Clark Art Opening Lecture on Pastoral on Paper

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture by William Satloff in conjunction with the opening of Pastoral on Paper.

The exhibition's curator and a student in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art, Satloff introduces the concept of the pastoral landscape. Surveying the rich array of books, drawings, paintings, and prints presented in the exhibition, he explores how leading artists of the Baroque and Rococo periods envisioned the idyllic lives of shepherds. This free event takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium.

Pastoral on Paper is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by William Satloff, Class of 2025, Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

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Williamstown Looking at How to Enforce Smoking Ban for Apartments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Friday, January 09, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health and town health inspector are consulting with town counsel on how best to enforce a ban on smoking in apartment buildings passed by town meeting in May.

Although the meeting overwhelmingly approved the new bylaw, the Attorney General's Office in Boston took until December to rule that the restriction, believed to be the first of its kind in Massachusetts, complied with state law and precedent.

On Tuesday, Health Inspector Ruth Russell told the board at its monthly meeting that the town's lawyer told her to work on an enforcement policy.

She indicated that counsel said some things need to be clarified in the smoking ban.

"Their understanding was the bylaw was very clear when it came to enforcement of common areas but very unclear when it came to non-common areas [i.e., residents apartment units]," Russell said.

"That would be the issue. If we got complaints about smoking in someone's own unit, town counsel had concerns about how it would go forward. … Could we even get a warrant to inspect, and how do we go down that road."

Russell said she would investigate as soon as practical after a complaint is lodged, but given the ephemeral nature of smoke from cigarettes and discharges from vaping products, it would be difficult to prove violations of the ordinance.

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