Williamstown Discussion to Focus on Town Communication

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The town is inviting community members to a conversation about how they perceive official town communications and what they would like to see changed.
 
Anyone who lives, works or goes to school in town is invited to conferences on Wednesday and/or Thursday with facilitators from the Collins Center at UMass Boston to address the following topics.
 
How easy is it to find what you need from the town? Are the website and online services easy to use? Are town communiciations accessible and useful? What would make you feel like you belong or have a voice in town government?
 
The Wednesday, March 5, session will be virtual from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The next day, there will be an in-person session from 10:30 a.m. to noon at town hall.
 
For information, contact brianna.sunryd@umb.edu.
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Library Board Only Race in Williamstown Election

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters in May will have one contested election on the ballot.
 
Four candidates have had their nomination papers certified for two available three-year seats on the Milne Public Library Board of Trustees in a race that voters will sort out when they go to the polls on Tuesday, May 12.
 
Janet Curran, Martin Mitsoff, Kathleen Schultze and Michael Sussman — all potential newcomers to the seven-person board — have been certified as candidates for the two open seats on the library's governing body.
 
Those two positions along with five other local government posts will be on the ballot for the annual town election.
 
For the Select Board, only incumbents Stephanie Boyd and Shana Dixon submitted papers to be returned to their three-year seats.
 
A third seat on the five-person board also is on the ballot. Newcomer Nathaniel Budington submitted papers to run for the final year on an unexpired term vacated by Jeffrey Johnson.
 
Two other candidates are running unopposed to retain their seats after Tuesday's deadline to submit nomination papers expired. Stephen Dew is running for another five-year seat on the Housing Authority, and Roger Lawrence is running for another five years on the Planning Board.
 
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