This New England

This is something that many southeastern New Englanders would want to attend, especially now that President-elect Obama backs a huge national infrastructure program that he likens to starting the Interstate Highway System back in the late '50s.

Presumably they'll talk about fixing the roads and bridges and Boston-Fall River-New Bedford passenger-train plans.

Here it is:

Transportation in My Backyard
A Regional Forum on Transportation Needs

Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, 7:30 A.M.-10 A.M. at the Holiday Inn, Taunton, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, just off I-495.

At the meeting will be representatives of:
the Massachusetts Infrastructure Investment Coalition, the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, Old Colony Planning Council, Plymouth County Highway Association and Barnstable County Public Works Association

\Register (no charge!) by Dec. 10 to Lilia Cabral at
(508) 824-1367 or lcabral@SRPEDD.org at Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD).

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Poor Maine. The governor is now pushing wood pellets as a local source of heating homes and businesses. The Pine Tree State has a lot of wood. But it might also have a lot more air pollution if it makes a big move toward burning wood pellets.

Meanwhile, memories are so short that Gov. John Baldacci felt compelled to warn Mainers that the plunge in oil prices must not lead people to forget about the importance of energy independence. But of course people will, and oil will surge again --- and much higher than earlier this year.

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