Locals Wrap Up Week at YMCA National Swim Meet

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Emma Whitney and Maeve Wilber posted strong showings on the final day of the 2014 YMCA National Long Course Championships.
 
Whitney, a Williamstown resident and student at Mount Greylock who swims for the Hoosac Valley cooperative team in the winter, finished 85th out of 121 competitors in the 50-meter backstroke with a time of 32.97 seconds.
 
Whitney, who swims for Monument Mountain, was 81st out of 105 swimmers in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:32.94.
 
Also on Friday, Monument's Brandon Louison finished 113th out of 168 finishers in the 100 freestyle (56.37).
 
Six Berkshire County swimmers in all were competing in the national championships as part of the team from the Greater Westfield YMCA.
 
On Thursday at the nationals, Wilber placed 51st out of 115 competitors in the 200 breas stroke with a swim of 2:27.79.
 
Monument's Emma Wilber and Rowan Rice were 85th and 92nd, respectively, in the 50 butterfly and 100 breast stroke.
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Central Berkshire School Officials OK $35M Budget

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee approved a $35 million budget for fiscal 2025 during its meeting on Thursday.
 
Much of the proposed spending plan is similar to what was predicted in the initial and tentative budget presentations, however, the district did work with the Finance subcommittee to further offset the assessments to the towns, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis said. 
 
"What you're going see in this budget is a lower average assessment to the towns than what you saw in the other in the tentative budget that was approved," she said. 
 
The fiscal 2025 budget is $35,428,892, a 5.56 percent or $1,867,649, over this year's $33,561,243.
 
"This is using our operating funds, revolving revenue or grant revenue. So what made up the budget for the tentative budget is pretty much the same," Director of Finance and Operations Gregory Boino said.
 
"We're just moving around funds … so, we're using more of the FY25 rural aid funds instead of operating funds next year."
 
Increases the district has in the FY25 operating budget are from active employee health insurance, retiree health insurance, special education out-of-district tuition, temporary bond principal and interest payment, pupil transportation, Berkshire County Retirement contributions, and the federal payroll tax. 
 
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