Williamstown Town Election Tuesday

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters Tuesday will choose two people for three-year terms on the Select Board at the annual town election.
 
Stephanie Boyd, Andrea Bryant, Paul Harsch and incumbent Andrew Hogeland appear on the ballot in the day's only contested race.
 
Voters will be asked to choose two names from that list, and the top two vote-getters will earn seats on the five-person board.
 
Of the four candidates, Bryant is the only one who chose not to answer a series of questions asked by iBerkshires.com or participate in an annual forum sponsored by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters.
 
On April 11, one day after receiving the questions from iBerkshires.com, Bryant replied, "I have withdrawn from the race due to a family emergency that has severely changed my priorities. I withdrew late so my name will remain on the ballot, but I have pulled out and will not be at any forums or participating in any media coverage."
 
The deadline to withdraw nomination papers was April 6.
 
With a week to go before the election, Bryant announced on social media that "I am running for a seat on the Select Board" and informed iBerkshires late Friday of her candidacy. She has posted a candidate statement on Willinet that can be found under "Local Shows and Interviews."
 
In addition to the two Select Board seats, Tuesday's ballot includes candidates for two seats on the Planning Board and two seats on the Milne Public Library Board of Trustees — all unopposed.
 
Cory Campbell is the lone candidate for a five-year seat on the Planning Board. Benjamin Greenfield is the only candidate running to fill one year remaining on an unexpired term on that board.
 
For the library trustees, Alexander Carlisle and Katherine Evans each are running for two three-year terms on the ballot.
 
The town election is Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the gymnasium at Williamstown Elementary School.

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2025 Year in Sports: Mount Greylock Girls Track Was County's Top Story

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
Mount Greylock Regional School did not need an on-campus track to be a powerhouse.
 
But it did not hurt.
 
In the same spring that it held its first meets on its new eight-lane track, Mount Greylock won its second straight Division 6 State Championship to become the story of the year in high school athletics in Berkshire County.
 
"It meant so much this year to be able to come and compete on our own track and have people come here – especially having Western Mass here, it's such a big meet,"Mounties standout Katherine Goss said at the regional meet in late May. "It's nice to win on our own track.”
 
A week later at the other end of the commonwealth, Goss placed second in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles and third in the 400 hurdles to help the Mounties finish nearly five points ahead of the field.
 
Her teammates Josephine Bay, Cornelia Swabey, Brenna Lopez and Vera de Jong ran circles around the competition with a nine-second win in the 4-by-800 relay. And the Mounties placed second in the 4-by-400 relay while picking up a third-place showing from Nora Lopez in the javelin.
 
Mount Greylock's girls won a third straight Western Mass Championship on the day the school's boys team claimed a fourth straight title. At states, the Mounties finished fifth in Division 6.
 
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