Williams Women's Soccer Team Reaches NCAA Final Four

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Natasha Albaneze scored twice, and Natalie Turner-Wyatt had a goal and two assists to lead the Williams College women's soccer team to a 3-0 win over Johns Hopkins to send the Ephs to eh NCAA Division III Final Four.
 
Olivia Barnhill made eight saves to earn the shutout win in goal.
 
Williams (20-1-1) plays Hardin-Simmons in the national semi-finals on Dec. 1.
 
Men's Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- C.J. Shugart scored a power play goal to break a 2-2 tie and send Williams to a 3-2 win over Colby on Saturday.
 
Max Fuld and Roberto Cellini each scored a goal for the Ephs (2-0), who got 17 saves from Michael Pinios.
 
Williams hosts Babson on Saturday afternoon.
 
Women's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Kristin Fechtelkotter scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds Saturday to lead Williams to a 72-54 win over Husson.
 
Emily Chang scored 15, and Emily Peckham grabbed nine rebounds for the Ephs (2-0), who go on the road to play Springfield on Tuesday.
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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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