Williamstown Community Chest 98th Annual Meeting

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Chest announced its 98th annual meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. at The Williams Inn, 101 Spring Street.  
 
The meeting's agenda includes election of Community Chest board members and officers, a brief review of highlights of the year, a report on the results of the 2024-2025 annual fundraising campaign, and an update on new initiatives.
 
Karen Baumbach, executive director of Ecu-Health Care, and Christopher McLaughlin, executive director of Elder Services of Berkshire County will share perspectives on "Navigating Health Care Infrastructure." Ecu-Health Care and Elder Services are two of the nineteen member agencies receiving annual financial support from the proceeds of the Chest's community fundraising campaign.
 
There is no charge for attending the event.  A continental breakfast will be available for all attendees.
 
Seating is limited and persons interested in attending should contact the Community Chest office, 458-2443 or info@WilliamstownCommunityChest.org
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Williamstown Town Meeting Gets Short-Term Rental Bylaw

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After three years of talking about the issue, the Planning Board on Tuesday wrapped up its work on a short-term rental bylaw proposal.
 
Now, it is up to town meeting to decide whether to implement the local regulation.
 
On a vote of 5-0, the board sent its proposal to the May 22 meeting after making one amendment and considering feedback it received in the form of letters from constituents.
 
The amendment is a provision that would exempt military members or foreign service members deployed overseas from the local limit on the number of days a house can be used as an "Airbnb" during the time of their deployment.
 
That idea came to the board late in the process through its outreach meetings this winter and was first discussed by the body at its March meeting. All agreed on Tuesday that the exemptions made sense.
 
The main business for the board on Tuesday was its statutorily-required public hearing on the two zoning bylaw amendments it is proposing for the annual town meeting.
 
One of those proposals first came up last summer, when the town's public works director asked the body to look at a regulation on closed-loop ground source heat pump geothermal wells in the town's Water Resource districts.
 
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