White Label WordPress Agency Marks 2 Years

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The White Label Agency enjoyed its second anniversary as a business on Monday, March 23.

Employees marked the day with small celebrations in the company's offices around the globe, including on Main Street in Williamstown. The company, which provides WordPress design and development services, also announced the hiring of three more employees in Ukraine and the move to a new office in Odessa.

"It's kind of hard to believe it's been two years already," said Einar Emilsson, CEO. "The time went by in a blur."

Emilsson went on to say, "We hired our first developer in Odessa on March 23, 2013. He's still with us. Since then we've hired 33 more employees, including two new developers and a new account manager last week. We now have 20 developers on three teams in two offices. Along with the three owners, we now have a total of 37 employees. This past week we had to move into a bigger office in Odessa because we simply outgrew the original one."

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.