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Wilmington police seek information on suspicious person involved in attempted kidnapping
WILMINGTON — Wilmington Police Department is on alert after a reported attempted kidnapping on Tuesday evening. At approximately 6:45 p.m., authorities were notified of a Be On the Lookout (BOL) alert regarding a suspicious person possibly involved in an attempted kidnapping earlier that day. According to the reports, a...
BRATTLEBORO-On a recent Monday night, The Commons stopped in to see and hear what all the fuss was about at the weekly Open Mic at the River Garden Marketplace at 157 Main St.
There, 15 or so musicians - guitarists, banjo players, pianists, accordion players, and many singers - each awaited the chance to perform a 10-minute set of two or three songs for an audience of approximately 25 people. Kevin Parry, a local musician and teacher who has run open mic programs...
Berkshire Green Drinks presents Northeastern Cliff Swallows
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Linda Merry, a conservation biologist and operational meteorologist, will present at the May Berkshire Green Drinks on Wednesday, May 8. This free hybrid event will take place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn of the Williams Inn, 103 Spring Street in Williamstown. The in-person social gathering will begin around 5:15 PM; the presentation and Zoom meeting will start at 6:00 PM. If the weather permits, the in-person gathering will take place outdoors.
Drury Downs Lenox
LENOX, Mass. – Brooke Bishop and Arianna Rivard each had three hits Saturday to lead the Drury softball team to a 16-4 win over Lenox. Bishop and Olivia Perry each drove in three runs. Perry earned the win in the circle, striking out six and allowing two earned runs...
Williamstown Theatre Festival 2024 Season Preview
The 2024 Williamstown Theatre Festivalseason is interim Artistic Director Jenny Gersten’s final season at the helm of WTF. The season will include “WTF IS NEXT”, an expansive four-day prototype of a new vision for the Tony Award-recognized Festival. On top of that – there will be the...
North Adams School Panel Recommends $20M Budget That Cuts 26 Jobs
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee will be presented next week with a $20 million spending plan for fiscal 2025 that includes closing Greylock School and a reduction of 26 full-time positions. The Finance and Facilities committee is recommending the budget of $20,357,096, up $302,744 or 1.51 percent...
Clark Art Lecture On Native American Burial Mounds
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, May 7 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Putting The Mounds In Perspective," a lecture by Michael Gaudio (University of Minnesota/Clark Professor 2023–2024). In it he explores a much-discussed feature of the nineteenth-century North American landscape: Native...
Local antisemitism threatens safety of Jewish Vermonters
Michael Knapp is a software developer and entrepreneur who is passionate about social justice. GUILFORD-As a Jewish Vermonter who has spent the past three decades working to improve our synagogue's safety and counter local antisemitism, I feel compelled to clarify that concerns about local antisemitism are neither unfounded nor a mere reflex. They are deeply anchored in the stark realities of our history and the present-day situation.
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