North Berkshire Community Dance Montly Contra Dance

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance on Saturday, Oct. 10. 

Ace caller Luke Donforth will lead the evening, supported by live fiddle music from Trois Amis.

Luke Donforth, the caller, will teach all the dances, starting with a fun introductory lesson at 7:15 pm.  Luke Donforth is a contra caller and choreographer based in Burlington, VT. 

Music will be provided by Trois Amis, a superb band, that has brought many years of happy dancing to communities around New England. Trois Amis is Laurie Indenbaum on fiddle, Andy Davis on accordion, and Maryy Cay Brass on keyboard.

There will be a pre-dance calling workshop/practicum, 2-4pm in Goodrich Hall on the Williams College campus. Bring a dance you’d like to workshop in a friendly group setting – or simply help out as a biddable dancer on the floor.

Respiratory Illness Policy: Please stay home if you feel ill or have cold symptoms. 

Visit www.NorthBerkshireDance.org for more information

Reminder to Lanesborough, Williamstown Voters: Mount Greylock School Committee a 'Write-In' Election

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:03AM / Friday, October 30, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Politicians and pundits in recent years have been preaching patience when it comes to getting election night results.

 

That usually means places like California, where vote-counting can be complicated or Michigan, where razor thin margins are anticipated.

 

Add Williamstown and Lanesborough to that list.

 

It is not a matter of pre-election polling suggesting particularly tight races; there is no such polling. Rather, it is a question of how voters will be making their selections in the race for the Mount Greylock Regional School District Committee.

 

None of the six candidates who qualified for four seats up for grabs on the panel appear on the ballots that have been mailed out, used in early voting or will be distributed at the polls on Nov. 3.

 

That means that all votes will be cast as write-ins, and that means it will take significantly longer for election workers to tally up votes in the local election once the polls close at 8 p.m. at Lanesborough Town Hall and Williamstown Elementary School.

 

As always, voters in both towns vote for all four seats on the ballot: two seats for Lanesborough residents and two for Williamstown residents in this year’s balloting.