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Williamstown Church Presents Children's Christmas Play

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Bible Church will present its annual children's Christmas musical on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7, at 6 p.m. in the church at 160 Bridges Road.

This year features 20 area children singing and dancing their way through "We Three Spies." Agents E, L and F are recruits with the CIK (Christmas Intelligence Kids), a covert group of spies who secretly bring Christmas cheer to the needy. But this year they’re facing an especially difficult challenge: keeping Ms. Harriet (pronounced “Har-ret”) King, a Scrooge-like landlord, from evicting them from their headquarters, confiscating donations and cancelling their Christmas Nativity program. It takes a little expert espionage and a lot of God’s unconditional love for Ms. King to change her tune as she finally joins the CIK and the entire town in a musical celebration of the true meaning of Jesus’ birth.

The production is directed by Connie Sheehy and Amy Sanchez, with directorial assistance by Lori Kapiloff and Julie Gill, costumes by Gill, Jane Sebborn and Tammy Wright, scenery by Gail Duncan, sound by Phyllis Babcock, Joshua Duncan, Dave Jolin and Krista Jolin and lights by Dave Jolin and Rebecca Dravis.

The children in the show are: Brooke Bishop, Hunter Bishop, Abby Clairmont, Nick Clairmont, Noelle Dravis, Lainey Gill, Nathan Gill, Talia Kapiloff, Ben Kapiloff, Annie Miller, Lauren Miller, Julia Ross, Andres Sanchez, Gracie Sanchez, Abigail Scholl, Tristan School, Jacob Shustack, Joel Shustack, Lydia Shustack, Savannah Shustack and Isabella Tournabene.

Refreshments will be served in the lobby after the show. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 413-458-5556.

Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Friday, April 26, 2024

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday signed off on more than $1 million in cost cutting measures for the planned Main Street fire station.

 

Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future.

 

The committee, which oversees the Fire District, also made plans to hold meetings over the next two Wednesdays to finalize its fiscal year 2025 budget request and other warrant articles for the May 28 annual district meeting. One of those warrant articles could include a request for a new mini rescue truck.

 

The value engineering changes to the building project originated with the district's Building Committee, which asked the Prudential Committee to review and sign off.

 

In all, the cuts approved on Wednesday are estimated to trim $1.135 million off the project's price tag.

 

The biggest ticket items included $250,000 to simplify the exterior masonry, $200,000 to eliminate a side yard shed, $150,000 to switch from a metal roof to asphalt shingles and $75,000 to "white box" certain areas on the second floor of the planned building.

 

The white boxing means the interior spaces will be built but not finished. So instead of dividing a large space into six bunk rooms and installing two restrooms on the second floor, that space will be left empty and unframed for now.