Nominations Open for the Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award Committee invites nominations for the eleventh annual award.

Nominations are due by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The award will be presented at the Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

The Scarborough Salomon Flynt Award recognizes individuals or civic groups who demonstrate extraordinary dedication, excellence, and integrity in their service to Williamstown.

The award represents the merger of the Faith R. Scarborough Award and the Williamstown Community Chest Volunteer of the Year Award. It honors Faith Scarborough, Edith and Adolph Salomon, and Hank and Mary Flynt and their contributions as volunteers and engaged citizens of Williamstown.

Nominations must include a written narrative detailing the candidate's contributions and community service. The information included in the narrative serves as the primary source used by the committee in selecting an awardee.

Nominations may be submitted online by completing the form at found at WilliamstownCommunityChest.org, by emailing the required information to info@williamstowncommunitychest.org, or by mailing to Selection Committee, Williamstown Community Chest, PO Box 204, Williamstown, MA 01267. 

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Town Meeting Floor Fight Brewing on Williamstown Elementary School Budget

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In January, the Williamstown Select Board decided to move town meeting back to the Williamstown Elementary School gymnasium.
 
On Wednesday, it became clear that the elementary school budget could be one of the biggest issues before the meeting.
 
Residents concerned that WES is underfunded and "slipping" said Wednesday that they will seek to amend the Mount Greylock Regional School District budget on the floor of town meeting to increase the district's assessment to the town.
 
"We are going to go to town meeting and propose, actually, an addendum to increase the budget and hopefully pass that to support not just a level service but to actually include some school improvement," Jenna Hasenkampf said Wednesday at a meeting of the town's Finance Committee.
 
"We also think we are long overdue to invest in your schools. We've shown, as a town, that we can spend that money when it comes to services like the Fire Department that we view as essential. We think our public schools are just as essential, if not more.
 
"I think that more students pass through those halls than we see a fire per year here."
 
Hasenkampf, a member of the School Council at WES, spoke from the floor at the Fin Comm meeting on the night the panel was reviewing the budget requests from both the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District (McCann Tech) and the Mount Greylock district, which operates elementary schools in Lanesborough and Williamstown and the Mount Greylock Regional School, a middle-high school serving Grades 7 through 12.
 
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