Bay State Winter Games Returning to Berkshires

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 2024 Bay State Winter Games Figure Skating Competition will return to the Berkshires for the 37th year Jan. 26-28 at the Williams College Lansing Champman Skating Rink in Williamstown.
 
Figure Skating
The competition will include over 400 performances from skaters representing the United States Figure skating Association and the Ice Sports Industry Skating program. All events will be held at the Williams College Lansing Chapman Skating Rink. These skaters will range in age from 5 to over 60 and represent communities from throughout Massachusetts as well as Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire & Rhode Island 
 
Skating Show
The show will feature skating performances from athletes who won a gold medal during competition events held earlier in the day on Saturday. The show will also include a performance by Berkshire County resident, John Michal Harden who is a New England Championship medalist. The show is open to the general public. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets will be available for sale on Friday evening from 7pm-9pm, all day Saturday an before the show at the Lansing Champman Skating rink located on the campus of Williams College.
 
Schedule:
 
Friday, Jan. 26
Competition 7pm-9pm
Practice Ice 9pm – 9:40pm
 
Saturday, Jan. 27
Practice Ice 6:30am-7:30am
Competition 8am – 6:30pm
Bay State Skate Show 7:30pm – 9pm
 
Sunday, Jan. 28
Practice Ice 6:30am-7:30am
Competition 8am – 8pm
 
Local participants include:
 
LAST FIRST US / IS TOWN STATE CLUB
Anderson Samantha USFS Lanesborough MA Christmas Brook FSC
Art Amelia USFS Williamstown MA Christmas Brook FSC
Benson Lukas USFS Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Benson Madalyn USFS Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Blair Rachael USFS North Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Boillat Emma USFS Clarksburg MA Christmas Brook FSC
Gabriel Emily USFS Pittsfield MA Christmas Brook FSC
Johnson Alaina USFS North Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Jones Bailey USFS Pittsfield MA Pittsfield Figure Skating Club
Juras Michela USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Juras Marlee USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Juras Colton USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Juras Mila USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Kemp Anna USFS Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Kopiec Ashley USFS Pittsfield MA Charter Oak FSC
Malone-Smith Katie USFS & ISI Hinsdale MA Christmas Brook FSC / Bay State Games SC
Merchant Aliza USFS Clarksburg MA Christmas Brook FSC
Miller Kayla USFS Williamstown MA Christmas Brook FSC
Moore Avery USFS Pittsfield MA Pittsfield Figure Skating Club
O'Leary Elliana USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Perry Morgan USFS North Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Piechowski Marcy USFS North Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Pinheiro Nicole USFS Winthrop MA North Shore SC
Robbins Sophia USFS Cheshire MA Pittsfield FSC
Shapiro-Van Dusen Penelope USFS North Adams MA Christmas Brook FSC
Shore-Sheppard Lara ISI Pownal VT Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink
Thurston Anna USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
Wells-Vidal Ava USFS Cheshire MA Christmas Brook FSC
 
 

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Williamstown Board Hears Concerns About 'Hometown Heroes' Banners

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kurt Durocher told the Williamstown Select Board that he had received nothing but positive feedback from the North County communities where he proposed participation in the Hometown Heroes banner program.
 
Then Williamstown residents started to weigh in.
 
Durocher was before the board Monday evening to seek its blessing to put banners recognizing living and deceased military veterans on utility poles in Williamstown, an initiative that has been embraced in all but one of the other municipalities in the district where he serves as Veterans' Service Officer.
 
"The only negative I've had right now, and it's not really negative, [the Town of ] Florida doesn't want banners to go on Route 2, the Mohawk Trail, for safety reasons, understandably," Durocher said. "So we're trying to figure out an alternate way to make that work in Florida."
 
By and large, though, the reception to the program has been encouraging, Durocher said.
 
"I'll use Adams as an example," he said. "They've had a program for many, many years, but it's only for [military personnel] killed in action. Now that I've been allowed to take over that program … there's been a huge outpouring of support, because now we get living veterans on the poles as well.
 
"The only negative I've had is certain people want their banners in certain locations. So what we did in North Adams is we just did a random draw. I can't please everybody. I've got people who want a banner in a certain location, but three other people want that same location.It was a straight random draw for them."
 
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