🌱 How Sand Springs kept Williamstown from becoming a mill town or resort

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In today's newsletter:

• How Sand Springs kept Williamstown from becoming a mill town or resort
• How Williamstown firefighters helped battle a deadly nearby house fire

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 48 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and warmer, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
• Thursday: Warm with some sun, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eagle Archives, Sept. 28, 1953: Neither mill town nor resort, all because of Sand Springs (berkshireeagle.com) — Williamstown's unique lack of industrial water once shaped its entire character, keeping it from becoming either a mill town or a big resort and elevating Sand Springs as its lone true getaway. This archival look revisits the rise, fires, and reinventions of Sand Springs, the Williams Inn, and the old Greylock and Mansion House hotels that helped define town life.
   

• Three pets die, one injured in North Adams house fire (wwlp.com) — Firefighters from Williamstown and Clarksburg helped North Adams crews quickly control a kitchen fire on Massachusetts Avenue that killed three pets and sent one person to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The mutual aid response highlights how Williamstown emergency services support nearby communities when serious incidents strike close to home.
   

📸 Around Williamstown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Williamstown

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 1
• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
  108 School St, Bennington
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 29
• Cooking with Spice Club! →
  David and Joyce Milne Public Library, 1095 Main St, Williamstown
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Williamstown farmers market →
  Williamstown Farmers Market, 125 Spring Street, Williamstown
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• An EXTRA Baby & Toddler Storytime →
  David and Joyce Milne Public Library, 1095 Main St, Williamstown
  10:30 am
Thursday October 15
• Tutoring With LitNet- Info Session →
  Milne Public Library, 1095 Main Street, Williamstown
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Williamstown Farmers' Market →
  Williamstown Farmers Market, Spring St, Williamstown
  9:00 am
• College Campus Visit to Williams College →
  Williams College, 880 Main Street, Williamstown
  9:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Third Space Performance Lab "To the Academy" →
  '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St, Williamstown
  2:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Foraging Walk at The Clark →
  Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street, Williamstown
  3:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Williamstown Farmers' Market →
  Williamstown Farmers Market, Spring St, Williamstown
  9:00 am
• Zambezi Marimba Band – Family Days Concert →
  Chapin Hall, 62-66 Dr, Williamstown
  7:30 pm

📣 Williamstown Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• North Adams Office Hours →
  North Adams Office, 33 Main Street, North Adams
  1:00 pm
• Tuesday open mics @ Studio9 →
  Studio9, 231 River St., North Adams
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Williams College posted a job opening for Call-In Waitstaff and Bartenders (Temporary) in Williamstown. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Crew Member in North Adams. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Williamstown here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Adams

• North Adams Reschedules Boxcar Races, BBQ Cook-Off Oct. 2 (iberkshires.com)
• MCLA to Host Inauguration of 13th President on Oct. 3 (iberkshires.com)
• Great Barrington police scan 20,000 cars a day. Their database has been searched 41 times (berkshireeagle.com)

Adams

• After More Than a Century, Heating Failure Puts Adams Turners' Future at Risk (iberkshires.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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