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The new cell tower in South Williamstown as seen from Woodcock Road.

New Cell Tower Erected in Williamstown

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Four months after getting the green light from the Zoning Board of Appeals, a new wireless communications tower is ready to accept antennae.
 
Evolution Site Services of Pittsfield this week announced that construction is completed on a new 153-foot cell tower in South Williamstown on the Phelps family's farm.
 
It was the third different proposal for a cell tower in that area over the last decade, including one proposal to place one on the property of the nearby Mount Greylock Regional School.
 
"Although it has been a long time in the making, I am happy that this project finally came together," said Christopher Ciolfi, a principal at Evolution. "I look forward to AT&T getting their site on line."
 
AT&T was identified by Evolution as the primary carrier on the new tower, which was modified in height and design as part of the special permitting process with the ZBA.
 
The application to the town for a special permit emphasized AT&T's FirstNet public safety program, which allows first responders to commandeer communications systems in the event of an emergency.
 
In accordance with the town's bylaw on wireless tower, the new lattice-style tower was built tall enough to accommodate up to three "co-locators" along with AT&T.
 
"We have been in discussions with other potential co-locators, but at this point do not have any other contracts signed, other than AT&T," Ciolfi said Monday in an email replying to a question.
 
Ciolfi said AT&T will be installing its equipment on the tower in the next several weeks. Once it is operational, AT&T customers in the area will be able to take advantage of signal improvements

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WCMA: 'Cracking the Code on Numerology'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) opens a new exhibition, "Cracking the Cosmic Code: Numerology in Medieval Art."
 
The exhibit opened on March 22.
 
According to a press release: 
 
The idea that numbers emanate sacred significance, and connect the past with the future, is prehistoric and global. Rooted in the Babylonian science of astrology, medieval Christian numerology taught that God created a well-ordered universe. Deciphering the universe's numerical patterns would reveal the Creator's grand plan for humanity, including individual fates. 
 
This unquestioned concept deeply pervaded European cultures through centuries. Theologians and lay people alike fervently interpreted the Bible literally and figuratively via number theory, because as King Solomon told God, "Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight" (Wisdom 11:22). 
 
"Cracking the Cosmic Code" explores medieval relationships among numbers, events, and works of art. The medieval and Renaissance art on display in this exhibition from the 5th to 17th centuries—including a 15th-century birth platter by Lippo d'Andrea from Florence; a 14th-century panel fragment with courtly scenes from Palace Curiel de los Ajos, Valladolid, Spain; and a 12th-century wall capital from the Monastery at Moutiers-Saint-Jean—reveal numerical patterns as they relate to architecture, literature, gender, and timekeeping. 
 
"There was no realm of thought that was not influenced by the all-consuming belief that all things were celestially ordered, from human life to stones, herbs, and metals," said WCMA Assistant Curator Elizabeth Sandoval, who curated the exhibition. "As Vincent Foster Hopper expounds, numbers were 'fundamental realities, alive with memories and eloquent with meaning.' These artworks tease out numerical patterns and their multiple possible meanings, in relation to gender, literature, and the celestial sphere. 
 
"The exhibition looks back while moving forward: It relies on the collection's strengths in Western medieval Christianity, but points to the future with goals of acquiring works from the global Middle Ages. It also nods to the history of the gallery as a medieval period room at this pivotal time in WCMA's history before the momentous move to a new building," Sandoval said.
 
Cracking the Cosmic Code runs through Dec. 22.
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