WILLIAMSTOWN â Jeff Johnson and Wade Hasty will join the Williamstown Select Board, according to preliminary vote counts, in a town election marked by exceptionally high turnout.
Johnson, a member of the Diversity Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee and a service coordinator supervisor in the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services, defeated attorney Anthony Boskovich 1,140 to 641, according to the count Tuesday night, winning a three-year term to the town s highest governing body.
He takes the seat held by Anne OâConnor, who announced that she would not seek reelection.
Hasty, an Army veteran and graduate student at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, defeated Albert Cummings IV, a musician and construction contractor, 989 to 770, in a bid for the last year of Jeffrey Thomas term.
POST Commission
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission is charged with creating a mandatory certification process for police officers, as well as processes for decertification, suspension of certification, or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct.
About us
The POST Commission was established as part of the criminal justice reform enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020. By establishing the Commission, the Commonwealth is taking an important step to improve public safety and increase trust between members of law enforcement and the communities they serve.
About the Commissioners
Appointees of the Governor
The Honorable Judge Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) served from 1993 until 2011 as a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and will serve as Chair of the POST Commission. Since her retirement in 2011, Judge Hinkle has worked as an alternative dispute resolution professional for JAMS, a private alternative dis
May 12, 2021
Congressman Richard Neal is announcing emergency funding from the American Rescue Plan for colleges and universities in the area. Neal says ninety-million dollars is being set aside for local institutions to deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
At least half of the funding will help students who are facing hunger, homelessness and other hardship.
There are thirteen schools getting funding:
American International College: $5,686,696
Bay Path University: $4,881,677
College of Our Lady of the Elms: $3,608,828
Berkshire Community College: $3,969,913
Holyoke Community College: $13,291,667
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: $3,942,592
Westfield State University: $12,788,564
Mount Holyoke College: $4,217,824
Nichols College: $3,308,361
Springfield College: $8,898,028
Western New England University: $6,961,297
On Tuesday, U.S Rep. Richard Neal announced that Berkshire Community College, Williams College, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will all receive a slice of the nearly $90 million in emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in Massachusetts First Congressional District under the American Rescue Plan. The success of our local colleges and universities is critical to the success of our students and to the strength of our community, said Neal in a press release. Educational institutions here in Western and central Massachusetts and across the country have been steadfast in their mission of delivering quality education in the face of this pandemic. The American Rescue Plan makes a historic investment that will secure the future of these valued institutions and provide struggling students with urgent relief that will allow them to stay on track and complete their education.
by: Nolan Barton
(Natural News) Tucker Carlson criticized the vaccine mandate adopted by more than 100 schools that requires students to get vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19). The mandates vary from school to school with some saying they will make exemptions for medical, religious or personal reasons.
He argued that such mandates “forbid kids from getting an education.”
“Why are schools doing this and is it a good idea? From a medical standpoint, it’s hard to understand the reasoning behind this,” said Carlson on his show at
Fox News Monday night, May 3.
“As a group, young people are not at risk of dying from COVID. Maybe more significant, huge numbers of college students have already been infected with the coronavirus. We know that. And therefore, they have natural immunity to it.”