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Williams Men's Soccer Reaches National Title Game
08:28PM / Thursday, December 01, 2022
SALEM, Va. -- Nick Boardman scored on a header in the 80th minute to give the Williams College men's soccer team a 1-0 win over Mary Washington on Thursday at the NCAA Division III Final Four.   Boardman converted a cross from Eamon Gara Grady for the game-winner.   Ben Diffley made three saves in Williams' goal. Mount Greylock graduate and Williams senior defender Brady Foehl played 15 minutes off the bench in the shutout.   Williams (10-1-11) plays the University of Chicago on Saturday at noon for the national championship.

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Penny Social, Non-Profit Fair Returns at Williamstown's Holiday Walk
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:37AM / Thursday, December 01, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After a two-year absence, one of Holiday Walk's signature attractions returns on Saturday.   The Penny Social and Non-Profit Fair once again will fill Williams College's Lasell Gymnasium with holiday cheer, merriment and a chance to try your luck.   "We are so happy we can resume having the Penny Social and Non-Profit Fair and all the things that go along with Holiday Walk," Williamstown Community Chest Executive Director Anna Singleton said this week.   The Community Chest, a charitable agency that supports non-profit organizations throughout North County, is the organizer of the Penny Social, which was canceled the last two

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Berkshire County Officials to Work Friday Game at Gillette Stadium
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11:15AM / Thursday, December 01, 2022
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- A crew of eight Berkshire County high school football officials will take the field on Friday afternoon at Gillette Stadium to officiate the Division 7 State Championship Game.   Referee John Wellspeak will lead a crew that includes umpire Michael Lyon, line judge Marc Field, head linesman Mark Pompi, field judge Matt Conant, side judge John Ciliberti and back judge Gary Pemble. Peter Ochs will serve as the game's clock operator.   The Berkshire County officials will be in charge when West Boylston, which eliminated Wahconah in the state quarter-finals, takes on St. Bernard's for the D7 crown, one of eight state title games to be contested over the

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SVHC Physician Aims for the Olympics
08:46AM / Thursday, December 01, 2022
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ivette Guttmann, MD, a sports medicine physician with SVMC Orthopedics, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) in Bennington, has something in common with the best athletes in the world; she has a dream to make it to the Olympic Games.    Her hope is to serve the athletes as a volunteer physician.   "I am an athlete at heart, and the Olympics is something I have always aspired to," Guttmann said. "While I didn't make it to the Olympics as an athlete, I hope to be able to use my skills as a physician to serve Team U.S.A."   As a first step, Dr. Guttmann will serve as a

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Clark: Lecture On Ruskin's Watercolor Practice
08:34AM / Thursday, December 01, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by historian Jeremy Melius (University of Oxford / Michael Ann Holly Fellow) that explores the aesthetic and ethical parameters of Victorian critic John Ruskin's watercolor practice.    Free; no registration is required. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.    According to a press release:   Ranging over the sheer variety of Ruskin's visual work—from nature studies to architectural fancies to copies after pictures of the past—Melius focuses on Ruskin's special engagement with his medium, and its

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Williamstown Select Board Finalizes Charge for Town's Diversity Committee
By Stephen Dravis,
02:34PM / Wednesday, November 30, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board Monday concluded an effort that dates back to early summer when it unanimously approved a revised charge for the town's diversity committee.   Chairman Hugh Daley drove the effort to revise the document that outlines the purpose of the Diversity, Inclusion, Race and Equity Advisory Committee.   Although the Select Board had the authority to unilaterally change the charter for a body it created in the summer of 2020, the board engaged in a dialogue with its colleagues currently serving on the DIRE Committee to find language that made sense to all parties.   Right up until the final moments before Monday's vote, the board

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Images Cinema Fundraiser: Music in Movies
12:15PM / Wednesday, November 30, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents a fundraising event, Music in Movies: Roomful of Teeth, Carter Burwell, and "Catherine Called Birdy," on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7:30pm.    Oscar nominated composer Carter Burwell and Roomful of Teeth founder Brad Wells will discuss their collaboration on the "Catherine Called Birdy" score following a screening of the film.    The film is directed by Lena Dunham and stars Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, and Joe Alwyn. The runtime is 108 minutes.   Tickets are suggested donation, $5 - $25; free for members.    According to a press release: Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy-winning vocal

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Samantha Kaftan Joins SVMC ExpressCare
08:33AM / Wednesday, November 30, 2022
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) welcomes Physician Assistant Samantha Kaftan, PA-C, to SVMC ExpressCare and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians.    Kaftan earned her master's degree in physician assistant studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She received a bachelor's in biology from the University of Dallas in Texas. She is certified by the National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants.   Most recently, Kaftan has worked as a physician assistant in the Emergency Department at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She also worked as a physician assistant in Hospital Medicine at CHI

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Williamstown Rural Lands Gets Rights on Oblong Road Property
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:43AM / Wednesday, November 30, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday decided to assign the town's right of first refusal on a 10-acre parcel in South Williamstown.   The vote, which is contingent on ironing out an 11th-hour "wrinkle," closed a conversation that began  in July over a parcel currently farmed by Sweet Brook Farm.   The board decided, 4-1, to assign the town's right to Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, which hopes to purchase the Oblong Road property for the same $745,000 price that owner Beth Phelps is offered by a developer who wants to acquire the site for residential development.   The land has been conserved under the commonwealth's Chapter

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Williams Men's Basketball Tops RPI
09:41PM / Tuesday, November 29, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Declan Porter scored 13 points Tuesday to lead the Williams College men's basketball team to a 58-40 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic.   Cole Prowitt-Smith finished with eight points and 10 rebounds for Williams (6-0), which hosts Wesleyan on Saturday.   Women's Basketball SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Julia Blanck scored 19 points to lead Skidmore to a 70-56 win over Williams.   Arianna Gerig scored 16 to lead Williams (4-2), which hosts Keene State on Friday.

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North County Communities Close to Hiring Shared HR Director
By Brian Rhodes,
02:00PM / Tuesday, November 29, 2022

ADAMS, Mass. — The town is close to picking a candidate for a grant-funded human resources director, which will split time between Adams, North Adams and Williamstown. 

 

The Board of Selectmen's Personnel Sub-committee met on Monday to discuss the position and several other personnel matters. In March, the three communities received a $100,000 grant from the state's Community Compact Cabinet Efficiency and Regionalization program to fund the position. 

 

Town Administrator Jay Green said two candidates were interviewed for the job, with expectations to make a formal offer to one of them soon, pending final approval from officials in North

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Williamstown Fire District Outlines Green Elements of Proposed Station
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:00PM / Tuesday, November 29, 2022
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Fire District officials hope that residents in February will allow the district to build a new station that meets firefighters' needs and meets the town's goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.   Earlier this month, the Williamstown Fire District held a public forum to discuss the ways that its building project aligns with the ambitious target that town meeting approved in 2021.   Chris Schaffer of sustainable design firm The Green Engineer of Concord and Chris Wante of Pittsfield architect EDM outlined some of the features that planners are incorporating in the design process in a presentation at the Williamstown Youth

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