As Nomination Deadline Nears, No Contested Elections in Williamstown

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Thursday, March 07, 2024Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With three weeks left to submit nomination papers for May's town election, no contested races are shaping up for the ballot as of Wednesday afternoon.

For the lone seat on the five-member Select Board, current Chair Jeffrey Johnson is the only person to take out papers, the town clerk reported. Johnson was elected to his initial three-year term on the body in May 2021.

Samantha Page has taken out nominating papers for the one five-year Planning Board seat on the ballot. Last May, Ben Greenfield was elected to fill the final year of an unexpired term after a resignation.

Laila Boucher has taken out papers to retain her seat on the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional (McCann Technical) School Committee.

And for the Board of Trustees for the Mline Public Library, two residents have pulled papers but one already indicated they do no plan to return them, Town Clerk Nicole Beverly said. Anna Halpin-Healy still appears to be actively pursuing a spot on the ballot.

To date, none of the prospective candidates has returned papers.

The nomination papers are available at the town clerk's office at the Municipal Building. The deadline to return papers with the required number of signatures from town voters is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.

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Williamstown CPC Again Sees More Requests than Funds Available

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Monday, January 19, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee will meet on Tuesday to begin considering grant applications for the fiscal year 2027 funding cycle.

As has been the case in recent years, the total of the requests before the committee far exceed the amount of Community Preservation Act funds the town anticipates for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.

Nine applications totaling $1,003,434 are on the table for the committee's perusal. The committee previously has discussed a limit of $624,000 in available funds for this funding cycle, about 62 percent of the total sought.

Over the next few weeks, the CPC will decide the eligibility of the applicants under the CPA and make recommendations to May's annual town meeting, which approves the allocations. Only once since the town accepted the provisions of the 2000 act have meeting members rejected a grant put forward by the committee.

The nine applications for FY27, in descending order of magnitude, are:

• Purple Valley Trails (in conjunction with the town): $366,911 to build a new skate park on Stetson Road (49 percent of project cost).

• Town of Williamstown: $250,000 in FY 27 (with a promise of an additional $250,000 in FY28) to support the renovation of Broad Brook Park (total project cost still unknown).

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