Podcasts about Commercial Street

Unbound Energy in Emporia: The People, the Bikes, the Buzz – This is Gravel EP:1002 The gravel world has landed in Emporia, and the excitement is real! In this episode of This is Gravel, hosts Matt Fowler and Neil Taylor dive into all things Unbound Gravel 2025—from the riders and rigs rolling into town to the energy building on Commercial Street. They share what it's like being on the ground as Emporia transforms into the gravel capital of the world and reflect on what this event means to the local community and the broader gravel scene. Whether you're racing, spectating, or just soaking up the atmosphere, this episode captures the buzz and spirit of Unbound week. Tune in as Matt and Neil bring you stories, first impressions, and their signature take on the biggest week in gravel cycling! #ThisIsGravel #UnboundGravel #EmporiaKansas #GravelCycling #GravelGuru

The Greater Portland Crab CaperUnderstanding the history of marine development in Casco Bay requires looking at a combination of factors, including: Industrial development: Transportation: Environmental awareness and regulation: Urban and coastal development:Here's a general overview of marine development trends in Casco Bay by decades: 1960s-2025:To get more detailed GB is exploring resources from: The development of The Old Port and Commercial Street areas of Portland as well as both The EASTERN PROMENADE AND WESTERN PROMENADE It's fascinating to trace the evolution of Portland's key areas like the Old Port, Commercial Street, and the Promenades. Here's a breakdown by decades.Old Port and Commercial Street: Historical Context: These areas are deeply intertwined with Portland's maritime history. Commercial Street, in particular, was created through land reclamation in the 1850s to facilitate burgeoning trade and railroad activity. The Old Port's cobblestone streets and 19th-century brick buildings are testaments to its rich past. Historical Context: These public parks were designed to provide scenic views and recreational space. They have played a vital role in Portland's social and cultural life. Decade-by-Decade Trends: Throughout the decades, the promenades have seen changes in: In recent years, there has been an increased focus on maintaining the promenades as vital green spaces and protecting them from erosion.1960s-1970s Marine Industry: The marine industry in Casco Bay was still thriving in the 1960s and 1970s, with a strong commercial fishing fleet and a number of shipyards and boatyards. Fish Harvesting Equipment: Fishing boats were primarily powered by diesel engines and equipped with traditional fishing gear, such as trawls, gillnets, and lobster traps. Waterfront and Harbor Development: The waterfront and harbor areas were primarily used for commercial purposes, such as shipping, fishing, and boat repair. There was little development of recreational areas.1980s-1990s Marine Industry: The marine industry in Casco Bay began to decline in the 1980s and 1990s, as commercial fishing catches declined and shipyards closed. Fish Harvesting Equipment: Fishing boats became more sophisticated, with the introduction of GPS, sonar, and other electronic equipment. Waterfront and Harbor Development: There was a renewed interest in the waterfront and harbor areas in the 1980s and 1990s, as cities and towns began to redevelop these areas for recreational and commercial use.2000s-2010s Marine Industry: The marine industry in Casco Bay continued to decline in the 2000s and 2010s, but there was a growing interest in aquaculture and other forms of sustainable seafood production. Fish Harvesting Equipment: Fishing boats became even more sophisticated, with the introduction of satellite tracking and other advanced technologies. Waterfront and Harbor Development: There was a continued focus on redeveloping the waterfront and harbor areas in the 2000s and 2010s, with a focus on creating mixed-use developments that include residential, commercial, and recreational space.2020s-Present Marine Industry: The marine industry in Casco Bay is facing a number of challenges in the 2020s, including declining fish stocks, rising fuel costs, and competition from other countries. Fish Harvesting Equipment: Fishing boats are becoming more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly, with the introduction of hybrid and electric propulsion systems. Waterfront and Harbor Development: There is a continued focus on redeveloping the waterfront and harbor areas in the 2020s, with a focus on creating sustainable and resilient communities.

Having grown up in a family filled with great cooks, it's not surprising that food is the centerpiece of Rebecca Orchant's first book, Simmering: A Kitchen Memoir, which came out earlier this year. In our latest episode of the Creative Exchange, the Provincetown purveyor of good eats – she and her husband Sean own Pop + Dutch on Commercial Street – dishes on everything from the role food plays in all aspects of our lives to writing to finding her authentic self on the Outer Cape to the sense of urgency with which she approaches life. Today's sponsors:  William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC, South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent, TD Bank, John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,  Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,  Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,  Donald C. McGraw Foundation, Eastern Bank, Cape Cod 5. Learn more about the Creative Exchange!  Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.  The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!  

