Williamstown Winter Farmers Market Returns

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Farmers Market Winter Market returns Saturday March 16 at the First Congregational Church from 9 am until noon.
 
Farmer and crafters will be present to sell farm fresh meats, cheeses, honey, maple syrup, fresh eggs, artisan crafts, goat soap, seafood straight from Boston, and fresh baked breads.
 
Although it is still too early for fresh vegetables, farms like Bigfoot Farm, a regular at the farmers market, is getting the ball rolling.
 
"I grow a really wide variety of veggies, from carrots, potatoes, and onions, to lettuce greens, kale, kohlrabi, ginger and tomatoes  Bigfoot Farm is getting rolling, starting the first seeds: onions, lettuce, kale, bok choy, artichoke, parsley, beets, collard greens, and ginger in heated greenhouse space rented from Mount Williams Greenhouses in North Adams," farmer Brian Cole said. "A synergistic relationship whereby I don't have to manage/own the costly infrastructure needed for early season seed starting, while making good friends with other plant growers in the community. Each week I will be sowing more and more seeds. Come April I'll be getting out into the field to begin working on the soil and a couple [of] small infrastructure improvements."  
 
Also, in the upcoming month Williamstown Farmers Market will expand its website to include more information about the market's history, mission and products of each vendor.

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Williamstown Fire District to Post Chief's Position

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District's Personnel Committee on Monday finalized a job description for the next chief and agreed to post the job with an eye toward getting a new leader in the door by March.
 
That is when Craig Pedercini is set to turn 65 and retire from a department he has served for 37 years — the last 22 as chief.
 
On Monday, the five-person Personnel Committee agreed to post the position by Dec. 1 with the hope to begin screening applicants in early January, though it left open the possibility of beginning the screening process earlier depending on the response rate.
 
The panel's goal is to present a small group of finalists to the Prudential Committee in time for it to make a hiring decision in February.
 
Committee member Fred Puddester told his colleague that Richard Duncan, a human resources professional under contract with the district, said that timeline is reasonable.
 
The committee Monday fine-tuned some of the language in the job description and finalized a couple of the job requirements for the call/volunteer fire department's only full-time employee.
 
A couple of areas that needed to be ironed out included the job's educational requirement and a potential residency requirement.
 
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