Williams Men's Basketball Reaches Conference Final

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AMHERST, Mass. -- James Heskett scored 19 points Saturday night to lead the Williams College men's basketball team to a 76-63 win over Hamilton in the NESCAC semi-finals.
 
Mike Greenman scored 14, and Cole Teal added 12 for the Ephs (21-5), who face Wesleyan on Sunday afternoon for the conference title.
 
Women's Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. -- Amherst scored two empty net goals in the final minute of a 5-2 win over Williams in the NESCAC tournament.
 
Annie Rush and Gabby Montembeault scored for Williams (10-8-7), which got 14 saves from Christina Cleroux.
 
Skiing
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.--- The Williams Alpine ski team capped off its season Saturday at the Middlebury Ski Bowl with the Giant Slalom race for Day 2 of the NCAA Regional Championships.
 
Senior Marc Talbott capped off a great carnival season, finishing 12th for the day. Sophomore Paul Sheils cracked the top 20, finishing in 20th place. Rounding out the men's team were Bryan Bailey, Cole Janco, and Will Kannegieser, who placed 36th, 38th and 42nd, respectively. Brian McLaughlin of Dartmouth won the race.
 
On the women's side, Anna Bruce was the top finisher in 32nd place. Gibson Donnan was close behind in 33rd, Madeline Dekko was 39th, senior Makena Jones was 43rd and Clara Hathorne was 45th. Caroline Bartlett of Middlebury won the day.
 
The team capped off a solid carnival season and contributed with the Nordic team to a 5th place finish for the weekend.
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Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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.
 
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