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With flags snapping in the wind and seagulls flying overhead, Massachusetts VIPs and bike trail advocates gathered on the sunny southern bank of the Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich Thursday morning, July 22, to celebrate the stateâs support for blazing new bike trails and enjoying the great outdoors.
The occasion was a formal announcement of $4 million in state grant awards to fund 52 outdoor recreational trail projects across the commonwealth.
âThese projects are opportunities to expand access to the outdoorsâ¦to encourage active and healthy lifestyles,â Governor Charles D. Baker Jr. told the the crowd of about 50 people gathered on the lawn of the US Army Corps Visitors Center at the Sandwich Marina.
As someone who was elected and sworn into office during the COVID-19 pandemic, state Senator Susan L. Moran (D-Falmouth) has had her hands full since joining the state Senate.
âThe challenge was how do I and my office really create opportunities for individuals to get to know us and our level of responsiveness,â Sen. Moran said about her first year in office.
Since then, Sen. Moran has hoped that her actions have led to positive change within the communities she serves.
Sen. Moran holds the Plymouth & Barnstable District Senate seat, which encompasses the towns of Falmouth, Sandwich and Bourne in Barnstable County and Kingston, Pembroke and Plymouth in Plymouth County.
On Monday, June 21, state Senator Susan L. Moran, who represents Falmouth, Bourne and Sandwich, sent a letter to the Falmouth Select Board voicing concerns and called for the suspension
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Members of the Sunrise Movement and other environmental groups demonstrating last month in New York City.Credit.Scott Heins/Getty Images
To the Editor:
A tentative bipartisan deal has been agreed to on infrastructure, but many doubt that it can garner the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster. The same issues apply to climate change legislation. Perhaps a change in strategy is needed.
Rather than pushing against hard-line political resistance, a better approach would be moving toward a collaborative partnership between government and private industry. It would be far more productive if the federal government worked with energy corporations, helping them make the socially beneficial decisions, embraced by the Business Roundtable and just recently the American Petroleum Institute, that are required to move toward nonpolluting and climate-friendly sources of energy.