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Williamstown Con Comm Clears College Field House DemoBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:01AM / Saturday, October 14, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission Thursday gave the green light to Williams College's plan to demolish its Towne Field House. The college was before the panel to request a negative determination of applicability under the Wetlands Protection Act for the demolition project near Christmas Brook. The commissioners found that the college, which plans silt sacks in all storm drains and a silt fence along Latham Street, which runs between the field house and the brook, had adequate erosion measures planned. The plan also calls for a wash area for trucks entering or leaving the demolition site. Williams Senior Project Manager Shaun Garvey said the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Book Talk With Design Author | 08:00AM / Friday, October 13, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a book talk and conversation by Williams College Environmental Studies Professor Laura J. Martin. Martin is the author of "Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration" (Harvard University Press, 2022), which examines how, in this age of biodiversity crisis, many wild species will not survive without acts of human care. The event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Martin speaks to what can be learned from the past century of ecological restoration; discusses what it means to be wild; and offers a call for ecological 0 Comments
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Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk, owner of Neathawk Signs and Design, to create a 3D sign for the business.
Neathawk installed the sign late Monday afternoon that features multicolored hand prints from the children as the leaves of a tree poking out of the top. Underneath the name and address "a place to grow" is written. The children's hand prints were taken at the school and Neathawk then scanned them into her design programs to create the sign.
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