Clark Art Fourth Tuesday Foraging Walk Series

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's popular series of foraging walks returns this April. 
 
On the fourth Tuesday of the month from April through September, naturalist and wild edibles enthusiast Arianna Alexsandra Collins guides visitors across the Clark's 140-acre campus in a one-hour talk. Each walkabout begins on the Fernández Terrace by the Clark's Reflecting Pool.
 
During each foraging walk, Collins discusses characteristics for proper identification of flora and fungi, as well as meal and medicinal preparation. Trailside nibbling throughout the walkabout is encouraged. Collins is an environmental education professional with twenty years of experience in teaching, developing programs, and engaging with the community.
 
Foraging Walk Dates
  • April 23, 4 pm
  • May 28, 5:30 pm
  • June 25, 5:30 pm
  • July 23, 5:30 pm
  • August 27, 5:30 pm
  • September 24, 5:30 pm
All foraging walks are free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. 
 
For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.

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Mount Greylock School Committee OKs Budget Without Adding Elementary School Position

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee approved a fiscal year 2027 spending plan  on Thursday that officials characterize as a "level services" budget.
 
The elected body approved the same budget it reviewed two days earlier after deciding not to add an additional full-time teaching position at Williamstown Elementary School as advocated by a half-dozen WES parents who addressed the committee in the annual budget public hearing.
 
That additional position, a math interventionist sought by the WES School Council, would have added about $120,000 (for salary and benefits) to the assessment to Williamstown and raised that assessment to 14.42 percent over the amount raised for the district through Williamstown property taxes in the current fiscal year.
 
Before taking a vote to advance the budget as drafted, School Committee member Jose Constantine moved that the bottom line be increased by the $120,000 necessary for the full-time math interventionist. His motion was defeated, 4-2, with Curtis Elfenbein joining Constantine in the minority and Steven Miller, who joined the meeting late, not voting.
 
The final, original, budget then was passed on a vote of 6-0, setting the stage for the district's presentation to the Williamstown Finance Committee on Wednesday and to the Lanesborough Fin Comm and Select Board on April 6.
 
Ultimately, the budget will show up on the annual town meeting warrants in Lanesborough and Williamstown, where voters later this spring will have an up-or-down vote. The budget approved on Thursday would raise the assessment to Williamstown by 13.61 percent, year-to-year, and in Lanesborough by 10.99 percent.
 
Williamstown would be on the hook for $16.8 million (up about $2 million from FY26). Lanesborough's assessment would be $7.6 million (up by $751,000).
 
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