Auction to Benefit Berkshire Nursing Families Services

11:38AM / Wednesday, February 25, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Nursing Families (BNF) is announced that their annual Silent Auction has moved online.

The Online Auction will launch on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at 9 am, and a preview of selected items is live now at

https://givebutter.com/c/BNFtrivia2026/auction.

The BNF Silent Auction features dozens of sought after items and experiences including signed memorabilia from The Red Sox, Bruins, & Patriots items, vouchers to Berkshire summer camps, meal credits at beloved local restaurants, hotel stays, yoga & wellness services, performing arts tickets, and even a ride in a firetruck.

All proceeds will go towards BNF's mission to provide essential feeding and parenting support for families in the region.

Proceeds from this Annual Trivia Fundraiser help keep all BNF services 100 percent free.

The Online Auction goes live on Feb. 27 at 9 am and will close Saturday, March 7 at 8:30pm and can be accessed via the BNF website at https://givebutter.com/c/BNFtrivia2026/auction.

For more information about Berkshire Nursing Families visit www.berkshirenursingfamilies.org.

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Williamstown Select Board Plans Off-Camera Evaluation of Town Manager

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Friday, October 09, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board plans to take extraordinary measures to avoid having its discussion of the town manager's performance recorded by the town's Public, Educational and Government cameras.

At its Sept. 28 meeting, the board decided to hold a special meeting in a room not covered by WilliNet cameras to complete its annual evaluation process of Town Manager Robert Menicocci.

Chair Peter Beck said that while the evaluation is "absolutely" to be conducted in an open meeting, the board could follow a process similar to the off site, unrecorded meetings that past Select Boards have characterized as "retreats," a term not contemplated by or included in the commonwealth's Open Meeting Law.

The current board met on June 29 for what it characterized as a "planning session" where no formal votes were taken. That meeting was held outside of Town Hall, at the new fire station on Main Street, in a room equipped with audio and video recording equipment that the Select Board chose not to use.

At the Sept. 28 meeting, one board member indicated that an unrecorded meeting was preferable to discuss the annual evaluation of the one town employee supervised by the board.

"I'd like to do it without all the Willinet stuff," Stephanie Boyd said in a discussion toward the end of a two-hour meeting. "I think it's more conducive to conversation."

With the board expected to meet just once in October — its "regular" meeting date coincides with Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 12 — Beck suggested that the panel could find a date for a special meeting, suggesting the third Monday of the month, Oct. 19.

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