Ephs' Golf Falls Short In NESCAC Final

By Jacob AbrahamsWilliams Sports Info
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams, Middlebury, Hamilton, and Trinity wrapped up play in the NESCAC Championship at Taconic Golf Club. Conditions on Sunday were extremely difficult. The winds were far stronger than previous days, and temperatures remained fairly low, making it difficult for players to navigate the tough par-71 layout. Defending champion Middlebury College, which had a one-shot lead going into the final round, was able to hold off second-place Williams for its second straight conference crown.

The Panthers' two day total of 626 was eight better than the Ephs' 634. Trinity College, 645, remained in third place after its 324 today, and Hamilton, 656, was unable to make a move with its 329. The Panthers will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship, which will be played at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

For the second year in a row, Middlebury's William Prince was the medalist of this event. He followed up his 78 from Saturday with a stellar 74 today given the tough playing conditions. Williams' Ross Bowen and Trinity's Alex Bermingham each fired 156 to tie for second place. Two more Panthers rounded out the top five individuals, as both Rob Donahoe and Eric Laorr put up scores of 157.
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Williamstown Select Board Awards ARPA Funds to Remedy Hall

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday allocated $20,000 in COVID-19-era relief funds to help a non-profit born of the pandemic era that seeks to provide relief to residents in need.
 
On a unanimous vote, the board voted to grant the American Rescue Plan Act money to support Remedy Hall, a resource center that provides "basic life necessities" and emotional support to "individuals and families experiencing great hardship."
 
The board of the non-profit approached the Select Board with a request for $12,000 in ARPA Funds to help cover some of the relief agency's startup costs, including the purchase of a vehicle to pick up donations and deliver items to clients, storage rental space and insurance.
 
The board estimates that the cost of operating Remedy Hall in its second year — including some one-time expenses — at just north of $31,500. But as board members explained on Monday night, some sources of funding are not available to Remedy Hall now but will be in the future.
 
"With the [Williamstown] Community Chest, you have to be in existence four or five years before you can qualify for funding," Carolyn Greene told the Select Board. "The same goes for state agencies that would typically be the ones to fund social service agencies.
 
"ARPA made sense because [Remedy Hall] is very much post-COVID in terms of the needs of the town becoming more evident."
 
In a seven-page letter to the town requesting the funds, the Remedy Hall board wrote that, "need is ubiquitous and we are unveiling that truth daily."
 
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