Save The Last Dance, a novel by Eric Joseph and Eva Ungar Grudin, will be launched at Water Street Books in Williamstown, Saturday, June 11, from 4-6PM. The authors will do a reading at 5PM. Around the time of their 50th high school reunion, two teenage sweethearts long separated, Adam Wolf and Sarah Ross, reconnect […]
Deep leaves voters to speculate on likely size of Waubeeka 120-“unit” hotel: Could it be bigger than a Pittsfield timeshare facility? Here’s a walkthrough
By Bill Densmore Originally published on GreylockNews.com WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – How big a hotel-and-golf complex could be developed at Waubeeka Golf Links if town-meeting voters next week take the advice of Williamstown selectmen? One possible answer is: A resort 50 percent larger than the current Williams Inn. Another possible answer: Whatever a developer thinks can fit […]
Williams goes to Break Free
By Shanti Singham, Professor of History and Africana Studies, Williams College We had a fabulous day in Albany on May 14 at the Break Free regional environmental justice demonstration. There were over 1500 people there—and we were lucky to be part of what was a strong statement against environmental racism at a hub for crude oil […]
Wanted: Planners with Expertise and Independence
By Harry Montgomery Williamstown’s great good luck this year is that the run-up to this year’s Town Election May 10 and Town Meeting May 17 has brought a major focus to development issues, and nuanced philosophic differences on how to preserve and better the Village Beautiful. We have an especially strong and competitive field of […]
Q&A: Williams College project to build a hotel at the bottom of Spring Street
By Jim Kolesar, Assistant to the President for Public Affairs Why is a new building needed? The current one, after 45 years, is failing. Its systems are limping. Eight guest rooms have had to be taken off line. Like most buildings that age, it’s very energy inefficient. Why move the inn to Spring Street? For […]
Williamstown Selectboard Candidate Statements
Candidates for Williamstown Selectboard explain why they are running We have three candidates for two seats on the Williamstown Selectboard, running in the Town Election on May 10—Jane Patton, Cynthia Payne and Jeffrey Thomas. The Greylock Independent has invited all three candidates to submit a brief statement explaining why they are running and including a […]
The controversy over the proposed development of the Waubeeka Golf Course
A guide to the voter: It’s all about zoning By Tela Zasloff The Waubeeka Golf Course property, at the southern gateway to Williamstown, is one of the most beautiful sites in the Berkshires. Over 100 years ago, one local historian didn’t restrain himself about this area of mountains and valleys: “Nowhere east of the Rockies […]
Proposed Development at Waubeeka Golf Course
By Foster Goodrich The author grew up in Williamstown and Bennington, and lives with his family in Bennington. He is president of School Guard Glass, Inc., and has been directly involved with over $5 billion worth of vertical construction projects across the country as both a builder and developer, working directly with town, city and […]
WAUBEEKA: OF DEEP IMPORTANCE FOR ALL OF WILLIAMSTOWN
by Donna Carlstrom Wied In the Berkshire Eagle Tuesday, April 5 article, “Waubeeka owner plans to offer concessions,” the writer Scott Stafford seems to imply that opposition to Mr. Deep’s Waubeeka proposal is only from “some members of the Planning Board and some residents of South Williamstown.” Opposition quoted was from “South Williamstown neighbors.” With […]
WILLIAMSTOWN REPAIR CAFÉ, April 9, at Sheep Hill, Williamstown
Come all ye broken lamps, socks with holes, blades that have seen sharper days, bicycles needing a little tenderness! Come to Repair Café, co-sponsored by the South Williamstown Community Association and the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, at Sheep Hill, 671 Cold Spring Road (Route 7) Saturday afternoon, April 9th from 1 to 4:30 p.m. It’s […]
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