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Arrests Made in Williamstown Hit-and-Run

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Police on Friday afternoon announced the arrest of two residents in connection with a Feb. 9 incident on North Hoosac Road.

Sally J. Gould, 71, and John T. Gould, 69, of White Oaks Road were arrested at the Police Station following an incident that left Cheryl J. Leclaire, 54, of White Oaks Road, hospitalized.

Police Sgt. Scott McGowan and State Trooper Ryan Dickinson made the arrests.

Sally J. Gould was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and misleading, impeding and obstructing a police investigation. John T. Gould was charged with misleading, impeding and obstructing a police investigation.

On the evening of Feb. 9, Leclaire was found injured in the road by a motorist at about 6:30 p.m. At the time, police characterized the incident as a possible hit-and-run.

On Friday, McGowan reported that Leclaire remains in critical condition at Berkshire Medical Center.


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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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