Williams Women's Basketball Improves to 8-0

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maggie Meehan scored 22 points Saturday to lead the Williams College women's basketball team to a 64-45 win over Babson as the Ephs improved to 8-0 this season.
 
Mikaela Topper scored 15 points, and Emily Chang had eight points and eight rebounds.
 
The Ephs are off until Dec. 18, when they meet Delaware Valley in Miami, Fla.
 
Men's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Springfield's Heath Post hit two free throws with 16 seconds left, and Williams missed a pair of shots in the final 16 seconds as the Pride earned a 76-75 win.
 
Jake Ross scored 26 points, and Post finished with 23 for Springfield (7-0).
 
Williams (4-3) got 29 points and 20 rebounds from Matt Karpowicz.
 
Williams is off until Dec. 29 when it goes to the Salem State Holiday Tournament.
 
Men's Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. -- Mac Carso scored a pair of goals, and Nick VanBelle had three assists as Wiliams beat Amherst, 3-1.
 
Nick Altmann scored a goal, and Evan Ruschil made 37 saves to earn the win in goal.
 
Williams (6-2, 5-1 NESCAC) is off until Jan. 3, when it goes to Oswego State to play the University of New England.
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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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