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Williamstown Fire District Shifts to CM at Risk Model for Fire Station Project

Earlier this year, the station was put out to bid under the "design-bid-build" model, the other process allowable under Massachusetts law for a project this size.

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Williamstown Fire District Gets OKs from Planning Board, ZBA

The Williamstown Fire District last week received the last two local approvals it needed to build a new station on Main Street.

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Williamstown Fire Station Project Clears Conservation Commission

The Williamstown Fire District last week cleared one of two local regulatory hurdles facing the new station project on Main Street.

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Lanesborough Public Safety Committee Supports Fire Station Study

The panel voted to spend $10,000 on a needs assessment, schematic design, and a cost estimate of adding the fire department to the public safety building proposal.

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Williamstown Fire District Discusses Raising Permit Fees

Chief Craig Pedercini on Wednesday showed the Prudential Committee a table with data he collected from 10 Berkshire County municipalities, most of which currently charge more than Williamstown for similar services.

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Williamstown Fire Building Committee Looks to Press National Grid on Interconnection Issue

In other business on Wednesday, the Building Committee learned that the Prudential Committee last week in a special meeting officially finalized the contract with Skanska.

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Williamstown Residents Approve New Fire Station

An overwhelming number of voters at a well attended special fire district meeting Tuesday approved a $22.5 million project to build a new fire station on Main Street.

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Williamstown Voters to Decide Tuesday on Fire Station Project

Residents on Tuesday will decide whether to authorize up to $22.5 million to build a new fire station on Main Street.

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Williamstown Fire Station Cut Down in Size

The Building Committee on Wednesday was informed that progress had been made in reducing the size of the 27,218 structure to also reduce the cost.

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Williamstown Select Board Allocates ARPA Funds to Fire Station Project

The Select Board on Monday voted to allocate $225,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Williamstown Fire District's new station building project.

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Williamstown Fire District Panel Talks Station Tax Impact

Jeffrey Thomas, the chair of the district's Community Advisory Committee, walked his members through four different bond payment scenarios at Thursday's hybrid meeting of the committee.

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Williamstown Select Board Allocates Part of Town's ARPA Funds

The four members of the board in attendance at Monday's meeting held off on deciding how to allocate the balance of the town's ARPA funds — nearly $1.4 million.

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Cramped Dalton Fire Department Seeking Expansion Options

One option under discussion is purchasing the Dalton Garage with its three bays across from the current station.

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Williams College Commits $5 Million to Fire Station Project

Williams College on Thursday morning announced it is committing $5 million toward the cost of building a new fire station on Main Street.

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Williamstown Fire District Panel OKs 10% Station Cost Cut

The committee that oversees the Fire District on Wednesday agreed to lower by 10 percent its request to voters to fund a new station on Main Street.

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Letter: New Fire Station

The primary reason we need a new fire station is the requirement to have big fire trunks with long ladders to protect Williams College's tall buildings for which the college pays no taxes.

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Letter: Delay Vote on New Williamstown Fire Station

While a new fire station is long overdue, the proposed $25 million building is challenging to justify.

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Williamstown Fire Station Committee Defends Size, Cost of Project

Two members of the Select Board on Wednesday urged the Fire District's Building Committee to use the next month to find cost savings in an estimated $25 million building project.

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Williamstown Fire District to Seek $25M for Station Project

The committee that oversees the town's fire district Thursday approved warrant article language seeking authority to borrow up to $25 million to build a new station on Main Street.

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Williamstown Fire District's Building Committee Discusses Site Work, Sees Cost Estimate

The latest estimated bottom line for the project, including so-called "soft costs," is just less than $25 million, according to the district's owners project manager, Colliers International.

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Williamstown Fire District Sets February Date for Station Vote

Fire District officials Wednesday decided to reschedule to Feb. 28 a special district meeting to approve a bond to construct a new fire station.

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Open Forum On Environmental Aspects of Williamstown Fire Station Project

All residents are invited to attend this interactive event, which is co-sponsored by the Williamstown Fire District's Building Committee and the town's CO2 Lowering (COOL) Committee.

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Williamstown Fire District Will Postpone Fire Station Funding Vote

It was announced at an informal forum about the new building project at Mount Greylock Regional High School that the committee met earlier that day and voted unanimously to put off the early December vote until district officials have clarity on issues that will impact the funding of the project.

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Williamstown Fire District Sets Dec. 7 Vote on New Station

Five years after the fire district's voters approved purchasing a Main Street parcel for a new station, the Prudential Committee is ready to ask those voters to take the next step.

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Williamstown Fire Station Cost Pegged at $18M

The initial estimate for a new fire station came in at just below $18 million, the fire district’s Building Committee learned on Wednesday.