Bus, Train, Plane Info
Bus
Bus service is available to Williamstown from New York City, Boston, and other points in New England. Buses stop adjacent to campus at the Williams Inn (413-458-2665).
Peter Pan
800-343-9999 or 800-751-8800
www.peterpanbus.comGreyhound
800-231-2222
www.greyhound.com
Train
Amtrak serves the Albany/Rensselaer, NY station, about an hour from campus by car. Call 800-872-7245 or visit www.amtrak.com for more information. Rental cars are not available on site.
Another option: you can get off the train in Pittsfield (a lot easier to be picked up) but you can’t buy tickets there. You can get them online at the www.amtrak.com website; and you have to buy a return ticket in the same way. The fare is $16 one-way from Boston, which is significantly cheaper than the fare to Albany/Rensselaer.
Plane
The nearest major airport is Albany (NY) International, about an hour from Williamstown. Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT, is about two and one-half hours away. Information about transportation to and from the airports can be found on their websites. Arrangements for rental cars should be made in advance.
Albany International Airport:
www.albanyairport.comBradley International Airport:
www.bradleyairport.com
There are also municipal airports in North Adams, 10 minutes, and Pittsfield, 40 minutes from campus, for private aircraft parking and charter service.
Harriman & West Airport, North Adams:
www.airnav.com/airport/KAQWPittsfield Municipal Airport:
www.airnav.com/airport/KPSF
Limousine / Taxi
Limousine service is available to and from Albany/Rensselaer, Bradley Airport (Hartford, CT), JFK/Newark/LaGuardia, and Logan/Boston. One-way fares run from $75 (Albany/Rensselaer) to $250 (New York area airports).
Vet’s Taxi/Norm’s Airport Limo Service
800-486-4946 or 413-663-8300/6284Jenkins Livery
413-684-1893, 413-822-6092, or JenkinsLivery189@aol.comAirport Limousine Service (from Albany)
518-869-2258
A taxi trip from the Albany airport to campus costs $75. Groups of five or more may reserve a 10- or 15-passenger van at a cost of $20 per person.Paladin Livery
Keith Hartman
413-663-3188 or 413-441-0039 (cell)
Driving Directions to Williams Campus
Williams College is located in the center of Williamstown, along Route 2 (Main Street), next to the junction of Routes 2 and 7 in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. We are about one hour’s drive from the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstates 91, 90, and 87. Driving time from Boston or New York City is about three hours; from Albany, NY, about one hour; and a good two hours from Bradley International Airport outside of Hartford, CT.
From New York City and points south
I-87 north to I-84 east
I-84 east to the Taconic Parkway north
Taconic Parkway north to Route 295 east
Route 295 east to Route 22 north
Route 22 north to Route 43 east
Route 43 east to Route 7 north
Route 7 north to Route 2 east
From Boston and points east
Route 2 west all the way to Williamstown
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Mass Pike (I-90) west to Lee (exit 2)
Route 20 west to Route 7 north
Route 7 north to Route 2 east
From Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT)
Follow signs to I-91 north
Exit on Mass Pike (I-90) west to Lee (exit 2)
Route 20 west to Route 7 north
Route 7 north to Route 2 east
From Albany, NY, and points west
Route 7 east to Route 278
Turn right on Rt. 278 to Route 2
Turn left on Route 2 east
From the Albany International Airport
At airport exit turn left
Follow signs to I-87 north (Northway to Montreal)
Exit Route 7 east to Route 278
Turn right on Rt. 278 to Route 2
Turn left on Route 2 east
From Bennington, VT, and points north
Route 7 south to Route 2
Turn left on Route 2 east
For directions from other locations
Enter this destination into your favorite map program:
880 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267
Williams College Campus Map
Promotional Materials
Flyers to hang up anywhere
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Inserts for your church bulletin
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Prayer from Australian Tamil Christians
Australian Tamil Christian Communities Celebrate the Haystack Bi-Centennial
“That is my school!” exclaims a Tamil woman at a recent Haystack celebration planning committee meeting in Melbourne, Australia. Her school, the Uduvil School pictured in the photo we are viewing, was the first school for women in Asia, she claims. Started by American Board missionaries, it provided education to her and other young women in India at a time when females were considered little more than family wealth in the form of dowries. Her education there changed her life. She proudly explains that the Uduvil School continues to provide education to women of Sri Lanka today.
In anticipation of the Haystack Bi-Centenary, the Tamil Christian communities of Melbourne are planning a celebration to be held at the Churches of Christ Theological College on 30 September, 2006. This venue has been chosen because it was discovered that Global Ministries missionaries, Ana and Tod Gobledale, are currently serving there as chaplains. Prayers, to be shared at the respective Haystack Celebration events have been exchanged with the Williamstown UCC, USA. This prayer is written by Rev. S. Manopavan, a minister in the Uniting Church of Australia, originally from the American Ceylon Mission, Church of South India. It expresses the gratitude of so many people who have come through the American Board (now Global Ministries) institutions, schools and churches, and live in Australia today.
God of grace and God of love, it is with grateful hearts that we come before you as we reflect on our rich Christian heritage as Tamil Christians. Two centuries ago, five College students were gripped by a deep sense of call to move out of their comfort zone in order to take their own experience of your love as revealed in your Son to be shared with those living in far away countries around the unknown world of that time. We thank you, O Lord that you spoke to them so clearly in that storm that they accepted the trust you had placed on them. Heavenly Father, we, the beneficiaries of their obedience, thank you for them and all who followed them in the mission field. Accept our praise and thanks, O Lord, that today we are a people of your blessing, of enlightenment, of confidence, and above all a people of deep faith in your goodness. May our gratitude commensurate with our desire to be obedient to your call to serve you and your people. AMEN
Please pray for those gathering in Melbourne on Saturday 30 September.
Ana & Tod Gobledale
Chaplains, Churches of Christ Theological College
Mulgrave, Australia