Williamstown's ABC Seeks Grant Applications

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The ABC Shop at 30 Spring St. distributes the profits from its sale of gently used high quality clothing twice a year to charitable causes that contribute to the well-being of the community. 
 
The deadline for fall grant applications is November 1, 2024, and ABC encourages new agencies to apply for grants of up to $5000. 
 
Interested agencies will find the simple application available online at abcclothingshop.org/grants. 
 
ABC has been making grants to community organizations since 2015.  Recent recipients include: 18 Degrees, Berkshire Academy for Advanced Musical Studies, Berkshire Food Project, Berkshire Immigration Center, Elizabeth Freeman Center, Louison House,  Playwright Mentoring Project of Barrington Stage, Remedy Hall, ROOTS TeenCenter and more. 
 
ABC Clothing Shop is a nonprofit organization that recycles and sells gently worn apparel with the aim of benefiting our community and the environment.
 
For more information email abcclothingsale413@gmail.com. 
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Mount Greylock School Committee Weighs New Public Comment Policy

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Thursday discussed a change to its policy on public comment at School Committee meetings in light of a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling.
 
Jose Constantine, who chairs the School Committee's Policy and Governance Subcommittee, explained to his colleagues that the state's highest court has decided that school committees cannot enforce rules that strive to maintain civility at its sessions.
 
"We can't limit or control what's said," Constantine said.
 
The existing district policy includes the following language: "Improper conduct and remarks will not be allowed. Defamatory or abusive remarks are always out of order. If a speaker persists in improper conduct or remarks, the Chair may terminate that individual's privilege of address."
 
The proposed new policy draws a very different line at which a speaker would be out of order during public comment.
 
"The chair of the meeting, after a warning, reserves the right to terminate speech which is not Constitutionally protected because it constitutes true threats that are likely to provoke a violent reaction and cause a breach of the peace or incitement to imminent lawless conduct," the new draft policy reads.
 
Interim Superintendent Joseph Bergeron told the committee that the proposed new language results from recommendations from the Massachusetts Association of School Committee and legal precedent.
 
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