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The event is a fund-raiser for the Williamstown Community Chest, which supports local non-profits.
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About four dozen 5-kilometer race competitors head off down School Street at the start.
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Some competitors really fly across the finish line.
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Jonathan Igoe wins the 5K with a time of 21 minutes, 9 seconds.
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Runners in the 5K shared the course at the end with participants in the 1-mile walk/stroll/run. One of the latter decides to get a closer look at the course before crossing the finish line.

One Hundred Hit Streets of Williamstown for Fun Run/Walk

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- About 100 people Saturday morning participated in the Williamstown Community Chest's 13th Fun Run.
 
Fifty-three people completed the 1-mile walk/stroll/run course, with the remaining participants taking on the more challenging 5-kilometer run.
 
Athletes of all ages and a few canine companions took off from the parking lot at Williamstown Elementary School and tackled a course that included Cole Avenue, Main Street and North Street before looping back through the Williams College campus to WES.
 
Anna Lopez as the first runner to complete the 1-mile course.
 
Jonathan Igoe won the 5K in 21 minutes, 9 seconds.
 
The event is fund-raiser for the Community Chest, which for 94 years has provided funding to local human service organizations.
 
For more information about the non-profit, visit its website at williamstowncommunitychest.org.
 
 
Top 10 5K Finishers
1. Jonathan Igoe, 21:09; 2. Ed Gollin, 22:00; 3. Stephanie Boyd, 23:13; 4. Brenna Lopez, 23:31; 5. Dusty Lopez, 23:31; 6. Rob Matthews23:34; 7. Madeline Carswell, 24:06; 8. Viggo McCeellan, 24:07; 9. John Aste, 24:11; 10. Daniella Franco-Romo, 24:19.
 
Top 10 1-Mile Walk/Stroll/Run
1. Anna Lopez; 2. Oscar Heeringa; 3. Max Strolle; 4. Ruggles Raule; 5. George Heeringa; 6. Brent Heeringa; 7. Nora Lopez; 8. Nate Elder; 9. Liam Carter; 10. Rhys Nafziger.
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Williams Seeking Town Approval for New Indoor Practice Facility

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week gave Williams College the first approval it needs to build a 55,000-square foot indoor athletic facility on the north side of its campus.
 
Over the strenuous objection of a Southworth Street resident, the board found that the college's plan for a "multipurpose recreation center" or MRC off Stetson Road has adequate on-site parking to accommodate its use as an indoor practice facility to replace Towne Field House, which has been out of commission since last spring and was demolished this winter.
 
The college plans a pre-engineered metal that includes a 200-meter track ringing several tennis courts, storage for teams, restrooms, showers and a training room. The athletic surface also would be used as winter practice space for the school's softball and baseball teams, who, like tennis and indoor track, used to use the field house off Latham Street.
 
Since the planned structure is in the watershed of Eph's Pond, the college will be before the Conservation Commission with the project.
 
It also will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals, on Thursday, for a Development Plan Review and relief from the town bylaw limiting buildings to 35 feet in height. The new structure is designed to have a maximum height of 53 1/2 feet and an average roof height of 47 feet.
 
The additional height is needed for two reasons: to meet the NCAA requirement for clearance above center court on a competitive tennis surface (35 feet) and to include, on one side, a climbing wall, an element also lost when Towne Field House was razed.
 
The Planning Board had a few issues to resolve at its March 12 meeting. The most heavily discussed involved the parking determination for a use not listed in the town's zoning bylaws and a decision on whether access from town roads to the building site in the middle of Williams' campus was "functionally equivalent" to the access that would be required under the town's subdivision rules and regulations.
 
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