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Students in their contra-dancing outfits at the monthly contra dance event at First Congregational Church. (Phoebe Pallesen/The Williams Record)

Students, Town residents ‘contra dance’ together at monthly event

Phoebe Pallesen November 15, 2023
Many members of the Williamstown community — students at the College included — eagerly await the monthly contra dancing extravaganza at First Congregational Church. Contra dance, a form of traditional social dance, is practiced in pockets across the world. 
‘I have the greatest conversations’: Local ride-share driver Beth Johnson shares anecdotes from her 16 years transporting College students

‘I have the greatest conversations’: Local ride-share driver Beth Johnson shares anecdotes from her 16 years transporting College students

Phoebe Pallesen October 24, 2023
Many students book ride shares to and from their campuses for school breaks, but residents of the isolated Purple Valley are forced to rely on them more than most. Beth Johnson, a longtime ride-share driver in the Williamstown area, spoke with the Record about her years of experience driving College students to-and-fro.
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