WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Time is running out for anyone who wants to run for the newly constituted Mount Greylock Regional School Committee.
Nomination papers must be returned to the town clerks in Williamstown and Lanesborough by Tuesday, July 24, at 5 p.m.
The clerks will verify the signatures on the nominating positions throughout August in time to get candidates' names on the November ballot.
Candidates need to file nomination papers in each town of the two-town PreK-12 school district.
All seven seats on the School Committee will be up for election on Nov. 6.
Voters will choose two Williamstown residents for four-year terms and two Williamstown residents for two-year terms. Two of the Lanesborough vacancies in the first election will be four four-year terms, and one will be for a two-year term.
In subsequent elections, all seats will be four-year terms.
The entirely new School Committee is required because of last year's decision by the member towns to fully-regionalize what previously was a middle-high school regional school district.
The elementary school committees in Lanesborough and Williamstown ceased to exist on June 30; the preK-12 district is currently under the jurisdiction of a Transition Committee made up of members of the former elementary school committees and the former Mount Greylock Regional School Committee.
Nomination papers are available at Lanesborough Town Hall, Williamstown Town Hall and the district office, currently operating at Williamstown Elementary School because of the construction project at Mount Greylock.
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Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday signed off on more than $1 million in cost cutting measures for the planned Main Street fire station.
Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future.
The committee, which oversees the Fire District, also made plans to hold meetings over the next two Wednesdays to finalize its fiscal year 2025 budget request and other warrant articles for the May 28 annual district meeting. One of those warrant articles could include a request for a new mini rescue truck.
The value engineering changes to the building project originated with the district's Building Committee, which asked the Prudential Committee to review and sign off.
In all, the cuts approved on Wednesday are estimated to trim $1.135 million off the project's price tag.
The biggest ticket items included $250,000 to simplify the exterior masonry, $200,000 to eliminate a side yard shed, $150,000 to switch from a metal roof to asphalt shingles and $75,000 to "white box" certain areas on the second floor of the planned building.
The white boxing means the interior spaces will be built but not finished. So instead of dividing a large space into six bunk rooms and installing two restrooms on the second floor, that space will be left empty and unframed for now.
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