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 Planners OK Preliminary Habitat Plan

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday agreed in principle to most of the waivers sought by Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity to build five homes on a Summer Street parcel.
 
But the planners strongly encouraged the non-profit to continue discussions with neighbors to the would-be subdivision to resolve those residents' concerns about the plan.
 
The developer and the landowner, the town's Affordable Housing Trust, were before the board for the second time seeking an OK for the preliminary subdivision plan. The goal of the preliminary approval process is to allow developers to have a dialogue with the board and stakeholders to identify issues that may come up if and when NBHFH brings a formal subdivision proposal back to the Planning Board.
 
Habitat has identified 11 potential waivers from the town's subdivision bylaw that it would need to build five single-family homes and a short access road from Summer Street to the new quarter-acre lots on the 1.75-acre lot the trust purchased in 2015.
 
Most of the waivers were received positively by the planners in a series of non-binding votes.
 
One, a request for relief from the requirement for granite or concrete monuments at street intersections, was rejected outright on the advice of the town's public works directors.
 
Another, a request to use open drainage to manage stormwater, received what amounted to a conditional approval by the board. The planners noted DPW Director Craig Clough's comment that while open drainage, per se, is not an issue for his department, he advised that said rain gardens not be included in the right of way, which would transfer ownership and maintenance of said gardens to the town.
 
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