Clark Art Screens 'Shotgun Stories'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, April 3, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a screening of Shotgun Stories (2007) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center.

According to a press release: 

Shotgun Stories hinges on the death of a father and the revenge of his sons. The sons he abandoned, a band of misfit brothers headed by Son (Michael Shannon), crash his funeral, which prompts the sons he had with his new wife to seek revenge. While the “dead-ass town” that the two branches of the family share is vague and seemingly sprawling, their blood feud binds them claustrophobically together. It’s an age-old problem, a town that just isn’t big enough for the both of them. A Shakespearean climax inevitably awaits these angry, grieving men. Director Jeff Nichols interweaves the action with slow moments weighed down by all that has been left unsaid. Shot in fifteen days on 35mm with a crew of just fifteen, this lithe production was able to shoot on location relatively unnoticed and was Nichols’ debut feature. (Run time: 1 hour, 32 minutes)

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.

Concerns Over PFAS Spark Sewage Debate in Williamstown

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, April 01, 2025

The composting facility at the intermunicipal wastewater plant is operating at about two-thirds capacity. 

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Forever chemicals are the source of a protracted debate for the Select Board.

 

Out of 15 fiscal articles on the warrant for the annual town meeting in May, the board last Monday voted to recommend passage of 14.

 

It delayed its decision on Article 5, which concerns the budget for the sewer department, more specifically the town's share of operating costs for the Hoosac Water Quality District.

 

Some members of the community, including a member of the Select Board, say the district is choosing a course of action that is at odds with the environmental principles that the town espouses.

 

The HWQD is a 55-year-old intermunicipal entity shared by Williamstown and the city of North Adams.

 

Residents of both communities on public sewer service send their wastewater to a treatment facility in Williamstown off Simonds Road (Route 7).

 

The facility cleans and treats the wastewater and discharges it into the nearby Hoosic River.