Williamstown Police Looking into Weekend Break-Ins

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Police are looking into a spate of crimes that were reported last weekend.
 
On Sunday, May 21, at about 10 a.m., police received a report of a break-in at Crisp Catering at 96 Water St., police files show.
 
The caller reported that two males and one female broke into the business and stole "cases of alcohol," according to the police call log.
 
The log indicates that there was video footage of the break-in.
 
Video of what appeared to be surveillance footage was posted in a local Facebook group over the weekend with a request for help in identifying the people seen entering a local business and stealing a large quantity of wine. That post and footage subsequently was taken down by the poster.
 
Police Chief Michael Ziemba on Thursday indicated the Water Street break-in is an open investigation.
 
One day earlier, police received three different calls from people reporting break-ins on Hoxsey Street.
 
The logs show calls at 9:30 a.m., 11:25 a.m. and 3:18 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.
 
The first reported that their vehicle door was unlocked and a shed door opened with nothing reported missing, the log reads.
 
The second, at 11:25 a.m., reported "vehicles being gone through." One of the vehicles had a laptop computer that was removed from the vehicle and placed on the roof, according to the log. The same caller reported a pickup truck was found with its tailgate down but all contents remaining.
 
At 3:18 Saturday afternoon, a third caller told police that their, "unlocked vehicle was broken into last night and was gone through, the doors left open," according to the call log.

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Williamstown Library Committee Looks to Advance Renovations

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Milne Library's Building and Grounds Committee on Thursday recommended that the director move ahead with several repairs to the building.
 
On a vote of 4-0, the committee recommended that the Board of Trustees accept a bid from Bennington, Vt.'s, Vermont Roofing to fix the roof over the bathrooms in the front of the library.
 
And in a separate 4-0 vote, the building committee told Director Angela Zimmerman to issue a request for proposals to redo windows and doors, two major issues raised in a report the Trustees commissioned from Bennington's Centerline Architects.
 
In June of last year, the trustees learned that the Centerline report was recommending a number of "critical issues" to be addressed in the building, including the windows and doors, with an estimated price tag of nearly $262,000.
 
At the May 2023 annual town meeting, members authorized up to $300,000 toward capital repairs at the library.
 
On Thursday, Zimmerman, who came on board in March, told the Building and Grounds Committee that the $300,000 needs to be committed by the end of fiscal year 2025 next June.
 
"We at least need to have the projects in motion," Zimmerman said.
 
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