It has taken three years to get the Rutland Creek Path almost-approved by the state. Three years, for the first section of a bicycle / footpath with no opponents and no environmental impact. You can't make this up. My understanding is that there have been a couple of minor delays occasioned by city hall, but that most of the… Continue reading Long, long, long and winding path
Category: Sports
Cricket … more than a lighter
One of the oddest things in my life was getting hooked on cricket ... in Moscow. While I was sports editor at the Moscow Times, my job was largely to summarize the world's sports news into a page and a half or two. Given that Reuters regularly produced 300 inches on a cricket test match,… Continue reading Cricket … more than a lighter
Proctor trail
Exciting news from the outdoor recreation folks. Those in the loop the past several years have been following with bated breath the requests to get permission for a trail from the top end of Pine Hill Park to Proctor, on the other side of the hill (the current park ends at Muddy Pond, on the… Continue reading Proctor trail
The Giorgetti files
So this one is about the "I hope the other farmer's cow dies soon" folks in the city. We need a new rec center, badly. The old one, Dana, was a dilapidated school, run down after a century of hard use, and never designed to be anything but a neighborhood elementary, complete with empty, dingy… Continue reading The Giorgetti files
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