Nominations Open for the Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award

08:39AM / Friday, March 27, 2026Print Story | Email Story

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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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.

Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.

Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.

"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.

"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."

One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.

That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.

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