Drop-in throughout the day for family art activities, plus take 35% off everything in the gift shop! Music and refreshments served 2-5pm. Admission is free.
Photo Booth
10am-5pm
Paresky Park (across from Images Cinema)
Take your best selfie and post it to #WilliamstownHolidayWalk
Donate a Non-Perishable Festive Food item (i.e. cake, brownie and cookie mixes, frosting, baking supplies, and dried fruits) to benefit local food pantries and take a selfie with Holiday props.
Dog line-up and judging at 2:30pm on Chapin Lawn, followed by the most fun holiday parade ever on Spring Street. Sponsored by Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Sit around the fire, sing Chanukah songs led by Rabbi Rachel (with her guitar), sip hot apple cider (so bring a mug/travel cup). Please bring your own camp chair/folding chair and dress warmly! All are welcome.
Please bring a non-perishable food item to benefit local food pantries and come together for a Christmas service. Please visit the Williams College event listing for more information and indoor COVID policies.
Explore indoor and outdoor spaces with a special self-guide map. Walk the trails to take in winter's beauty. From 1–4pm, stop by the Conforti Pavilion to make giftable keepsakes to brighten up your home . . . or someone else's!
Family programs at the Clark are generously supported by the officers and employees of Allen & Company, Inc
In support of Sand Springs Pool, the only public outdoor pool in Berkshire County, take the Green River plunge!
Light in the Darkness - A Chanukah Experience
4:30pm WilliNet.org & Specturn TV Channel 1303
Join Rabbi Seth Wax, the Williams College Jewish Chaplain, & Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, Congregation Beth Israel, as they kindle & bless the holiday lights on the last night of Chanukah, December 5 by visiting https://vimeo.com/647446773,
You can also join them on the 1st night of Chanukah, Sunday, November 28 as they light the 1st candle, by visiting https://vimeo.com/647446961.
On-Going Though December
The Snowy Day - StoryWalk
Windows of Spring Street Merchants
In addition, our downtown businesses will be collecting necessary items in December to help our Berkshire communities-in-need. Support local shops AND pay it forward:
DECEMBER 4-10: NON-PERISHABLE FESTIVE FOOD DRIVE!
Please donate cake, brownie and cookie mixes, frosting, baking supplies, and dried fruits to benefit local food pantries.
DECEMBER 11-17: CHILDREN & TEENS GIFT DRIVE!
Please donate NEW unwrapped toys, crafts, books, and games to benefit local families.
DECEMBER 18-24: WINTER CLOTHES DRIVE!
Please donate NEW coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and mittens to benefit local residents-in-need.
Donation items can be dropped off at the following Spring Street locations:
ABC Clothing Pop-Up
Amy’s Cottage
Chapter Two Books
Goodman’s Jewelers
Nature’s Closet
The Print Shop
The Williams Bookstore
Spring Street Market & Café
Where’d You Get That!?
Williams Shop
Williamstown Apothecary
Visit DestinationWilliamstown.org to learn more
about this year’s programming and for a full list of events.
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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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