NBH 17th Annual Open Golf Tournament

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Healthcare will hold its 17th Annual Open golf tournament on Friday, Aug. 27, at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown. Williamstown Savings Bank, a MountainOne Financial Partner, is underwriting the tournament for a 10th consecutive year.

“Williamstown Savings Bank once again leads the way in showing how generous our local businesses are, and that they consider quality health care as a top priority in our community,” said Bruce Grinnell, chairman of the NBH Development Committee and of the NBH Board of Trustees.

Tournament proceeds will support upgrades to NARH’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite.

The scramble tournament will begin at noon with a shotgun start. The entry fee of $150 per player or $600 per foursome includes lunch, greens fees and cart, after-golf hearty hors d’oeuvres, and gifts for each player. The field is being capped again this year to ensure speedy play, with a limited number of foursomes still available. Registration forms have been mailed to past players and sponsors; others wishing to enter the tournament may request a brochure by calling the NBH Development Office at 413-664-5073, e-mailing Rebecca Hopkins at rhopkins@nbhealth.org, or by downloading a form at www.nbhealth.org. Sponsorship opportunities at a variety of levels are also available.

MountainOne Financial Partners includes Williamstown Savings Bank, Hoosac Bank, and Southcoastal Bank, as well as Coakley, Pierpan, Dolan and Collins Insurance Agency and True North Financial Services. In addition to Williamstown Savings Bank, other major sponsors for the 2010 NBH Open include Sound Physicians, SEI Investments, and Columbia Development Group.
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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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