Late Night with Gravel Guru - This is Gravel EP:910 On this special edition of This is Gravel Neil and Matt head downtown to the finish line of Unbound Gravel. Though they saw the finishers sprinting down Commercial Street with the helicopter and drones hovering about that's not the content they wanted to bring out this year. Instead, they chose to be there for the final three hours of the finish line. They started their interviews for the day at midnight 17 and a half hours after the race began. This is just a snippet of some of the riders that finished Unbound Gravel in the final three hours of the day leading up to 3:00am.  Do you have any show ideas or questions you want to have answered? Please send them to Producer Matt via email at matt@gravelguru.com PLEASE Subscribe & Comment any questions you may have!  #thisisgravel #unboundgravel

Jess and Jonathan Pressley, owners of Ember and Bean Roasting Co, have a slogan they abide by at their shop: great coffee takes time. The coffee sold at Ember and Bean is indeed great, and an order at the shop might take a bit more. But the wait is worth it.On this week's episode of St. Croix Stories, we're talking coffee with Jess and Jonathan, who fell in love with the idea of roasting coffee when they visited a coffee farm while on a trip to Peru in 2017. Jess experimented with different roasts and eventually honed her skill, and the couple chose to open a coffee shop in Jonathan's hometown of Hudson, Wis., in 2022. Today, Jess and Jon travel to different countries to visit with the farmers who grow their coffee beans to make sure the products they're selling to their customers here in the Hudson community are of the highest quality. During the conversation, Jess and Jon share about the scary prospect of starting your own coffee shop, discuss their ideal coffee-drinking experience, and we're even joined by Evelyn, a farmer from Honduras who works with the Pressleys to grow some of the coffee sold at Ember and Bean. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in for this week's episode.If you're interested in checking out Ember and Bean, you can find it at 117 Commercial Street, just off of 2nd Street in downtown Hudson.Follow St. Croix Stories on Facebook and Instagram, and hear all episodes at stcroixstories.com.

The year is 1854 and you are walking down Commercial Street in Bath, when you see a man in a bathrobe yelling aggressively about Catholics and how they are ruining the country. What do you do? You decide to go commit arson? Odd choice, but go off! Join B & Jackson as we dive into the political circumstances that led to Maine's other good old fashioned riot! Sources: Maine: A History Vol. 1 by Louis Clinton Hatch  "The Riot at Bath, Maine—Church Burned in Open Daylight—Effects of Street Preaching—An Unmolested Mob of Fifteen Hundred" from The New York Times, July 11, 1854  The Catholic Church in the United States: Pages of Its History by Henry De Courcy Before the Burning of Old South Church in Bath, Maine from The Huntington The Burning of the Old South Church by Dennis Carr for The Huntington Third phase, burning of Old South Church, Bath, 1854 from the Maine Memory Network Know-Nothing Riots of Bath, 1854 by Meg Steele Barker for Embark Maine Tours Abraham Lincoln on the Know Nothing Party from Digital History  The Know-Nothing Riot of July 6, 1854 by Bob Cram for The Patten Free Library  Encyclopedia Britannica Wikipedia You can reach out to us via email at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com - send us stories, questions, Maine movie recommendations, or just say hi! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/homegrownhorrorpod/⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Hope Schaefer (pronouns: she/her/hers) Executive Director Girls on the Run of Northeast Wisconsin 307 S. Commercial Street, Suite 104 Neenah, WI 54956 (E) hope.schaefer@girlsontherun.org (P) 920-570-2189 https://www.girlsontherunnew.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appleton-engaged/message

“I'd arrived in Provincetown three nights before the solstice, just after a storm had knocked out power to part of the town. Finding my way down a pitch-black Commercial Street, […]

In the heart of Provincetown's famed Commercial Street sits the Crown & Anchor, an iconic venue known for epic parties and must-see live entertainment. It should come as no surprise that the multitalented Jonathan Hawkins, a performing artist and singer, has helped evolve the nightclub's offerings as co-owner of the popular P-town establishment. Jonathan's impact on the local arts scene goes even further and in this episode, he takes us on a wild and wonderful ride into his love of the arts and a life shaped by the creative.   Learn more about the Crown & Anchor!    Today's sponsors:  Cape Cod Foundation, Bank 5,  The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, John K. & Thirza K. Davenport Foundation, MassHire Cape & Islands Workforce Board, Rogers Gray, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and William Raveis Real Estate   Learn more about the Creative Exchange!  Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.  The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

