Ready. Fire. Aim. That seems to be a common way of doing town business in Williamstown these days.
It may be a holdover from the Covid Crazy Days of Zoom-only discussion, where having an eye-to-eye, in-depth conversation was nearly impossible. And it is not just the Planning Board. Educating our townspeople on fact-based reasons for a proposal seems often to elude many of our public representatives. Opportunity for questioning and public comment BEFORE an idea or expensive new hire is officially put forth for a vote seems to have taken a back seat in town decision-making. And our out-dated town meeting is no place to hash out important issues. For many good reasons, the majority of eligible participants cannot participate.
Spring is a time of new beginnings. Haven't we agreed that we will make a special effort to make all voices heard? Even those who may feel or be marginalized? Understandably, our civic leaders are weary and battle-scarred. We must thank them for serving through a very challenging period. But now let them make a concerted effort to hear and value the many voices who wish to be heard on a number of critical issues facing our town. We will all be the better for it.
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Mount Greylock Regional School District 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District 2025-2026 2nd Quarter Honor Roll.
The total school enrollment is 538, of which 356 have made the Honor Roll for the 2nd quarter.
Grade 12
William Apotsos, Teigan Brady, Alexander Briggs, Jaime Brito, Molly Cangelosi, Paige Cangelosi, Adriana Carasone, Ava Charbonneau, William Cortes, Everett Crowe, Shubham Devre, Ruby Dufour, Maxwell Easton, Frances Evans, Arianna Henderson, Skylar Johnson, Emilie Jones, Violet Kornell, Kiera Kristensen, Nora Lopez, Amelia Madrigal, Krishiv Malhotra, Luca Mellow-Bartels, Teresa Moresi, Natasha Nugent, Audrianna Pelkey, Madison Powell, Kofi Roberts, William Svrluga, Dana Taylor, Fanny Thomas, Jesse Thompson, Honor Tidmarsh, Charlotte Towler, Jack Uhas, Thomas Warren, Mateo Whalen-Loux, Antonia Wied, Evora Xu, Andy Zheng, Olivia Zoito
Grade 11
Sofia Asch, Zamir Ashraf, Everett Bayliss, Sam Beck, Anthony Bianchi, Shaelyn Breault, Nathaniel Brody, Lukas Burrow, Addison Cart, Serena Chen, Autum Cobb, Cassidy Cohen-McFall, Caiomhe Conry, Beonca Cunningham, Mai Dekel, Haydn Derby, Ashby Edmunds-Warby, Sara Ehle, Noah Fredette, Anna Garnish, Nathan Gill, Robyn Gregg, Sabine Guerra, Maia Higgins, Patrick Holland, Haylee Jackson, Benjamin Kapiloff, Timothy Karampatsos, Nathan Keating, Cecelia Keogh, Grant Landy, Coralea Lash-St. John, Adele Low, Corey McConnell, Kimora Melanson, Lauren Miller, Claire Morin, Bryce Mullally, Aodhan Murphy, Jin Namkoong, Gabriella Nicastro, Marley Pesce, Miles Primmer, Reese Raymond, Lexxus Rolnick, Leo Slater Lee, Maxwell States, Nora Stricker, Nolan Stuebner, Cornelia Swabey, Paige Tudor, Zoe Woo
Grade 10
Aiden Abreu, Myra Annuva, Rowan Apotsos, Amelia Art, Carmela Banzon, Josephine Bay, Dominique Bernier, Chelsie Bertolino, Lilian Bertolino, Tate Carothers, Aiden Champagne, Ella Charbonneau, Dylan Clowes, Antonio Constantine, Cole Creighton, Jillian DeChaine, Charlie Della Rocca, Jada Devenow, Tanley Drake, Jackson DuCharme, Keira Errichetto, Aliza Evans-Mahoney, Landon Filiault, Hailey Fredenburg, Emma Frost, Lydia Gaudreau, Jordyn Goerlach, Stella Gold, Margot Gordon, Oscar Heeringa, Jacob Hillman, Maximus Holey, June Holzapfel, Luke Irwin, Morris Israel, Kaleigh Jaros, Bella Kennedy, Jackson Killam, Kai Kornell, Londyn Labendz, Parker Langenback, Hunter Lawson, Walter Love, Charlotte McKenna, Katharine Mercier, Alessandra Moresi, Ava Neathawk, Finnegan Noyes, Reed Olney, Averill Oxborough, Olivia Perez, Keaton Repetto, Anthony Richardson, Corey Rudin, Miyako Schonbeck, Elizabeth Spelman, Elise States, Edward
Strolle, Addyson Sweet, Joseph Szymanski, Emily Thayer, Finnegan Voisin, Henry Wall, Maximilian Wied, Dow Young, Andrew Zuckerman
The Fire District is projecting a 3.18 percent increase in its operating budget for fiscal year 2027, according to documents shared with the Prudential Committee and its Finance Committee. click for more
The Holyoke wrestling team Saturday took the final two championship bouts to pull away for the title by a 12-point margin over Mount Greylock at the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Championships. click for more
The Community Preservation Committee last Wednesday heard from the final four applicants for fiscal year 2027 grants and clarified how much funding will be available in the fiscal year that begins on July 1. click for more
