Several Spring Street businesses are undergoing changes in their upcoming hours of operation, including some temporary closures.
Purple Pub closes indefinitely
The Purple Pub has closed indefinitely...
The Homelands PowWow, hosted this weekend at the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., marked the first powwow hosted by members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Tribe on their ancestral lands since...
Shana Dixon defeated Jane Patton for a one-year seat on the Select Board in yesterday’s Town election, according to unofficial election results. Matt Neely and Peter Beck were both elected unopposed to three-year terms.
The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled grants to several organizations in the Northern Berkshires, including the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Clark Art Institute, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Shana Dixon and Jane Patton will vie for a spot on the Williamstown Select Board in the annual Town election on May 13. Either Dixon, who chairs the Town’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity Committee (DIRE), or Patton, who has served on the Board for the last 12 years, will serve one year of a three-year term, filling the seat that was vacated by Andy Hogeland ’76 after his resignation last year.
The Williamstown Select Board voted to recommend against Town voters approving the Hoosac Water Quality District’s proposed sewer rate at Town Meeting next month, in protest of a potential deal that would compost sewage sludge from outside the district in the Town.
The Williamstown Select Board completed voting on its recommendations for Town Meeting warrant articles at its April 14 meeting. At Town Meeting on May 22, voters will decide on the articles.
Williamstown began reconstructing South Street between the Field Park traffic circle and the Clark Institute of Art on Monday, April 16. The project is expected to conclude in summer 2026.
Williamstown Fire Chief Craig Pedercini will soon retire after 23 years. In an interview, Pedercini reflected on memorable fires, the expansion of the student volunteer firefighter program, and the department's future.
