I came home from work today to find a few of my trees had been pruned by the power company’s contactors. The tree in the middle had all its branches towards the street removed and the tree with the red leaves had a chunk cut out of it. I was notified four months ago that [...]
By Mike Henry on Sep. 10th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): backyard, homestead, ma, Millers Falls, picture, utility work
RECORDER | Too often government focuses on the short-term, like the next election or the next news cycle, Gov. Deval Patrick told a crowd of local officials and sixth- graders gathered in Town Hall on Monday morning. But funding Route 2 safety improvements is an example of governing with an eye toward the future, he [...]
By Mike Henry on Sep. 1st, 2010 at 11:46 am
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): Deval Patrick, link, ma, news, orange, recorder, Route 2
On behalf of all the commuters who use Route 47 on a daily basis, I thank you Sunderland for the quick work you made of this project.
By Mike Henry on Jul. 21st, 2010 at 7:22 am
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): ma, paving, picture, rt47, sunderland
Around 6 o’clock yesterday morning when I began my commute, the road crew out on 47 was still setting up their cones, not even starting to work. On my way back home, just before 5 o’clock pm, they had finished laying the new asphault and were picking up their cones. Good work, gentlemen.
By Mike Henry on Jul. 20th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): ma, paving, picture, sunderland
Road paving began on RT47 in Sunderland this morning. Expect delays. Cones were laid out from the town line to the Dragon Hill sign.
By Mike Henry on Jul. 19th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): ma, paving, picture, sunderland
The town finally sent their fleet of street sweepers up South Prospect Street and removed the 3-4 inch tall mounds of sand that had formed thanks to the rain washing down the hill. About two months ago I removed the sand from my side of the road, but thanks to various storms, I thought I’d have [...]
By Mike Henry on Jul. 15th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Filed under: Road Work
Keyword(s): homestead, ma, Millers Falls, picture, sand, south prospect street, street sweeping, yardwork
Today I picked up a new transfer shovel at the Home Depot. There were other chores to do inside, but the day was too nice not to be outside and playing in the dirt. I ended up removing six wheelbarrows full of sand from the road and dumping in my secondary compost pile.
By Mike Henry on May. 23rd, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Filed under: Road Work
TURNERS FALLS, MA – Working in Springfield doesn’t give me much of a chance to catch things when they happen. I had wanted to catch the town in the act of blocking off the street, but that was a while ago and yesterday was the first time since the road was blocked I made it [...]
By Mike Henry on Feb. 17th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Filed under: Road Work
