Williamstown Community Chest 98th Annual Meeting

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Chest announced its 98th annual meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. at The Williams Inn, 101 Spring Street.  
 
The meeting's agenda includes election of Community Chest board members and officers, a brief review of highlights of the year, a report on the results of the 2024-2025 annual fundraising campaign, and an update on new initiatives.
 
Karen Baumbach, executive director of Ecu-Health Care, and Christopher McLaughlin, executive director of Elder Services of Berkshire County will share perspectives on "Navigating Health Care Infrastructure." Ecu-Health Care and Elder Services are two of the nineteen member agencies receiving annual financial support from the proceeds of the Chest's community fundraising campaign.
 
There is no charge for attending the event.  A continental breakfast will be available for all attendees.
 
Seating is limited and persons interested in attending should contact the Community Chest office, 458-2443 or info@WilliamstownCommunityChest.org
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School Budget, Environment, Recreation Highlight Williamstown Town Meeting

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This month's annual town meeting returns to a familiar venue.
 
What goes on in that building the rest of the year could be a major topic of discussion at the Tuesday, May 19, gathering.
 
After two years (2020 and '21) on Williams College's football field and four years ('22 through '25) at Mount Greylock Regional School, the town's legislative body will be back at Williamstown Elementary School for a 7 p.m. meeting to decide on municipal spending and other town business.
 
The largest segment of the municipal budget goes to the public schools, and the spending plan for PreK-12 education likely will see a floor amendment intended to add an additional $120,000 to fund a math interventionist at Williamstown Elementary School.
 
The elected seven-member School Committee that governs the Mount Greylock Regional School District has proposed a $30.9 million operating budget for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. The local share of that budget is meted out in assessments to the member towns of Lanesborough and Williamstown, which each vote whether to approve its assessment at town meeting.
 
Williamstown's share of the operating and capital expenditures for the regional school district is $16.8 million under the budget approved by the School Committee, an increase of a little more than $2 million, or 13.65 percent, from the budget for the current fiscal/school year.
 
A group of WES parents concerned about the mathematics instruction at the Grade prekindergarten-6 school plans to bring an amendment to town meeting to add the additional $120,000 — about 0.7 percent of the proposed assessment — to fund the interventionist position.
 
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