Letter: Vote on May 11

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To the Editor:

I am excited to endorse Albert Cummings for Select Board. I have known Albert for decades. I've watched him grow his business from building small additions and renovations to award winning residential and commercial masterpieces. Similarly, I have seen his music career evolve from playing the banjo on Community Auditions, to singing and playing guitar around a campfire, to sharing a stage with some of the greatest blues artists who ever walked the earth. Albert's success in these areas come from a strong work ethic, great people skills, a willingness to always learn new ideas while not casting aside those ideas that are time tested and proven, and the attitude that a job worth doing is worth doing right. These are skills and attributes that will serve our town well.

Albert approaches people, ideas, issues, and opportunities with an open mind. He possesses an uncanny ability to engage with people, put them at ease, and allow them to be heard and has the experience of making tough decisions.

I encourage everyone to vote on May 11.

Jay Merselis
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 


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Williamstown Housing Trust Clarifies Status of Contributions to Habitat Project

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A representative of Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity appeared before the board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday to make sure the body still was committed to a $100,000 contribution toward the first home to be built in a subdivision off Summer Street.
 
Keith Davis told the board that his understanding was the board committed at its Aug. 20, 2025, meeting to make the contribution in addition to the $120,000 the trustees pledged to help build infrastructure to serve the planned four-home subdivision.
 
Although the first payment was received, Davis was concerned that the board was not accounting for the $100,000 contribution at its monthly meeting when it received a report from the trust's treasurer on the body's available funds.
 
"When I listen to your meetings and don't hear the commitment for $100,000, that makes me a little nervous," Davis said. "Because that is a major contribution."
 
The three trustees who were on the board last summer all agreed that the commitment for the second six-figure contribution was made.
 
Then-treasurer Ruth Harrison did not choose to serve another term after her term expired on June 30.
 
Davis told the panel that something in one of her recent treasurer's report caught his attention.
 
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