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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The New England town meeting — steeped in tradition — has been far from traditional in the Village Beautiful over the last five years.   In...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission last week gave the green light to a long-discussed roundabout for the Five Corners intersection in South Williamstown.   The...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District this month received approval from two town bodies for the "early site work" planned in conjunction with the construction of a new station on...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Fire District this month received approval from two town bodies for the "early site work" planned in conjunction with the construction of a new station on...

  On Thursday evening, the Conservation Commission issued an emergency authorization to conduct the work to address a problem that pushed its way near the top of the towns priority list in December and intensified with this weeks rains.   "We went down today, and it was decidedly worse than it was yesterday," town conservation agent Andrew Groff told the commissioners.   Groff said there is currently 90 linear feet of erosion along that stretch of the river, and the land is being taken...

  Margot and Bill Moomaw asked the town to allow them to address nuisance vegetation, particularly bur reed, that has taken hold in their pond since they treated it for Eurasian milfoil nine years ago.   "With this submission, the Moomaws are requesting approval for a multi-year pond management plan, beginning with hydro-raking to remove the accumulated biomass, muck and silt in order to create better conditions for aquatic species, and to restore depth to the pond," the couple wrote in a...