Welcome to episode 182 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We've got a great show this week that showcases one of the things that we like to see most, namely, new Swimrun races!! Joining us in Studio G to discuss the revival of Breca Swimrun is none other than Swimrun Evangelist and new Race Director Jon Littlewood. We are stoked to share this exclusive conversation about Breca Swimrun 2.0 and the new Breca Urban X series.But first…Training UpdateÖdyssey Swimrun Casco Bay is almost here and we've reached the “hay is in the barn” stage of training and we are super stoked for our first event of the year! ShoutoutThis past weekend Chris was in SoCal on vacation and met up with Team Cali-Coed and some Tower 26 folks for a Swimrun in Marina del Rey. Thank you to Liza, Mike, Chris and the rest of the crew for the hospitality and once again confirming that the greatest thing about Swimrun is the community! Feats of EnduranceThis week's winner is Emily Zelik. She crushed a 2 hour pool swim (starting in the afternoon!) as she prepares for ÖTILLÖ in September. Emily will be racing with friend of the pod, Philip Saenkov.Make sure to sign up for our LTBz Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.Wisdom Nugget of the WeekThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. –William JamesShow BusinessWe have a bunch of Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay activities coming up: Patreon Brunch on Saturday, July 8th at 10:00am; then a shakeout Swimrun with Envol Swimrun at noon at East End Beach; and Finally, on July 9th, we will still be hosting our Third Annual Post-Race Party at 6pm at Brickyard Hollow located at 9 Commercial Street close to the ferry terminal.By the way, if you're racing Casco Bay in a few weeks make sure to check out our bonus course preview episode that is out now so you can be as prepared as possible for the adventure! Jon Littlewood, Breca Swimrun 2.0It was fun to have Jon back on the show. To say that he's super stoked on Swimrun would be an understatement. Few people are working as hard to spread the good word about Swimrun to the masses and in this conversation we chatted about his latest venture: resurrecting Breca Swimrun and creating the new Breca Urban X series. This episode is overflowing with good Swimrun vibes. Enjoy!~~~That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that's the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Welcome to this bonus episode of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay is coming up in a few weeks and we wanted to share a bonus episode with all the latest information about the 2023 edition. As some of you may know, the Casco Bay courses typically change every year or so. This year's Long and Short Courses will be the same as 2022. As such, we will be re-sharing our conversation with–frequent guest of the show–John Stevens to walk us through the courses. So if you heard last year's addendum bonus episode, all the course preview information will be the same.If this is your first time racing Casco Bay we recommend that you check out our Course Preview episode for all the details about Portland Maine and the mechanics of the race. You can also check out our 2021 Race Report and/or our 2022 Race Report to get some more intel about the race.2023 MeetupsWe are hosting a Patreon brunch and plan to meeting at 10am near the ferry terminal. Envol Coaching will be in town and will be hosting a shakeout/clinic at noon on Saturday, July 8th. The shakeout will still be at East End Beach so mark your calendars for that. Finally, on July 9th, we will still be hosting our Third Annual Post-Race Party at 6pm at Brickyard Hollow located at 9 Commercial Street close to the ferry terminal.2023 Short CourseIf you're racing the short course this year, check out our Couch to Casco episode (with John Stevens) from 2022 where we discuss everything you need to know about short course with some training and gear tips thrown in.2023 Long Course Leg-by-Leg BreakdownThe Long course clocks in at 23-ish miles total with 18 miles of running and about 5 miles of swimming over 13 run sections and 12 swim sections.We asked John Stevens to give us a leg-by-leg breakdown of the course and he did not disappoint. Our chat with John had a lot of great insight from the guy that designed the course to help everyone be as prepared as possible for the race. We recommend listening to his breakdown with the race map and the leg-by-leg breakdown from the show notes handy so you can orient yourself with the course while listening.(2023 North to South Route)Run 1: Chebeague Island (1 mile)Swim 1: Chebeague (460 yds)Run 2: Chebeague Island (3 miles)Swim 2: Chebeague to Little Chebeague (685 yds)Run 3: Little Chebeague (.5 miles)Swim 3: Little Chebeague to Long Island (685 yds)Run 4: Long Island (1.65 miles)Swim 4: Long Island (930 yds)Run 5: Long Island Sandbar (81 feet)Swim 5: Long Island to Vaill Island (380 yds)Run 6: Vaill Island (.55 miles)Swim 6: Vaill to Long Island (530 yds)Run 7: Long Island (1 mile)Swim 7: Long to Cow Island (1375 yds) * Longest swim of the dayRun 8: Cow Island (.6 miles)Swim 8: Cow to Great Diamond (300 yds)Run 9: Great Diamond Island (1.65 miles)Swim 9: Great Diamond to Peaks Island (775 yds)Run 10: Peaks Island (3.1 miles) * Longest run of the daySwim 10: Peaks to Cushing (975 yds)Run 11: Cushing Island (3 miles)Swim 11: Cushing to House (800 yds)Run 12: House Island (.75 miles)Swim 12: House to Peaks (725 yds)Run 13: Peaks Island finish (350 feet)SummaryWe can't wait to head back to Portland Maine and race our favorite event in the U.S. Swimrun circuit. Hope to see you there.That's it for this bonus episode. