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LIGHT
An illegal winery was busted at an Alabama wastewater treatment plant last week. Let’s hope everyone got their holiday orders in… https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2020/12/illegal-winery-found-at-alabama-wastewater-plant-authorities-say.html
Our closest star, Proxima Centauri, is only about 4.2 light years (or about 427,000,000 million miles) from us. Recently, scientists have been picking up a radio signal from the Proxima Centauri star system that is either being generated by an unknown natural process or by “technology.” New neighbors? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/
LOCAL:
After 16 years on the job, Williamstown’s Chief of Police, Kyle Johnson, has resigned. Shortly after news of the resignation was made public, Scott McGowan, the officer who blew the whistle on misconduct at the WPD, dropped the federal lawsuit he’d filed in Springfield that alleged, among other things, sexual harassment and retaliation by the chief. Is this really going to lead to “healing”–and what would that even look like? We’d prefer a WPD that has earned the trust of all the residents of the town it serves. That doesn’t seem like too much to ask, but the Williamstown Selectboard hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in its handling of this matter. https://www.iberkshires.com/story/63764/Williamstown-Police-Chief-Resigns-Litigant-Says-He-Will-Drop-Suit.html?source=most_read
We’ve been saying this for weeks: Local restaurants are being failed by local, state, and federal lawmakers. It’s unforgivable to put the full burden of weathering the pandemic on local small businesses while big Massachusetts corporations suck up billions in federal aid. The hospitality industry is the backbone of our economy here in the Berkshires, but we know from experience that we’re often an afterthought to the Beacon Hill crowd–it’s time for that to change. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/16/lifestyle/restaurants-arent-failing-they-are-being-failed/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter
The COVID situation here in the Berkshires is not good. On Saturday, December 19 alone, there were 41 new confirmed cases. The total number of deaths since the pandemic began here in the Berkshires is 119, when both confirmed and probable deaths are counted. https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-dashboard-december-20-2020/download By contrast, Taiwan (population 23.9 million) was reporting seven (7) total deaths as of December 2: https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/12/02/news/world/taiwan-reports-highest-covid-cases/803700/ There are lots of reasons why we’re doing such a bad job here in the US, but failure of leadership has got to be among the top three.
“A lot of the footage was police officers being very, very scared and reacting quite violently. And that’s not what they’re supposed to do.”— Eoin HigginsTweet
STATE: Special Guest: Eoin Higgins: https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_
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LIGHT
An illegal winery was busted at an Alabama wastewater treatment plant last week. Let’s hope everyone got their holiday orders in… https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2020/12/illegal-winery-found-at-alabama-wastewater-plant-authorities-say.html
Our closest star, Proxima Centauri, is only about 4.2 light years (or about 427,000,000 million miles) from us. Recently, scientists have been picking up a radio signal from the Proxima Centauri star system that is either being generated by an unknown natural process or by “technology.” New neighbors? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/
LOCAL:
After 16 years on the job, Williamstown’s Chief of Police, Kyle Johnson, has resigned. Shortly after news of the resignation was made public, Scott McGowan, the officer who blew the whistle on misconduct at the WPD, dropped the federal lawsuit he’d filed in Springfield that alleged, among other things, sexual harassment and retaliation by the chief. Is this really going to lead to “healing”–and what would that even look like? We’d prefer a WPD that has earned the trust of all the residents of the town it serves. That doesn’t seem like too much to ask, but the Williamstown Selectboard hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in its handling of this matter. https://www.iberkshires.com/story/63764/Williamstown-Police-Chief-Resigns-Litigant-Says-He-Will-Drop-Suit.html?source=most_read
We’ve been saying this for weeks: Local restaurants are being failed by local, state, and federal lawmakers. It’s unforgivable to put the full burden of weathering the pandemic on local small businesses while big Massachusetts corporations suck up billions in federal aid. The hospitality industry is the backbone of our economy here in the Berkshires, but we know from experience that we’re often an afterthought to the Beacon Hill crowd–it’s time for that to change. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/16/lifestyle/restaurants-arent-failing-they-are-being-failed/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter
The COVID situation here in the Berkshires is not good. On Saturday, December 19 alone, there were 41 new confirmed cases. The total number of deaths since the pandemic began here in the Berkshires is 119, when both confirmed and probable deaths are counted. https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-dashboard-december-20-2020/download By contrast, Taiwan (population 23.9 million) was reporting seven (7) total deaths as of December 2: https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/12/02/news/world/taiwan-reports-highest-covid-cases/803700/ There are lots of reasons why we’re doing such a bad job here in the US, but failure of leadership has got to be among the top three.
“A lot of the footage was police officers being very, very scared and reacting quite violently. And that’s not what they’re supposed to do.”— Eoin HigginsTweet
STATE: Special Guest: Eoin Higgins: https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_