Deerfield River at Shelburne Falls, MA, USA right now. Believe it or not this is USGS / NOAA minor (or lower moderate) flood stage. Nothing compared to when Tropical Storm Irene came through in 2011.
#vtflooding #wmass #deerfieldriver
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
#rail #eastwestrail #ct #ma #mapoli #connecticut #massachusetts #wmass #train #amtrak #csx #hartford #springfield #boston
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.
#massachusetts #lego #enfield #ct #connecticut #ma #mapoli #wmass
Nice to see friends' writing in the newspaper.
Ladimer S. and Anna B. Nagurney: Appreciate column on Ukraine
https://www.gazettenet.com/Letter-to-the-editor-49644779
referred to:
Guest columnist David Gottsegen: As war rolls on, support for Ukraine must continue
https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-columnist-Gottsegen-49559038
(@hawkeceprof Dr. Gottsegen has helped my youngest!)
#Ukraine #WMass #massachusetts #LetterToTheEditor
#ukraine #wmass #massachusetts #lettertotheeditor
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
#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
#umass #politicalscience #polsci #constitutionallaw #cornelluniversity #hamiltoncollege #lafayettecollege #universityofcolorado #universityofmassachusetts #airforcereserves #valleylightopera #amherst #wmass #mapoli #deanalfange #alfangelecture
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
Fun political fact: The last US Speaker of the House not elected on the 1st ballot is Frederick H. Gillett who was born, raised, and buried in Westfield , MA. #mapoli #westernma #wmass #politics
#mapoli #westernma #wmass #politics
Moss and lichen in #WMass on a sunny day
#mosstodon #LichenSubscribe
#wmass #mosstodon #lichensubscribe
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Federal money available as East-West Rail Commission holds 1st hearing 12/9 in Pittsfield.
#HartfordLine #ValleyFlyer #BerkshireFlyer #mapoli #WMass #EastWestRail
#Massachusetts
https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/11/with-federal-money-available-east-west-rail-commission-plans-first-hearing-on-boston-springfield-passenger-service.html
#hartfordline #valleyflyer #berkshireflyer #mapoli #wmass #eastwestrail #massachusetts
Same moss, from above.
It looks like the state of Vermont.
#mosstodon #longmeadow #massachusetts #wmass #moss
Moss on brick pathway in Longmeadow, MA
#mosstodon #longmeadow #massachusetts #wmass #moss