The South Williamstown Community Association

Promoting community, historical preservation and neighborhood building

for Williamstown and surrounding locales.

SWCA and HooRWA Clean Up a Local Stretch of the Green River

Green River Cleanup from WilliNet TV 2 on Vimeo. On August 28, 2016, the South Williamstown Community Association and the Hoosic River Watershed Association, assisted by some members of the general public, collected  approximately 15 trash bags of glass and other...

Board Members Elected at SWCA’s Annual Meeting

SWCA Board members elected for 2016-2017 include:  Pamela Burger, Katie Case, Karen Charbonneau, Melissa Cragg, Bette Craig, Peter Kapiloff, Wayne Olivieri, Stephen Pagnotta, Regina Rouse, Mark Thaisz, Michelle Thaisz, and Carolyn Umlauf. Claudia Ellet resigned as a...

Helping Immigrants Achieve Success

By Susan Stetson Clarke I met Suni Ton, native of Vietnam, when she was doing my nails two years ago in North Adams. She told me she was going to classes at Berkshire Community College and struggling with English.  I said, “Maybe I can help.” That conversation...
Repair Café on April 9 was a hit

Repair Café on April 9 was a hit

Repair Café on April 9 was a hit, and at the SWCA Annual Meeting on June 7,  many people expressed a desire for a reprise.  We’re talking with our collaborator Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation about doing it again this coming November or December. Repairs made...

Waubeeka Overlay District approved at town vote

On May 17th, Town Meeting passed a zoning bylaw that creates a new ‘Waubeeka Overlay District’ on the 200-acre property owned by Michael Deep, and would allow the development of a 120 room country inn and related buildings and facilities. The resort could include an...

A “Visit My Garden” Invitation from Fanny Culleton

My garden at 386 Oblong Road is open for viewing during the growing season.  It took twenty years for me to build the garden around four very old apple trees,recently pruned by John Sherman.  It includes vegetables and is easily walkable.  You may park in the driveway...

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