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Will very much miss Steve Pfarrer at the Hampshire Gazette. He covered PEN PAL when it came out 10 years ago--very generous of him, given that it was self-published! #LocalJournalism #MassachusettsJournalism #WMass #HampshireGazette

https://www.gazettenet.com/The-long-view-30-years-in-local-journalism-55685540

For unbiased voter information and reporting in #WMass mayoral elections happening on November 7th, visit #pubradio https://www.nepm.org/vote

@mem_somerville our #heatPump is still steady at a comparatively warm 13° in #WMass right now.

HARTFORD — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Amtrak and transport company CSX is seeking a $108 million grant to connect the rail lines between Hartford and Boston.

#rail #EastWestRail #ct #ma #mapoli #Connecticut #Massachusetts #WMass #train #Amtrak #csx
#Hartford #Springfield #Boston
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/hartford-boston-rail-project-17741656.php?_cldee=rtVgpiScnlvXMO_3EYlLZ5970jvMn4D7HPHSC951V15LoxRiXRuvMYO1UAlFibmt&recipientid=contact-b5488779c244ed11bba1000d3a34494b-1bae693a3c70463cb8eac3f06077a5dd&esid=ffe5f063-439e-ed11-aad1-6045bd006f0c

Lego is moving US headquarters from Enfield, CT (on the Mass line, walkable from my house) to Boston, MA.

Friends near me react with shock and disappointment.

Friends in Eastern #Massachusetts are excited.

#Lego #Enfield #CT #Connecticut #MA #mapoli #WMass

The link for today's meeting, as well as future Commission meetings, will be available on the Rail and Transit Division website: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/rail-and-transit-division

#WMass #Train #Mapoli #WMassRailCommission #EastWestRail #WestEastRail #RailAndTransit #MassDOT

Beloved professor Dean Alfange, Jr., passed away Jan. 1, 2023.

#UMass #PoliticalScience #PolSci #ConstitutionalLaw
#CornellUniversity
#HamiltonCollege
#LafayetteCollege
#UniversityOfColorado
#UniversityOfMassachusetts
#AirForceReserves
#ValleyLightOpera
#Amherst #WMASS #MAPoli
#DeanAlfange #AlfangeLecture

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/dean-alfange-obituary?id=38554636

#TrainsInTheValley "Sarah Robertson of The Shoestring, on last week's Northern Tier Rail Study "Public Workshop" meeting.

What's important to remember is that this study isn't close to being finished yet. Lots of work remains to be done, including refining the projected costs (which look high) and the projected ridership (which look low)."

#mapoli #Massachusetts #train #NorthernTierRailStudy #TheShoestring #WMass #MassDOT

https://theshoestring.org/2023/01/19/virtual-forum-on-east-west-rail-northern-tier-draws-a-crowd/

In 2021 I took photos of bike lanes at Exchange and Cabot streets in #Chicopee #bikeLane #WMass

Yet business owners complained
https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/08/chicopee-businesses-pan-bike-path-that-eliminated-65-downtown-parking-spaces.html

Close up of wave design bike lane barrier

Pedestrian struck and hospitalized in 8th Chicopee crash in the past 4 months

#pedestrians #CarCrash #Pedestrian #pedestrianSafety

#RoadDesign #transportation #SustainableSafety #Chicopee #WMass #mapoli #Massachusetts

https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2023/01/pedestrian-struck-and-hospitalized-in-8th-chicopee-crash-in-the-past-4-months.html

Moss and lichen in #WMass on a sunny day
#mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

@jmadelman mighty windy in #WMass too.

Power flickered on and off and is back on.

It's cookie baking day, so we will see what gets made.

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@CitizenWald in 2006 I started a group whose advocacy helped spur Gov Patrick to support the #Massachusetts portion of the #HartfordLine. This built support for the #ValleyFlyer. We now have trains that enable ppl to go from #Greenfield to #NYC. Most legislators were afraid of supporting rail. I spoke with the Chair of the Transportation Committee from #WMass no less. All concern was about a bus company's opposition's oversized influence.
Our bigger goal was #EastWestRail