Williamstown's Reindog Parade Going Virtual This Holiday

01:08PM / Tuesday, November 10, 2020Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The popular Reindog Parade is going virtual this year. Instead of marching with Santa Claus, pets of all kinds will be able to pose in their holiday fare on WilliNet.

The annual parade down Spring Street has been part of the Holiday Walk in early December. But because of the social distancing to keep the novel coronavirus at bay, this year, the parade is offering an open invitation: all animals are welcome to participate in the 1st Virtual Holiday Walk ReinPET Parade. Let the spirit of the season inspire you!

Send a video or photo of your dog, cat, bunny, bird, hamster, horse, cow, sheep, goat, llama, alpaca, chicken, or pig parading in holiday costume. Dress-up your furry, woolly friend, parade with pride, make a video or take a photo, and complete this submission form to be included in the virtual event. WilliNet will use submissions to produce the virtual parade and premiere it at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Deadline for video/photo submissions is Monday, Nov. 23, at 11:59 p.m. Any questions, email Vee Butler at events@williamstownchamber.com.

There will be a panel of judges to vote on best pet in each category, and the public will choose from those four for best in show.

The Virtual Holiday Walk ReinPET Parade will kick off an hourlong virtual holiday variety show on WilliNet: "HO HO HO Holiday Walk 2020" with performers, elves, interviews, surprises, and Santa, too. The event begins with the pets at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, on WilliNet TV Channel 1303 and streaming on willinet.org and WilliNet-TV's Facebook page.

Additional details about this year's Holiday Walk will be shared next week.

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Williamstown Board Hears Concerns About 'Hometown Heroes' Banners

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Wednesday, September 16, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kurt Durocher told the Williamstown Select Board that he had received nothing but positive feedback from the North County communities where he proposed participation in the Hometown Heroes banner program.

Then Williamstown residents started to weigh in.

Durocher was before the board Monday evening to seek its blessing to put banners recognizing living and deceased military veterans on utility poles in Williamstown, an initiative that has been embraced in all but one of the other municipalities in the district where he serves as Veterans' Service Officer.

"The only negative I've had right now, and it's not really negative, [the Town of ] Florida doesn't want banners to go on Route 2, the Mohawk Trail, for safety reasons, understandably," Durocher said. "So we're trying to figure out an alternate way to make that work in Florida."

By and large, though, the reception to the program has been encouraging, Durocher said.

"I'll use Adams as an example," he said. "They've had a program for many, many years, but it's only for [military personnel] killed in action. Now that I've been allowed to take over that program … there's been a huge outpouring of support, because now we get living veterans on the poles as well.

"The only negative I've had is certain people want their banners in certain locations. So what we did in North Adams is we just did a random draw. I can't please everybody. I've got people who want a banner in a certain location, but three other people want that same location.It was a straight random draw for them."

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