Williams College Celebrates Staff Members

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College will host on Tuesday, May 6, its annual Appreciation Day, which honors staff members who have reached milestones in their service to the college.

The celebration includes a luncheon for employees completing their 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th year of service, and a dinner for employees celebrating their 25th, 30th, 35th, and 40th year of service, as well as those who are newly retired. The day is an opportunity for community members to offer thanks to the staff whose contributions uphold the college’s functionality and excellence.

This year’s retires are Dennis Brignolo, Sylvia Kennick Brown, Heather Clemow, Ruth Harrison, 
Fran Lapidus, 
Pete Mason, Thomas Miller, Donna St. Pierre, 
Beth Stachelek, 
Paula Tabor, and
 Cathy Yamamoto.

Olive DiGennaro and Bob Neville are celebrating 40 years at the college, while Paul Boyer, Margy Gwozdz, Tom Mahar, and Steve Rondeau are celebrating 35 years.

Celebrating their 30th year of service are Kim Altiere, Ed Bourdon, Kathy Crandall, Richard Cummings, Linda Hall, Jim Kolesar, Diane Noyes-Tovani, and Peg Weyers.

Celebrating 25 years at the college are David A. Boyer, David J. Boyer, Barb Casey, Lynn Chick, Jerry Cote, Donna Denelli-Hess, Betsy Hobson, Walter Komorowski, Kyle Lawson, Alberta McCarthy, Mary Morrison, Roger Parks, Dick Quinn, Donna Richardson, and Karen Ware.


Celebrating 20 years at the college are Jim Allison, Brenda Aubin, Wendy Berasi, Al Boyer, Gail Burda, Howard Garbarsky, Linda Goyette, Pat Hurlbut, Keli Kaegi, Kathy Kimball, Dave Maselli, Jill Mendel, Marcela Peacock, and Maureen Strype.

Celebrating their 15th year of service are Michele Alice, Karen Benko, Christine Blackman, Sherman Derby, Alice Gelheiser, Don Girard, Reina Gutierrez, Drew Jones, Kelly Kervan, Jody Kocsis, Tina Lemaire, JoAnne Moran, Bob Noel, Richard Noyes, Michelle Picard, David Polen, Tom Powers, Chris Robare, Ellen Rougeau, Karen Saunders, Paul Smernoff, Bill Southgate,

Deb Stawarz, Lynn Taft, Dan Viall, Shelby Walden, Adam Wang, Alison Warner, Rob White, and Cheryl Whitney.

Celebrating 10 years of service are Carol Allard, Barbara Bell, Kris Dufour, Mark Grandchamp, Anita Gutmann, Erik Kristensen, Nicole Landy, Michelle Larabee, Tee Martin, Kay Oehler, Kortni Pikula, Katie Price, Lisa Remillard, Nicki Renaud, Maria Restrepo, Bob Scherr, Nicole Wilson, and Chris Winters.

Celebrating 5 years at the college are David Ackerson, Judy Ackert, Mary Dzbenski, Katya King, Carly Knight, Channa Mam, Kristine McLear, Michael Menard, Marybeth Mitts, Mary Kate Shea, Abigail Wattley, Bernadine Williams, and Courtney Wooliver.

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Williamstown Finance Committee Finalizes Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Proposal

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The tax bill of a median-priced single family home will go up by 8.45 percent in the year that begins July 1 under a spending plan approved by the Finance Committee on Wednesday night.
 
After more than a month of going through all proposed spending by the town and public schools and searching for places to trim the budget and adjust revenue estimates, the Fin Comm voted to send a series of fiscal articles to the May 19 annual town meeting for approval.
 
The panel also discussed how to appeal to town meeting members to reverse what Fin Comm members long have described as an anti-growth sentiment in town that keeps the tax base from expanding.
 
New growth in the tax base is generated by new construction or improvements to property that raise its value. A lack of new growth (the town projects 15 percent less revenue from new growth in fiscal year 2027 than it had in FY26) means that increased spending falls more heavily on current taxpayers.
 
The two largest spending articles on the draft warrant for the May meeting are the appropriations for general government spending and the assessment from the Mount Greylock Regional School District.
 
The former, which includes the Department of Public Works, the Williamstown Police and town hall staffing, is up by just 2.5 percent from the current fiscal year to FY27 — from $10.6 million to $10.9 million.
 
The latter, which pays for Williamstown Elementary School and the town's share of the middle-high school, is up 13.7 percent, from $14.8 million to $16.8 million.
 
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