16 Mount Greylock Students Selected to Music Festival

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ten middle school students and six high school students were selected to participate in their respective Massachusetts Music Educator's Western District Festivals.

The high school students attended the festival, which took place at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Jan. 12. Eric Hirsch and Nathan Majumder performed with the band, Tyra Nurmi and Blake Sherman performed with the chorus and Schuyler Fohrhaltz-Burbank and Taylor Fohrhaltz-Burbank played with the orchestra. Taylor and Schuyler Fohrhaltz also recieved All-State recommendations, which only the top performers receieve. They were also invited to the Massachusetts Music Educator's All-State Festival to play with the orchestra, which took place on March 2 at Symphony Hall in Boston.
 
On March 16, the middle school participants will visit the UMass-Amherst campus for the Massachusetts Western District Junior High Festival. The participating students are Dagny Albano and Cameron Castonguay for the band, and Serena Chow, Niku Darafshi, Clara Bentz-Kuttner, Mercer Greenwald, Aaron Kleiner, and Matthew Kleiner, Orchestra, and Jenna Benzinger for the chorus.
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Williamstown Board Opts to Negotiate with College on Water St. Lot

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

Newly elected board member Nate Budington, far left, participates in his first in-person meeting along with, from left, Matt Neely, Stephanie Boyd, Peter Beck, Shana Dixon and Town Manager Robert Menicocci.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday decided to enter into negotiations with Williams College on the sale of the vacant town-owned lot at 59 Water St.
 
But the board members made it clear that the college's proposal to acquire the lot is a starting point, not a final deal that the elected officials would accept.
 
"For the sake of continued conversation, I'm in favor of [awarding Williams the site], but if this process wasn't continued with the opportunity for further negotiation, I wouldn't vote to continue this," Peter Beck said. "I think that next step is necessary for us to get to a yes on this."
 
"I think there's wide agreement on that," Matthew Neely said just before the 5-0 vote to enter talks with the college.
 
Williams was the sole respondent to a town-issued request for proposals to develop the former town garage site, currently a dirt lot.
 
The college's stated intent is to build a new Facilities office and create up to 170 parking spaces at 59 Water Street. That use will allow the college to redevelop the current Facilities building site and parking lot as part of a reconception of the school's indoor athletic and recreation facilities.
 
Under the terms of the RFP, the college's proposal was subjected to review by an ad hoc advisory committee to the town manager, who brought the question to the Select Board. That board will have the final say on any purchase and sales agreement.
 
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