Williams Women's Hockey Ties Conn College

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Meghan Halloran scored with less than five minutes left to play to give the Williams College women's hockey team a 1-1 tie with Connecticut College on Saturday at Lansing Chapman Rink.
 
Christina Cleroux stopped 21 shots for the Ephs (9-4-4, 3-3-4 NESCAC), who go to Saint Anselm on Tuesday.
 
Men's Hockey
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one period and held on for a 4-2 win over Williams.
 
Nick VanBelle and Joe Welch each scored for the Ephs (10-7, 6-5), who host Tufts on Friday.
 
Men's Basketball
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Hilal Dahleh and Joey Leighton each scored 16 points to lead Middlebury to a 70-66 win over Williams.
 
James Heskett scored a game-high 19 points, and Matthew Karpowicz grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Ephs (13-4, 3-2), who have a non-league date against St. Joseph's on Monday.
 
Women's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maya Davis scored 12 points to lead three Middlebury Panthers in double figures as Middlebury beat Williams, 57-54.
 
Kristen Fechtelkotter scored 16, and Maggie Meehan had 12 points and four assists for the Ephs (10-8, 2-3), who host Trinity on Friday.
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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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