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Clark Art Offers Free Admission to Military Personnel| 12:14PM / Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The service is offered through a collaboration between the museum, National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. "Through this distinctive collaboration, service members and their families can connect with our national treasures with this unparalleled opportunity to visit some of the country's finest museums for free," said Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet. More than 1,800 museums participate in the Blue Star program, including 0 Comments
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Ocean State Job Lot, Tractor Supply to Open in North AdamsBy Tammy Daniels,
12:08PM / Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | |
 An Ocean State Job Lot is expected to move into the former Walmart store along with two other tenants. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Closeout retailer Ocean State Job Lot has signed a purchase and sales agreement for the old Walmart building on Curran Highway.
The chain expects to hire for 30 to 40 jobs and will sublet a section of the building to Tractor Supply Inc., with both operations opening in the fall, pending permitting.
The location will be the 46th in Massachusetts for the North Kingstown, R.I.-based chain, which has several stores in the Springfield area. It has 109 stores total with 4,000 employees in New England and New York, and annual sales of more than $540
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 |  |  Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage
by Billsville 02:46PM / Tuesday, February 26, 2013
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk, owner of Neathawk Signs and Design, to create a 3D sign for the business.
Neathawk installed the sign late Monday |
| Williamstown Youth Center Thanks Bedard Bros.
by Billsville 02:13PM / Friday, June 22, 2012
Bedard Brothers Chevrolet, through the Chevrolet Youth Soccer Program, has helped sponsor the Williamstown Youth Center's Soccer Program for the 2012 season. In addition to soccer equipment, this
| MGRHS graduation
by villager 11:10PM / Saturday, June 09, 2012
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Williamstown Declines Civil Fingerprinting, Spruces PlanBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
10:36PM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 Barely 6 percent of the town's voters attended Tuesday's annual town meeting, passing most of the articles with little or no discussion. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Town meeting on Tuesday night tabled a proposal to institute a civil fingerprinting program and rejected a plan that would have appropriated $365,000 in town funds to help a residents cooperative buy the Spruces Mobile Home Park. Most of the 38 articles on the annual town meeting warrant passed with little to no comment in a meeting that took just about 1 hour, 45 minutes under the direction of Town Moderator Mark Gold, serving his last town meeting in that capacity. The voters decided once again to take no action on
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Senate Hopeful Gomez Stresses Security at Lenco ArmoredBy Andy McKeever,
08:06PM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 Gomez addressing dozens of supporters at Lenco in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a backdrop of Lenco-made armored vehicles, U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez make the case Tuesday that he is a stronger voice for homeland security than his opponent. The Cohasset Republican is campaigning for the special election to replace the seat vacated by John Kerry. He is up against Democrat Edward Markey, a U.S. House member representing the 5th Massachusetts District.
Gomez held a rally Tuesday at Lenco and cited reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and two resolutions honoring the victims of 9/11 as bills he
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Williamstown Coordinating Committee ConvenesBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
03:27PM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 The town's new coordinating committee is hoping to heal a rift between opposing camps over affordable housing development. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The committee charged with coordinating the town's efforts to address land-use issues discussed its specific objectives at its inaugural meeting Monday. The Long-term Coordinating Committee created earlier this month decided to set goals including a recommendation to the Selectmen about where to situate replacement housing for homes lost at the Spruces Mobile Home Park after 2011's Tropical Storm Irene. The new committee also will aim to prepare an objective analysis of potential sites that can inform voters if and when the
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Williamstown Voters to Face Spending, Land IssuesStaff Reports, iBerkshires Staff
12:59AM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 Voters at last month's special town meeting. Two articles set aside by voters will be back before them at Tuesday's annual town meeting. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters will take up a 38-question warrant at Tuesday night's annual town meeting, including two controversial land articles and a request to put aside money to fund a feasibility study for a new police station.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Mount Greylock Regional High School.
There are two articles at the end of the warrant that would allow voters to remove land from conservation for development of affordable housing by majority vote, and take one land in particular — the Lowry property.
The 30-acre
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State Democratic Chairman Rallies Berkshire VotersBy Andy McKeever,
03:22PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 State Democratic Committee Chairman John Walsh rallied Berkshire Democrats on Sunday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Walsh delivered a dose of adrenaline to Berkshire Democrats on Sunday as the party ramps up campaigning for Edward Markey.
The chairman of the state Democratic Committee was the main speaker at a ceremony opening the regional Democratic office on North Street. Walsh was joined by state Rep. Paul Mark and state Sen. Benjamin Downing in giving rally speeches.
Walsh asked local Democratic leaders to forget about their other responsibilities for the next month and focus on the campaign because the U.S. Senate seat, he said, is too important to lose.
"I
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Senate Candidate Gomez to Visit Pittsfield Letters to the Editor,
01:51PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 What are you doing next Tuesday? Do you have time to do something for your country? Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, needs your support in his bid to become our next U.S. senator. Please join me in welcoming Gomez back to the Berkshires on Tuesday, May 21, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. at Lenco Armored Vehicles, 10 Betnr Industrial Drive in Pittsfield.
The stakes are high and the choice is clear in the special U.S. Senate election scheduled for June 25. Gabriel Gomez is a political newcomer, a family man, and a first-generation American who believes in the American Dream. His opponent, Congressmen Ed Markey, is a career politician who has sided with flag burners and job killers over a 40-year
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Memorial Day Events 2013By Staff Reports,
05:30AM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
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Army Lt. Col. Frederick Lora, an Adams native, will deliver the Memorial Address at the town's Memorial Day observances. Lora is a 19-year veteran and career military intelligence officer. He has served two combat tours of duty in Iraq and is the current Intelligence Operations branch chief at the Army's Cyber Command at Fort Belvoir, Va. Lora is a 1989 graduate of Hoosac Valley High School and graduated cum laude from Northeastern University.
President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" will be delivered by Hoosac Valley High junior Tyler Carpenter and 8th-grader Kaylea Nocher will present "In Flander's Field."
The parade will step off at 10 a.m.
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MCLA Graduates Handed Keys to Open Future DoorsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
09:45PM / Saturday, May 18, 2013 | |
Senior Class President Elizabeth Mullen leads the graduates through the gates; MCLA trustees Chairman Tyler Fairbank honors Diane Patrick. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The graduates of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts were handed the keys to a multitude of doors on Saturday, along with some encouragement to "squeeze the bottom of an ant" should the need arise.
Commencement speaker Diane Patrick, wife of Gov. Deval Patrick, said MCLA was special place to her because of the efforts of its President Mary Grant, faculty and trustees in championing a liberal arts education for students from across a diverse spectrum.
"This one recognizes that a degree that
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