wikipedia says the 2017 women's march was the largest single day protest in u s history
women's march founder vanessa wruble graduated williams college cum laude in 1996
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novelist elizabeth graver grew up in williamstown
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- 'end of the point'
- wbur october 11th, 2013
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fountains of wayne met at williams college
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williamstown
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sinclair lewis wrote 'kingsblood royal' and 'the god seeker' in williamstown where he lived at thorvale farm on oblong road
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daphne lives in italy where suze rotolo went in 1962
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williams grad kristen lopez co-wrote 'let it go'
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painter stephen hannock resides in williamstown
'The artist is known for creating a unique luminosity[1] using a signature technique that involves building up layers of paint on the canvas, sandpaper-polishing it, applying new layers of paint and polishing again. Some of his work is thought to be inspired by the Hudson River School.[2]'
'"Sting and Trudy have the most diverse collection of my work." Hannock said.'
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the old porter house was allegedly built with 1.5 ft thick walls which were fired in the field that became waubeeka golf course
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wikipedia says the miami heat's duncan robinson holds the williams college record for minutes played [in one season]
'At 24-years-old, Robinson’s journey to the NBA has taken longer than most. Initially a NCAA Division III athlete at Williams College, Robinson had a turn of fate when he earned a full scholarship to the University of Michigan.'
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hall house
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it's said jenny jerome liked this photo and kept it when she went to britain
Sharon Fleury
the building across the way was built by one of the hammonds as a protestant church here in catholic acadian st john valley
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this is farahnaz the shah's first daughter from his third marriage to empress farah pahlavi
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did william wootters discover teleportation in williamstown ?
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many people who heard about #nodapl when the 4,000 u s veterans joined the protest of the pipeline believed the protest was about protecting the standing rock sioux tribe's water supply but many of them didn't realize the dapl pipeline crosses the largest aquifer in the u s - the great plains basin ogallala aquifer which if contaminated could destroy america's heartland
sophia wilanski was a recent williams college theater grad when the energy transfer partners big oil execs decided to wage war on americans
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cole porter won the second ever tony award for best musical and best lyricist with 'kiss me kate' whose lyrics and music he wrote in williamstown
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president wilson's daughter jessie lived in williamstown
'Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933) was a daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson. She was a political activist, and "She worked vigorously for women's suffrage, social issues, and to promote her father's call for a League of Nations, and emerged as a force in the Massachusetts Democratic Party."[1]...
...Upon their return from their honeymoon in Europe, they moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts, where her husband began his service as an assistant to the president of Williams College.[4]'
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charles webb wrote 'the graduate' shortly after graduating williams college
'The couple’s habit of impulsive philanthropy would soon be entrenched. Their second son, David, was born in 1967 in Laguna Beach, Calif., where they were living at Webb’s parents’ house. Three years later they purchased a $65,000 home in Williamstown, but, after a few weeks, decided to give that one away too, to the Audubon Society.'
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margaret lindley was a greatly revered williamstown public school teacher who inspired the town and the college to give us the one thing missing in our little slice of paradise - a beach
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gwyneth paltrow, who learned to act in williamstown as a child, performed at the williamstown theater festival again in 1999
#goop
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where else could you order the legendary pink dots or the young marble giants in the 1980s ?
shavaun towers was dr preston & helen robinson's daughter, went to pine cobble school in williamstown and with her landscape architecture firm towers-golde llc, designed the azalea garden at the new york botanical gardens
'The design team of Todd Forrest and Frank Genese of NYBG, Shavaun Towers of Towers│Golde, LLC and OvS’ Principal-in-Charge Sheila Brady, were honored at the festive ceremonial ribbon-cutting and preview of the New Azalea Garden. Distinguished guests were treated to the garden’s dedication, performances by the Greenwich Academy Madrigal Singers and tours of the New Azalea Garden.'
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'It was my dad," said Bill. "A son could not have a better role model," noted Bill, in speaking about William Lansing Chapman, Jr...
...The name Lansing Chapman still casts a large shadow on the Williams campus, as Bill's father was the lead donor in the project to cover the Ephs' ice hockey rink located behind the town courthouse on Spring Street. Before Lansing Chapman Rink was attached to Chandler Gym and Towne Field House, the rink with its new roof was a stand-alone structure when dedicated Dec. 6, 1969.'
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r e m played in our small hometown at the lansing chapman rink once because #jeffgaskill who worked at our town's liquor store at the time went to college in georgia and knew them
r e m & kate peirson of the b-52s 'shiny happy people' :
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jeff grande was the now famous talk radio host phil grande's nephew if memory serves, and during our senior year when i pitched my best game, i think it was against wahconah but at their hs not wahconah park, jeff hit 3 home runs
later, coach randall sat next to me on the bus home and told me 2 pro scouts had been watching the game to scout jeff and jeff hadn't known
phil grande, who used to own grande oil in williamstown, became a nationally syndicated talk radio host
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tash's store
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wrote a sci fi story about spheres of hidden truths that resided near the stone hill bench poplars then a number of years later the character i named martel i had imagined as the protagonist of the story appeared behind me in real form as i was walking to the motel 6 in north charleston, sc and asked me what he should do about a pick up truck he had borrowed but lost the keys to
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richard helms williams college class of 1935
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i have trouble getting my bearings with this photo
they filled in christmas lake - which was fed by christmas brook which still empties into the green river by the town municipal building - to make the lansing chapman ice rink
my dad said they would lose 1 or 2 williams kids every year when they would walk over the frozen lake between classes and fall through the ice
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people magazine says gwyneth paltrow saved a life on 9/11 twice, first by not hitting a jay walker and then causing the scofflaw to miss her train to work at the wtc so she arrived there after the first plane hit
in 2011 todd van luling wrote on buzzfeed that the fateful scene was reminiscent of a movie paltrow performed in about a romantic encounter that hinged apon catching a train
williamstown lost 2 people in 9/11
what if
williamstown lost 2 people in 9/11
what if
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lots of thanks to the fb group williamstown mass a blast to the past and the williamstown historical museum for uncovering so much history
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