Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

slouchingtiger414 t1_jdg9649 wrote

Recently was approved for fuel assistance, too. The MA state website has some general info and also about other programs.

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/learn-about-home-energy-assistance-liheap

Also i just learned about Joe-4-Sun. It could be a supplement to the fuel assistance; website says it can save a few hundred in a year. It’s basically solar credits (clean energy!) but the nonprofit pays 50% of the solar bill credits earned and you’d pay the other half. Am looking into it, so don’t have personal experience to report

https://www.citizensenergy.com/joe4sun-ma

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rjyanco t1_jdg93ns wrote

The railcars were not moving along the tracks at the time they came off the tracks. Local residents report that the tracks at the place of derailment tilt to the side, and that was a known problem. Even better, the commuter rail from Leominster to North Station uses the same poorly-maintained tracks.

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AllstarGaming617 OP t1_jdfwrjq wrote

Makes perfect sense now understanding that. During both arrests actual courts would look at the evidence and see reason. Never really had difficulty with them because I always had the right documentation. Never understood why I had so much success removing/expunging the misdemeanors for driving on a suspended with them, yet couldn’t resolve a stupid lane violation for over a decade. Never realized they essentially had no connection. I’ve always been proud of being an “honorary” masshole. I grew up on the border less than 10 minutes from my house to Webster mass. My college girlfriend went to school in Springfield so I spent a lot of time there. Then after college I met my wife who’s from the north shore and we had a place on Salisbury beach for a few years before buying a house in Nashua and getting married. She still works for a town government in mass and my business does a fair amount of work there as well. I’ve always loved the state, still do, but this shithousery is beyond comprehension lol.

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CelticsRaider t1_jdfnpzf wrote

I would then argue you are back to where we are right this moment. I highly doubt the attorney who has been fighting this for so long is not going to challenge the legality of eminent domain in this case.

Why would the town risk losing that case, which would lay the ground work for the easement being successfully eradicated when they have the almost 150 years precedent of the easement existing as is ?

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madogblue t1_jdfnk8g wrote

Reply to comment by CraigInDaVille in Moving from AZ to MA by okayorlando

Like most places it helps to know the area. Lowell has some good areas and some that are not. Best to get with a realtor or someone that knows the area. Its a good choice if you want a more city vibe.

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