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Williamstown Fire District Gets OKs Site Work on Station Site

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. ....

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Williamstown Makes Progress on Stabilizing Bank of Hoosic River


 
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 town s priority list in December and intensified with this week s 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 away at a precipitous rate.
 
Arthur and Wendy Campbell, whose North Street property has been eroding into the river since 2019, called the Williamstown Police when a Christmas Eve storm last December took away a large chunk of the bank and threatened to uncover one of the sewer lines that runs through their property. ....

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Williamstown Conservation Commission OKs Restoration of Residents' Pond


 
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 letter supporting their application. Post-hydro-raking, annual assessments of the pond will determine the use of targeted chemical means to control emergent nuisance vegetation with agents that are considered safe for aquatic species and humans. ....

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