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Williamstown native a finalist on 'The Bachelor'
By Meghan Foley, New England Newspapers
Updated: 01/30/2010 09:20:00 AM EST
Saturday, Jan. 30
WILLIAMSTOWN -- A hometown woman is one of five still in the running for the heart of "The Bachelor."
Ali Fedotowsky, 25, who now lives in San Francisco, has avoided elimination through four episodes of the ABC television show, "The Bachelor," and now is among a select group of women waiting to know which one of them will win over Texas airline pilot Jake Pavelka.
"It's fun to see a familiar face representing Williamstown on a national television show," said Becky Gold, who knows Fedotowsky through mutual friends.
She said Fedotowsky is the most down-to-earth and intelligent woman on the show, and she is doing a great job representing Williamstown.
"Everybody is proud of her," she said.
Fedotowsky was one of 25 women from across the country chosen to be on the 14th season of "The Bachelor."
Gold said she and friends meet at the Water Street Grill on Monday nights to watch the show.
"It's exciting to see her on the show," she said.
Gold had the opportunity to escort members of the show's film crew around Williamstown when they came to tape for one of the episodes, and several community members got to watch some of the scenes being filmed.
"It was exciting when they filmed in town," Williamstown resident Kim Burnham said.
Fedotowsky's being on the show is great notoriety for the area, especially every time "Williamstown" flashes under her name on television, she said.
"We're all anxious for her to keep going and see who makes it," she said. "I hope she is the one."
Burnham said she normally wouldn't watch "The Bachelor," but when she learned a Williamstown native would be on the show, she just couldn't pass up the opportunity.
"It's very exciting as a resident of Williamstown," she said.
Kathy Thompson and her family have spent their Monday nights for the past month watching "The Bachelor" and cheering on their former neighbor.
"We're all excited, since we knew her as a young girl, and to see her grow up into a young woman is exciting," Thompson said.
Fedotowsky and her family lived across the street from them for about a year, and she was always a sweet woman, Thompson said.
"We definitely feel excited she is way up there, and we hope she continues," she said.
Fedotowsky graduated from Mount Greylock Regional High School in 2002 and Clark University in Worcester in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Her mother and older sister still live in the area.
Thompson, as well as Burnham, said the yellow dresses and outfits Fedotowsky wears on the show are appealing.
"Yellow is definitely her color," Thompson said.
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Williamstown native a finalist on 'The Bachelor'
