Clark Art Presents Summer Book Club

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, June 27 at 7 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts its annual summer book club in the Clark Center lower level.
 
Book lovers and Clark staff members discuss a book related to the summer's exhibition, "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth."
 
This year's book selection is "So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch," a personal meditation on Munch's life and work by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård. The evening begins with a brief tour of "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth;" wine and conversation follow.
 
Tickets $10 ($8 members). Advance registration required; capacity is limited. Paperback copies of Knausgård's book are available for purchase in the Museum Store. 

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Williamstown Fire District Won't Seek Retirement Exemption for Chief

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

Prudential Committee members Lindsay Neathawk, left, David Moresi, Alex Steel and Joe Beverly meet at the Water Street fire station on Wednesday.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday voted 3-1 to not seek an exemption that would allow the fire chief to continue in his role past his 65th birthday.
 
Fire Chief Craig Pedercini had asked the panel, which governs the district, to seek the exemption to prevent him from having to retire in March of next year.
 
The five-member committee referred the question to a newly created Personnel Committee, which on Wednesday recommended that the district not seek the exemption to the state-mandated retirement age and instead begin the process of finding the department's next chief.
 
"After much discussion, we decided not to entertain an extension for the chief," said Prudential Committee member Joe Beverly, who served on the Personnel Committee. "That is our recommendation to give to the committee to make a vote on this evening.
 
"The recommendation had nothing to do with the current chief's job performance. It's a law. The process is a very complicated process to move [the exemption] forward. And the time frame we're under right now, we may not be able to do it prior to the chief's 65th birthday.
 
"We appreciate the 20-plus years the chief has given to the district."
 
Pedercini on Thursday morning said he knew the Personnel Committee was having the conversation but did not have a sense which way the full Prudential Committee would vote before Wednesday's meeting.
 
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