BHS Urgent Care North Holding Community Open House on Jan. 14?

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has announced it will hold a community open house at Berkshire Health Urgent Care North later this week. 
 
The open house will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 5 to 7 pm, at 197 Adams Rd., Williamstown. Visitors can tour the new Urgent Care that has been serving North Berkshire patients since mid-December, 2025.
 
Berkshire Health Urgent Care North is open weekdays from 11 am to 7 pm and weekends from 8 am to 12 noon, providing convenient, accessible care for minor illness and injuries, as well as on-site x-ray services and testing for common illnesses. Like its counterparts in Pittsfield and Lenox, the North site also provides patients with access to BHS's coordinated system of care, and fostering collaboration across each patient's team of providers.  
 
Berkshire Health Urgent Care North accepts a wide variety of health insurance plans, including private commercial coverage, Medicare, and MassHealth through the Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative, all of which are also accepted at the Pittsfield and Lenox Berkshire Health Urgent Care locations. ? 
 
Light refreshments will be served at the open house, which is open to all in the community. Registration is urged, but not required, and you can register at: tinyurl.com/BHSUCNorth.  

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Williamstown's Cost Rising for Emergency Bank Restoration

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The cost to stabilize the bank of the Hoosic River near a town landfill continues to rise, and the town is still waiting on the commonwealth's blessing to get to work.
 
Department of Public Works Director Craig Clough was before the Finance Committee on Wednesday to share that, unlike the town hoped, the emergency stabilization work will require bringing in a contractor — and that is before a multimillion dollar project to provide a long-term solution for the site near Williams College's Cole Field.
 
"I literally got the plans last Friday, and it's not something we'll be able to do in-house," Clough told the committee. "They're talking about a cofferdam of a few hundred feet, dry-pumping everything out and then working along the river. That's something that will be beyond our manpower to do, our people power, and the equipment we have will not be able to handle it."
 
Clough explained that the cofferdam is similar to the work done on the river near the State Road (Route 2) bridge on the west side of North Adams near West Package and Variety Stores.
 
"We don't know the exact numbers yet of an estimate," Clough said. "The initial thought was $600,000 a few months ago. Now, knowing what the plans are, the costs are going to be higher. They did not think there was going to need to be a coffer dam put in [in the original estimate]."
 
The draft capital budget of $592,500 before the Fin Comm includes $500,000 toward the riverbank stabilization project.
 
The town's finance director told the committee he anticipates having about $700,000 in free cash (technically the "unreserved fund balance") to spend in fiscal year 2027 once that number is certified by the Department of Revenue in Boston.
 
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