowable under the provisions of the commonwealth's Chapter 40B law, |
| Williamstown Gathering Info on Livestock at Request of State Agency
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — An attempt by the town's health inspector to cooperate with a state agency sparked a minor controversy on social media over the weekend.
On Sunday, a user posted anonymously on the "Williamstown Mass. Info & Issues" Facebook page an image of a form the the health inspector sent to |
 | Community Contra Dance in Williamstown
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The first community contra dance of 2024 will be hosted on Saturday, Jan. 13, by North Berkshire Community Dance.
All dances will be taught by Paul Rosenberg, and live fiddle music will be led by Eric Buddington. The dance will run 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First |
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