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Crews Wednesday work to repair a burst water main on North Street in Williamstown.
Updated September 07, 2023 07:30AM

Williamstown Water Main Break Closes Route 7 to Through Traffic

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
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Update: At about 6:30 Thursday morning, Williamstown Police reported that Route 7 was reopened and water service was restored. 
 
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A burst water main on North Street near Jamieson Heights on Wednesday left an undetermined number of residences without water and forced a closure of Route 7 to through traffic.
 
At about 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon, the Police Department posted on its Facebook page that Route 7 (North Street and Simonds Road) was closed to through traffic from the Field Park rotary north to Sand Springs Road.
 
Town Manager Bob Menicocci said the break was impacting a localized area near the rupture.
 
“It looks to be a pretty bad break, so it may take some time to repair the damage and restore service to those impacted,” Menicocci said in reply to an email.
 
At about 4 p.m., Menicocci said the town was still assessing how many homes were affected, but the service interruption appeared to include residences in a couple of blocks radius from the breakage.
 
WPD in its Facebook post said while local traffic was possible for some of the stretch of Route 7, the road was completely closed from Buckley Street to Jamieson Heights.
 

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Swann, Williams College Harriers Compete at NCAA Championships

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Mount Greylock Regional School alumna Kate Swann and the Williams College women's cross country team are in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday morning to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship.
 
Williams crushed the field at the 24-team regional championship in New London, Conn., to qualify for the national championship.
 
On Nov. 16 at the Mideast Regional, Williams finished with 59 points, well ahead of runner-up Rensselaer Polytechnic, which collected 110 points.
 
Swann, a junior, was the second Williams runner across the finish line, finishing 10th overall with a time of 21 minutes, 36 seconds on the 6-kilometer course.
 
Williams has finished first or second in every event it entered this fall, winning titles at its own Purple Valley Classic, Keene State (N.H.) Invitational, James Eareley Invitational (Westfield State), Connecticut College Invitational and New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships.
 
The NCAA DIII Championships get underway at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course.
 
The Division I Stonehill College women's cross country team placed fourth at the Northeast Conference Championship; Pittsfield High graduate Kellie Harrington was the second finisher for the Skyhawks, placing 17th at the season-ending meet.
 
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