HooWRA Workshop Focuses on Poetry

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — There will be a poetry workshop aimed at drawing inspiration from the Hoosic River on Saturday, Sept. 13.
 
The workshop will be facilitated by Arianna Alexsandra Collins, executive director of the Hoosic River Watershed Association.
 
Meet at Natural Bridge State Park parking area outside the gate at 9:30 a.m. 
 
Participants will walk up from the Hudson Brook to the Hoosic's North Branch confluence.
 
Writing prompts will given, and there will be time to share poems, phrases, or whatever else. This program will last one hour.
 
This workshop is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Limited to 16 participants. Register the website here.
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North Adams Teen ID'd as Motorcyclist in Fatal Crash

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The motorcyclist killed in Wednesday night's collision near Walmart was an 18-year-old city man. 
 
Jayquan A. Williams has been identified by the District Attorney's Office as the fatality. 
 
Williams was southbound on Curran Highway when he collided with a northbound SUV turning across lanes toward the store's southern entrance at about 7:45 p.m. 
 
He graduated this past spring from Hoosac Valley High School.
 
A GoFundMe has been started to aid the family with funeral costs. (iBerkshires does not endorse or confirm fundraisers).
 
The collision remains under investigation. The SUV's driver has not been identified. 
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