Clark Library to Close Over Holiday Break; Museum Bustling With Activities

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Clark Art Institute’s library will be closed from Dec. 24, 2014, through Jan. 4, 2015, in order to accommodate construction activity in the library’s public spaces.

The timing of the closure has been coordinated to minimize disruption to the collection and to ensure that the library is fully operational when students and scholars return from holiday breaks.

The museum itself is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. but will be closed in observance of Christmas Day on December 25 and New Year’s Day on January 1.

During school vacation week, the Clark hosts a free film festival and a series of free intergenerational yoga classes. "Frozen" (PG, 109 min.) airs Tuesday, December 30; "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (PG, 87 min.) airs Wednesday, December 31; and "Hugo" (PG, 128 min.) airs Friday, January 2. All showtimes are at 2:30 p.m. in the Clark Center.

Free beginning-level yoga classes will be held Tuesday, December 30, Wednesday, December 31, and Friday, January 2 at 11 a.m. in the Clark Center. Classes are open to ages 10 and up. Bring your own yoga mat or towel.

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.