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Mount Greylock Grad Barrett Earns Regional Honor at Westfield State

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WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield State senior guard Lucy Barrett (Mt. Greylock/Williamstown, Mass.) Tuesday added New England Women's Basketball Association weekly honor roll honors to her resume after picking up the MASCAC Player of the Week award on Monday. 
 
Barrett averaged 27.5 points, six rebounds, 4.5 steals, and shot 51.4 percent (19-for-37) from the floor in a 2-0 week for the Owls. She scored a game-high 31 points on 9-18 shooting from the floor and a perfect 10-10 at the line to propel the Owls past #25 Middlebury, handing the Pathers their first loss of the season.
 
Barrett connected on 10 of 19 shots from the floor and 3-for-7 from downtown while scoring a game-high 24 points against Bridgewater State, adding five steals and four rebounds in the 77-68 win over the Bears.
 
The New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) provides support for coaches from the New England Region. Membership in NEWBA is open to all Division III head coaches from the region.
 
Westfield State women's basketball currently leads the MASCAC with a 2-0 record in league play. The Owls lead the country in scoring, steals per game, three pointers made per game, turnovers forced per game and turnover margin.
 
The women's basketball team steps on the court again when they tip off against MASCAC rival Framingham State beginning at 8 p.m. in Framingham.
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Williamstown Charter Review Panel OKs Fix to Address 'Separation of Powers' Concern

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Charter Review Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to endorse an amended version of the compliance provision it drafted to be added to the Town Charter.
 
The committee accepted language designed to meet concerns raised by the Planning Board about separation of powers under the charter.
 
The committee's original compliance language — Article 32 on the annual town meeting warrant — would have made the Select Board responsible for determining a remedy if any other town board or committee violated the charter.
 
The Planning Board objected to that notion, pointing out that it would give one elected body in town some authority over another.
 
On Wednesday, Charter Review Committee co-Chairs Andrew Hogeland and Jeffrey Johnson, both members of the Select Board, brought their colleagues amended language that, in essence, gives authority to enforce charter compliance by a board to its appointing authority.
 
For example, the Select Board would have authority to determine a remedy if, say, the Community Preservation Committee somehow violated the charter. And the voters, who elect the Planning Board, would have ultimate say if that body violates the charter.
 
In reality, the charter says very little about what town boards and committees — other than the Select Board — can or cannot do, and the powers of bodies like the Planning Board are regulated by state law.
 
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