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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Summer Street resident last week said that if Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity cannot find a compromise with neighbors of a planned subdivision, the town...

LITCHFIELD - American Legion Post 44 in Bantam returned to the All-Wars Memorial in Bantam for its 416th consecutive veteran of the month service Saturday.On a bright spring morning, Post 44 recognized French and Indian War soldier Thomas Sheldon as its veteran of the month. Sheldon, who died fighti

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Facing the prospect of an infusion of cash at a time of low demand for its popular DeMayo Mortgage Assistance Program, the board of the Affordable Housing Trust last...

The Stratford District Secondary School Eco Club hosted a climate strike at Stratford city hall Friday evening.

They may not be old enough to vote yet, but that hasn’t stopped a group of Stratford, Ont. high school students from getting involved in this municipal election. The Eco Club at Stratford District Secondary School is surveying candidates in the city on issues that matter to them and their community such as wealth inequality and the environment. 

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Missouri — For his 50th birthday, Spc. Orlando Kinchloe was gifted 50 push-ups and a cadence rendition of “Happy Birthday,” courtesy of his fellow trainees and cadre

A group of Stratford District Secondary School students recently launched a website aimed at educating local voters about the candidates in the citys upcoming…

WILLIAMSTOWN — As affordable housing advocates, renters and homeowners brace for expiration of federal and state coronavirus pandemic protections against evictions and foreclosures, the town’s Affordable Housing Trust is ready and able to help. On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a plea from landlords to end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on evicting tenants who fail to pay rent during the pandemic, keeping the ban in place until July 31. Mass...

  Mirroring the Williamstown Emergency Rental Assistance Program the board created last summer, the new program will provide grants of up to $15,000 to help homeowners economically impacted by the pandemic stay in their homes.   Like the emergency rental program, the emergency mortgage grants will be administered by Pittsfields Berkshire Housing Development Corp., which will screen applicants for eligibility and need.   The seven-person trust board Wednesday authorized a three-member s...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of the towns Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday decided to move ahead with an emergency mortgage assistance program for residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, approved a solution for a problem vexing a different town committee and learned that one of its members will be rotating off after Mays town election.   The board member in question is Anne OConnor, who made her colleagues on that panel the first to learn that she will not seek another three-...