Gastroenterologist Dr. Chi Zhang joins NARH medical staff

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NORTH ADAMS - Chi Zhang, M.D., a board-certified gastroenterologist, has joined the Medical Staff of North Adams Regional Hospital and is accepting patients. Dr. Zhang comes to NARH from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston where he completed a three-year fellowship in gastroenterology. Dr. Zhang served his internship and residency in internal medicine at Stony Brook Teaching Hospital in New York, having earned his medical degree from China University in Shenyang, China. Dr. Zhang also holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Dr. Zhang is board-certified in internal medicine and is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. At NARH he will join Drs. Timothy Baisch and William Rockett in providing a range of services including endoscopy and colonoscopy. The endoscopy unit offers screening and diagnostic services for a number of health conditions including colon cancer, peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and others. Procedures performed in the unit include colonoscopies, gastroscopies, and sigmoidoscopies, among others. The number of endoscopic procedures performed at NARH has more than doubled in recent years. "The medical staff is excited to have someone of Dr. Zhang's caliber join our community," said Stephen St. Clair, M.D., President of the NARH Medical Staff. "His arrival will allow us to once again offer a full range of gastroenterology services." "We are truly fortunate as a community to have attracted someone of Dr. Zhang's abilities," said Bruce Nash, M.D., president of NARH. "His training and professional background will offer even greater depth and experience to our endoscopy services." Dr. Zhang will be seeing patients at Williamstown Medical Associate's offices on the third floor of the Ambulatory Care Center (doctor's building) at North Adams Regional Hospital. His office telephone number is (413) 664-5782.

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Williamstown Homeowners Facing 7 Percent Hike in Tax Rate

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
02:03PM / Sunday, August 23, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Property owners will pay nearly a dollar more per $1,000 of assessed value in the current fiscal year under a tax classification proposal that goes to the Select Board on Monday evening.

According to a memo prepared by town Assessor Christopher Lamarre, the FY27 tax rate will be $15.16 per $1,000 of property value, an increase of 96 cents, or 6.8 percent, from the $14.20 per $1,000 property owners paid in the fiscal year that ended on June 30.

The increase is because of a 9.12 percent hike in the levy based on the budget and fiscal articles approved for FY27 at May's annual town meeting.

In FY26, the town collected $21.9 million from property taxes; this year, it needs to collect $24.1 million to pay its bills, a rise of $2.2 million.

That is by far the largest hike in the last 10 years — the period covered by data readily available on the town's website. In FY26, levy grew by 5.8 percent, following an eight-year period where the largest jump was 5.52 percent in 2018.

At the same time, the town continued to see growth rate in the tax base that does not keep up with rising costs. In FY27, "new growth" is pegged at $18.2 million, yielding just $258,004 in new tax revenue — far below the $2.2 million in needed revenue.

The total of taxable property in town in FY27 is $1.6 billion.

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