Williamstown Dispensary Hosts Donation Drive for Local Shelter

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Silver Therapeutics is inviting the Williamstown community to join a fall donation drive benefiting Louison House, the local organization providing emergency, transitional, and supportive housing for Northern Berkshire County residents.
 
Through Oct. 31, customers and community members can drop off essential items at Silver Therapeutics' Williamstown store located at 238 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267. 
 
Needed donations include: twin-sized blankets, microwavable meals, bottled water or juice (16 oz or smaller), can openers, small umbrellas, deodorant, band-aids, body soap, shampoo & conditioner, razors, toothpaste & toothbrushes, and Walmart or Big Y gift cards.
 
As a thank-you, each donation will earn a ticket for a raffle basket, with two winners drawn, one in September and one in October.
 
"We are grateful and thrilled to lead another donation drive in the wonderful community of Williamstown, " said Brendan McKee, COO of Silver Therapeutics. "For 7+ years we have hosted these types of donation drives several times a year and we are always pleasantly surprised by the generosity of our customers and community members. Giving back has always been a priority for our organization and we look forward to helping those in need in and around the northern Berkshires for years to come."
 
If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Town, Residents Concerned About Forest Service Plan to Use Williamstown Road

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A timber manager with the U.S. Forest Service told the Select Board on Monday that his office was willing to work with the town to address concerns raised by residents over a plan to haul timber out of the Green Mountain National Forest across the state line in Vermont.
 
An overflow crowd of residents from both Williamstown and Pownal, Vt., attended Monday's meeting at Town Hall, where Stacy Stratton and other officials from the Forest Service laid out plans to cut and remove 1 million board feet of wood — about 2,000 cords — from the woodland just north of town.
 
The sticking point is how officials expect that wood to be removed from the forest: down White Oaks Road, a narrow, twisting residential street that town's director of public works says is ill-suited for the operation.
 
DPW Director Craig Clough was joined at the microphone Monday by nearly a dozen residents of Williamstown and Pownal to question elements of what the Forest Service is calling the "South of Route 9 Integrated Resource Project."
 
Most of those concerns centered on White Oaks Road.
 
Stratton told the board that somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 log truck trips will be required to remove the wood that the service plans to remove from the forest, but that number does not include all the heavy equipment that will need to be taken to the cutting site or the daily traffic from loggers traveling to and from the site.
 
The project itself could take anywhere from one to five years, Stratton said. That number won't be known until the Forest Service puts the job out to bid.
 
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