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Companion Corner: Max at Second ChanceBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
03:25PM / Thursday, February 12, 2026 | |
 ARLINGTON, Vt. — There is a dog at Second Chance Animal Shelter whose blindness doesn't stop him from wanting to play fetch with his new family. iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. Max is a 3-year-old border collie has been patiently waiting at the shelter since January 2023. Lead canine care technician Alaura Lasher introduced us to him. "He is a mostly blind dog, so we're looking for someone who is willing to work with him and his blindness, he actually does really well, even though he can't see for the most part," she said. Max was given to the shelter after his
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Holiday Hours: Presidents Day| 01:00PM / Thursday, February 12, 2026 | |
Gen. George Washington taking command of the Continental Army in Cambridge in 1775. Washington's Birthday will be celebrated on Monday, Feb. 16.
The holiday was first enacted by Congress in 1879 to mark George Washington's birthday on Feb. 22 and later moved to the third Monday in February in 1968. While the name of the federal holiday remains Washington's Birthday, it is more often referred to as Presidents Day to include the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12.
Washington was born in 1732 (or Feb. 11, 1731, according to the old-style calendar) in Colonial Virginia. A Founding Father, he would lead the new nation as head of the Continental Army in the Revolution and as
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Clark Art Concert: Hub New Music| 07:50AM / Thursday, February 12, 2026 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a concert by Hub New Music, a contemporary music ensemble. The performance takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Hub New Music gives the world premiere of Daniel Wohl's new piece Mirage. This immersive work seamlessly blends electronic and acoustic sounds inspired by the cultural phenomena surrounding UFO-sightings. Using a bit of sci-fi fun, the composer asks the more existential question, "Are UFOs just products of our imagination, projections of our hopes, or something truly alien?". Founded in 2013 in Boston, Hub New Music—a combination of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Health Board Develops Nitrous Oxide BylawBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Thursday, February 12, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday moved closer to tightening regulations around the sale of nitrous oxide canisters. The board held a public hearing on a draft ordinance that would limit sales only to "medical supply stores" and "kitchen supply stores" while prohibiting sales in other establishments with punishment through escalating fines and, ultimately, the report of a criminal offense. The panel agreed to strengthen the draft submitted by Health Inspector Ruth Russell to strengthen the punishment for stores not authorized to sell the canisters at all. Russell had proposed such businesses be fined $300 for a first offense, 0 Comments
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Community Contra Dance| 05:05PM / Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass — On Saturday, Feb. 14, North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance with calling (teaching) by Steve Howland, and live music by Seamus Connor, Alex Moon and friends. According to a press release: Contra dancing is a living New England folk tradition. The music is live, the dances are taught, and anyone is welcome, with or without a partner — it is common to change partners for each dance of the evening. The caller teaches dance moves and skills as needed so that newcomers can participate fully from their very first event. The dance will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First
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HooRWA's Annual State of the River| 11:12AM / Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. — Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) for their annual State of the River on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 7:00pm at the First Congregational Church of Williamstown. Jay Racela, Williams College Environmental Analysis Lab Supervisor and Lecturer will present on the organizations collective water quality monitoring activities and findings in 2025 and discuss overall water quality. At this event HooRWA will present the Tanzman Award to Jane Winn, recently retired founder and Executive Director of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for all her advocacy and labor to protect and enhance the Hoosic and Housatonic Rivers. The Irving 0 Comments
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Clark Art Celebrates Valentine's Day| 08:24AM / Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Feb. 14, the Clark Art Institute offers special activities in celebration of Valentine's Day. Visitors are welcome to visit the galleries to find all the forms of love in the permanent collection—from tender brushstrokes to flirtatious figures. Head to the Museum Pavilion to write a note about the artwork that pulls at your heartstrings and share it on our "art lovers' response wall," where notes from others will also be on view. Then, at 1 pm, enjoy a love-inspired gallery tour of the Clark's collection led by a Clark educator. The tour meets in the Museum Pavilion. Free. Tour capacity is limited. Pick up a 0 Comments
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Williamstown Summer Farmers Market Seeking New Vendors | 07:18AM / Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Farmers Market (WFM) is currently in its third winter season, and the he Summer season will kick off on May 16, on Spring Street. The outdoor market is home to 30+ farmers, prepared food vendors, artisans, musicians, and local non-profits, as well as thousands of regular customers who come to buy fresh, healthy food grown and raised by local farmers, delicious baked goods and other prepared foods, jewelry, arts, crafts, pottery, apothecaries and more. New vendors of all types are encouraged to submit an application for the summer season, and this year, the market is particularly on the lookout for businesses that provide 0 Comments
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Williamstown READI Committee Transitions Away From Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted unanimously to transition the town's diversity committee away from the role it has served since its inception in 2020. On a 4-0 vote, the board voted to formally dissolve the body recently renamed the Race, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and allow its members to work directly with the town manager to advance the issues that the former DIRE Committee addressed over the last six years. When the then-Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee was formed in the summer of 2020, it was conceived as an advisory body to the Select Board. Over the years, the relationship between 0 Comments
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Clark Art Offers School Vacation Week Activities| 07:41AM / Monday, February 09, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute offers children and families fun activities celebrating its permanent collection and the special exhibition Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70 from Tuesday, Feb. 17 through Thursday, Feb. 19 (part of the Massachusetts public school system's February vacation week). The Clark's vacation week programming explores themes of imagination, fantasy, and ghostly realities. From 10 am–noon, drop in to sculpt gargoyles or otherworldly creatures out of mixed media materials. At 1 pm, join a Clark educator for an all-ages interactive tour of Shadow Visionaries that
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Williamstown CPC Sends Eight of 10 Applicants to Town MeetingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Monday, February 09, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday voted to send eight of the 10 grant applications the town received for fiscal year 2027 to May's annual town meeting. Most of those applications will be sent with the full funding sought by applicants. Two six-figure requests from municipal entities received no action from the committee, meaning the proposals will have to wait for another year if officials want to re-apply for funds generated under the Community Preservation Act. The three applications to be recommended to voters at less than full funding also included two in the six-figure range: Purple Valley Trails sought $366,911 for the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Dinner, Show Pairing Art and Cuisine | 08:18AM / Friday, February 06, 2026 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Feb. 14, the Clark Art Institute presents Dinner and the Show, inspired by the Clark's special exhibition "Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70." Exhibition curator Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, provides a special introduction to the exhibition, followed by a three-course meal inspired by nineteenth-century France. Constellation Culinary's Chef Chris Gouty brings his creative spin to classical French cooking and the themes of memory, fantasy, and longing that anchor the exhibition. With subtle nods to Valentine's Day, Dinner and the Show perfectly combines 0 Comments
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