Williams Volleyball Earns Five-Set Win at Home

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Erin Denham had 22 kills Saturday to lead the Williams College volleyball team to a five-set win over Colby.
 
Lydia Kurtz had 16 kills, and Alexandra Newton had 38 assists in the 25-11, 26-28, 23-25, 25-16, 15-9 win.
 
Williams (11-5, 4-2 NESCAC) goes to the New England Challenge at MIT on Friday.
 
Football
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Bobby Maimaron threw for 191 yards and five touchdowns to lead Williams to a 35-10 win over Hamilton.
 
Frank Stola caught eight passes for 168 yards and four TDs.
 
Williams (4-1) hosts Bates next Saturday.
 
Women's Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Emma Lynch scored a goal, and Leyla Kamshad made one save to lead Williams to a 2-0 win over Farmingdale State.
 
Williams (7-2-1) hosts MIT on Sunday at noon.
 
Men's Crew
WORCESTER, Mass. -- All three Williams boats in eights finished in the top three of their respective classes at the Head of the Snake Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond.
 
Lenox's Jack Ellrodt rowed in the Williams A boat, which placed two-tenths of a second behind runner-up Trinity and nine seconds behind winner Holy Cross.
 
Women's Crew
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Williams' eight placed second in its race at the Head of the Snake Regatta.
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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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