Berkshire Green Drinks to Feature Hoffmann Bird Club

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Green Drinks will host a presentation by Audrey Werner and Steven Miller of the Hoffmann Bird Club on Wednesday, May 21, at 6:00 p.m.

The event, titled "Flock Together with Hoffmann Bird Club," will be hybrid, taking place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn Kitchen & Bar of the Williams Inn, located at 103 Spring St, Williamstown, MA. An in-person social gathering will begin around 5:15 p.m.

The presentation will introduce attendees to the Hoffmann Bird Club, a Berkshire County nature organization. Werner and Miller, members of the club's executive committee, will discuss the club's history, upcoming bird walks and events, and its community science initiatives focused on bird conservation. The event is open to all, regardless of birding experience or equipment.

Participants can learn about birding in the Berkshires and how to get involved with the Hoffmann Bird Club.

Registration and further information are available at tinyurl.com/May2025-Berks-Green-Drinks.

The Hoffmann Bird Club, founded in 1940, aims to promote the study of birds in Berkshire County. Meetings are held from September to May and are open to the public. The club organizes field trips for birders of all levels.

Berkshire Green Drinks is an informal monthly gathering featuring speakers on environmental topics, followed by discussion. The event is sponsored and organized by the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT). For more information, contact BEAT at [email address removed] or by phone at (413) 464-9402.

 


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Williamstown Fire District Sets Special Meeting for July 1

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee Friday called a special fire district meeting for Tuesday, July 1, in part to address an oversight from the annual meeting it held a couple of weeks ago.
 
Article 1 on the special district meeting warrant will ask members to authorize the fire district to raise funds for debt service on the new fire station under construction on Main Street (Route 2).
 
The article is analogous to a measure routinely passed each spring in the annual town meeting, where the members approve using property taxes to service existing debt rather than have the town go into default.
 
The fire station is expected to be ready for occupation by December of this year, and the district anticipates making the first bond payments in the fiscal year that begins on July 1.
 
Chair David Moresi said on Friday that attendees at future annual district meetings can expect to see annual authorizations to raise money for payments each year until the station is paid off.
 
Residents gave the district the authority to borrow up to $22.5 million for the building project on a 509-32 vote at a special district meeting in 2023.
 
Article 2 on the upcoming special district meeting warrant will not impact the tax rate in fiscal year 2026.
 
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