Greylock Youth Basketball Finishes Regular Season at .500

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Pablo Santos scored 12 points Saturday to lead the Greylock seventh- and eighth-grade boys travel basketball team to a 47-36 win over Dalton in the team’s regular season finale.
 
Malcom Waynick added 11 as Greylock finished the year 4-4 going into next weekend’s Berkshire County Championship tournament.
 
“We were very pleased with how our kids finished the regular season,” Greylock coach Rick Paris said. “Pablo and Malcom, our two leading scorers, played well today, especially taking it to the hoop. In turn, Malcom got to the line and made six-of-six, all in the second half, while Pablo converted five of his drives and two-for-four at the line.”
 
The county tournament for the seventh- and eighth-grade teams is Friday through Sunday at Mount Greylock Regional School. The fifth- and sixth-grade teams will hold their tournament Thursday through Sunday at Williamstown Elementary School.
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Williamstown Charter Review Panel OKs Fix to Address 'Separation of Powers' Concern

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Charter Review Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to endorse an amended version of the compliance provision it drafted to be added to the Town Charter.
 
The committee accepted language designed to meet concerns raised by the Planning Board about separation of powers under the charter.
 
The committee's original compliance language — Article 32 on the annual town meeting warrant — would have made the Select Board responsible for determining a remedy if any other town board or committee violated the charter.
 
The Planning Board objected to that notion, pointing out that it would give one elected body in town some authority over another.
 
On Wednesday, Charter Review Committee co-Chairs Andrew Hogeland and Jeffrey Johnson, both members of the Select Board, brought their colleagues amended language that, in essence, gives authority to enforce charter compliance by a board to its appointing authority.
 
For example, the Select Board would have authority to determine a remedy if, say, the Community Preservation Committee somehow violated the charter. And the voters, who elect the Planning Board, would have ultimate say if that body violates the charter.
 
In reality, the charter says very little about what town boards and committees — other than the Select Board — can or cannot do, and the powers of bodies like the Planning Board are regulated by state law.
 
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