WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters in the Mount Greylock Regional School District will be selecting their representatives for the next term at the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Most are incumbents running unopposed but there is a three-way race for two four-year seats to represent Williamstown on the committee.
Christine Enderle is challenging incumbents Carrie Greene and Steven Miller for the one of the two seats.
Enderle is a kindergarten teacher in the North Adams Public Schools and has three children in the Mount Greylock district. In a statement on her Facebook Page, she said she understood how "so much lies on the shoulders of our teachers." She said her focus is finding and supporting highly qualified teachers and that it is a personal issue for her. You can complain about the reality, she said, or "offer your service as an agent of change in your community."
Greene is Williams College's director of commencement and academic events. A veteran School Committee member, she is a former chair and was a member of the School Building Committee and Berkshire County Education Task Force. She served between 2009 and 2018 and returned to the committee to fill an empty seat in 2020.
Miller is a mathematics professor at Williams College and has two children in the school district. He is running for this third four-year term on the School Committee. He currently is the committee's secretary and also served on the School Building Committee and a chair of the Education subcommittee. He proposed new formulas on assessing capital costs during the school project and local budgeting between Williamstown and Lanesborough that were adopted by the committee.
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Williamstown's O'Grady Remembered as 'Pillar of Support'
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Present and former town officials expressed grief this week at the news that longtime Council on Aging Executive Director Brian O’Grady died last week.
The passing of O’Grady, 69, who served the town in that role since 1999, was framed as a both a professional and deeply personal loss by two of the town managers he served under during his 27 years in Williamstown.
“When I came here a little over four years ago, I had spent my career in government work, primarily working in the human services realm,” current Town Manager Robert Menicocci said at Monday evening’s meeting of the Select Board. “This was my first foray into the broader municipal government. But Brian's career had always been in the human service realm.
“It was a bit of a comfort for me to come into a setting where I could speak to someone who was part of my team but also, we spoke the same language and got into the work for the same reason. We all are here to serve the public, but I think there's a special calling for some who work in the human service realm to support folks on their hardest days. It's a big part of how government functions and serves as part of the safety net. And Brian fully embodied that every single day.”
One of Menicocci’s predecessors, Peter Fohlin, left a message of condolence on O’Grady’s online obituary.
“I am heartbroken to read of Brian's illness and passing,” Fohlin wrote. “From 1999 until I retired in 2015, Brian was the staunchest member of the Town of Williamstown team. Strong beliefs but always a kind heart. A pillar of support and energy in the aftermath of [Tropical Storm] Irene in 2011. Always working to improve the Harper Center facility and programs for his community. Respected by everyone and loved by all. The best friend.”
Fohlin was joined on iBerkshires.com’s obituary by O’Grady’s colleagues at Elder Services of Berkshire County.
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