W’town Candidate Nomination papers for elected local offices avail. FEB 3 with March 25 certification deadline.

Call for CANIDATES to serve on elected municipal committees!  Open seats on:  SELECT BOARD (2 seats /3 yr term; 1 seat/1 yr term)…PLANNING BOARD (1 seat/5 yr term)…Town Moderator (3 yr term)…Library Trustee (4 seats/ 3 yr term & 1 seat/ 1yr term)…HOUSING AUTHORITY (1 seat/5 yr term)… Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District (1 seat/3 yr term).  Town ELECTION DAY is MAY 13, polls open 7am-8pm at WES.

Candidates seeking office must stop by Town Clerk, Nicole Beverly’s office to pick up nomination papers. 30 signatures required. All signatures must be in INK, no electronic signatures allowed.  Completed papers must be returned to the Board of Registrars for CERTIFICATION no later than TUE, MARCH 25, 2025.

MORE INFO:   Nicole Beverly- 413-458-3500 x 101   or   nbeverly@williamstownma.gov

“What does it mean to love a forest?” – author Ethan Tapper talks at HooWRA’S Annual Mtg, 7pm TUE FEB 11 at Wege Auditorium, Williams College.

Hoosic River Watershed Assoc. partners with Williams College Zilkha Center & Environmental Studies Program to host author Ethan Tapper discuss his new book:  “How to Love a Forest, the bittersweet work of tending a changing world”.

Milne presents: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS for Tweens & Teens (12-18) on SAT, JAN. 18, 1:30-3:30pm

Dungeons & Dragons for teens! REGISTER HERE. This is the first scheduled meeting, to see if we can get this going. Please sign up & tell your friends! Milne DM Quinn will have a campaign ready to go.

Remedy Hall celebrates 1 year of service to the community!

Remedy serves the elderly, veterans, run-away youths, unhoused families, neighbors and friends with free essentials.  CLICK HERE to learn more!

Town of W’town reminds residents to RETURN 2025 ANNUAL CENSUS promptly. Town will mail census form out to all residents week of Jan. 13.

Failure to respond to the census will result in removal from the active voting list and may result in removal from the voter registration rolls. Anyone who does not receive their census form in the mail within the next three weeks or anyone who has questions pertaining to the form should call Town Clerk, Nicole E. Beverly at 458-3500 Ext. 101.

All forms should either be mailed back in the enclosed return envelope or
dropped off at Town Hall. You can use the Town’s drop box, located outside the
front door of Town Hall or come into the office.

The census (Annual Street Listing) is a requirement per Massachusetts General Law.

Residents should not use the census form for the purpose of voter
registration. Any resident who is not registered to vote may register by going
to the Secretary of State’s website: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/ or by
mailing or dropping off a voter registration form to the Town Clerk’s Office (31
North St.).

You can also register to vote in person at The Town Clerk’s Office.
Voter registration forms can be found on the Secretary of State’s website as well:
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/voter-resources/registering-to-
vote.htm

Parents of college students or members of the military who are registered voters
in Williamstown should be aware that deleting those children from their census
form will remove them from the active voters list. Also, households that have
dependent children in them, but are not listed on your census form
should add their children to the form and complete the information
that pertains to each child. Information regarding the children is not a
public record and is used only by the schools for enrollment purposes.