Williamstown News

The past 15 months of cramped quarters will soon come to an end at the Bonnie Lea Farm off Simonds Road, as efforts are underway to build a new barn to replace the one destroyed by fire in August 2008.

What began as an effort to get local children to jam with one another at the Youth Center led to a separate initiative resulting in local adults forming a band.

Union officials at North Adams Regional Hospital charged Friday that hospital management has presented employees with a list of 18 demands that, among other things, threaten retirement benefits, overtime pay and seniority status for the number of years worked at the hospital.

Richard Wilbur , one of America's most beloved poets, will read from his works at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, in St.

Trying to remember who won what and why? All the information is right here. Hamburg Recall A half-million pounds of hamburger are being recalled from area supermarkets because of possible E.coli contamination.

Saturday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. Wordplay, a monthly reading series co-sponsored by Inkberry and Papyri Books , 45 Eagle Street, will present poets Janet MacFadyen, Susan Middleton, Susie Patlove, and Paula Sayword, who will read from their work.

Trying to remember who won what and why? All the information is right here. Hamburg Recall A half-million pounds of hamburger are being recalled from area supermarkets because of possible E.coli contamination.

After being headquartered for almost 60 years at 34 Water St., the Fire District is looking to build a new fire station.

Berkshire Grown will host the Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers' Market on Saturday, Nov.

Colonial Theatre The stage is set at Pittsfield's gilded palace, the Colonial Theatre, for a return of last year's acclaimed Ballets Metropolis production of Dracula, just in time for Halloween.

Williams College has received a building permit to construct an extension for the main stage in Chapin Hall, after the existing extension was declared in violation of the state fire code earlier this year.

Craft puppets, celebrate the season in verse, and sing and drum yourself silly! Or, just watch! The First Congregational Church of Williamstown, Massachusett s, invites the public to their free event "Give Christmas a-Way: Preparing a Simple Season" from 11:45 am-3 pm on Sunday, November 22.

The Fall Foliage Festival's annual leaf hunt is over, and the committee has announced the answers to this year's clues, along with the names of the winners.

After years of paying higher cable rates then other seniors, Village East residents are demanding that someone tell them why they pay full price.

The Transcript has some sad news for Spring Street : McClelland's in Williamstown closes doors McClelland's Stationery & Office Supplies has closed its store at 36 Spring St., ending 83 years of the company's presence there.

For the third year, the Williamstown Film Festival will hold a benefit during its inaugural weekend.

The Selectmen are proposing raising cemetery rates after learning last week they haven't increased in over a decade.

Local property values will be down this fiscal year overall, and town residents have the town's new computer-assisted mass-appraisal system and a volatile financial market to thank for it.

Two accidents involving a total of three motor vehicles and one tractor-trailer were reported just over an hour apart on Friday afternoon.

The Williamstown Film Festival will return for its 11th season with two weekends featuring 39 films and salutes to two legendary directors -- James Ivory and Barry Levinson.