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Welcome to episode 180 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We've got an inspiring episode for everyone this week. We are joined by Claudia Glass,  the co-founder of Swijin, to chat about her new company that is taking the Swimrun world by storm. But that's not even the best part! Claudia had a dream, chased it, and is achieving it while doing right by everyone that is involved in it. It's truly a great story and we can't wait to share it with all of you!But first…Training UpdateThe Swimrun rust has been busted. Over the weekend we scoped out a new training ground thanks to a mutual friend that gave us access to her dock. It was great to get Swimrunning again and surprisingly there wasn't that much rust to bust so that's encouraging as we barrel towards Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay on July 9th.ShoutoutThis week's shoutout goes to everyone that attended the Nene Park Swimrun Festival this past weekend put on by our friends at As Keen As Mustard events. We heard all about how great the vibes were by our long time friends Bill and Chrissy Lankford, a.k.a. Team Mr. and Mrs. B. They mentioned how it was a very different crowd to the ÖTILLÖ World series with race distances from 5km up to 39km with a lot of people just trying the sport out for the time or building up their skill sets. Even though it's on the edge of Peterborough, the courses take you into the countryside and mostly use the river Nene which has some tricky entrances and exits and is a challenging swim upstream. Running is on footpaths, fields and graded paths. We rated the courses highly.A ringing endorsement in our book!Wisdom Nugget of the WeekWhen we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times. – Paulo CoelhoFeats of EnduranceThis week's award goes to friend of pod Alex Sigal for racing the 112th edition of the Dipsea Race. It was a lovely day to race a bunch of kids, pro trail runners, hikers, and seniors at the oldest trail race in the United States.Make sure to sign up for our LTBz Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.This Week in Swimrun will be back next weekShow BusinessSo last week we shared all of our grand plans for Casco Bay and true to form, we're changing some of them. We are going to bow out from hosting a shakeout because Nicolas Remires from Envol Coaching will be in town and will be hosting a shakeout/clinic at noon on Saturday, July 8th. The shakeout will still be at East End Beach so mark your calendars for that. We will also be turning our Patreon luncheon into a Patreon brunch and we'll plan to meet at 10am at Standard Baking Co. near the ferry terminal. Finally, on July 9th, we will still be hosting our Third Annual Post-Race Party at 6pm at Brickyard Hollow located at 9 Commercial Street close to the ferry terminal.You don't need to be on a texting basis w/ the Boyz to get a hookup from Precision Fuel and Hydration before Casco Bay or whatever race you might be doing. Need hydration and/or fuel to go along with your new shiny plan for race day? Click on this link to save 15% off of your first order. Also, make sure to check out their free online race nutrition planning tool to help you prepare for race day.We had an idea for an episode called “When Life Imitates Memes” and we want your help! Did a dog literally bite you in the butt during a race? Did you think that something poked you in the water only to realize that it was your partner's paddle? You get the idea. All you have to do is send us a DM or email with an audio clip of your funniest/weirded Swimrun experience for a chance to get it shared on that forthcoming episode. Claudia Glass, Co-Founder of SwijinThis is one of the coolest stories that we've shared on the show. Claudia shared the origin story of Swijin and how she turned an idea that came to her during a run in Mallorca and turned it into a business that is doing everything right. Like most successful origin stories there was a lot of passion, some serendipity, and a lot of hard work. We don't want to spoil it, but if you're not rooting for this brand after listening to this interview, we recommend that you listen to it again.One thing that we didn't touch on during the interview was where the name Swijin came from. It was inspired by the Shinto Goddess of Clean Water - Suijin. She switched out the U for a W for Swimrun, Switzerland, and Sweden (where the sport originated.) In what we can now say was a classic Claudia move, she was worried about cultural appropriation, so she contacted a Shinto priest in Kyoto and he not only gave her his full blessings, but encouraged her to come and pray at the Suijin Temple in Kyoto. Check out Swijin on their website.Enjoy!~~~That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that's the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Julia Cathrine Monnin Ducray. Born Julia Monnin, her family was from Switzerland and they had emigrated to Pennsylvania. Living next to them in Pennsylvania, was the Ducray family. The Ducray's had boarded a steamship in France in 1839.  The journey was almost fatal for 15 year old Jean-Baptiste Ducray, his parents and eight brothers and sisters. Southeast of Nova Scotia, the steamship began taking on water. The passengers and crew feared they would sink and began to throw all of their possessions overboard. The Ducray family threw overboard their wooden chest containing $2,000 in gold and everything else they had brought with them. Jean-Baptiste's mother kept only a wooden cross bearing an ivory carving of Jesus.  The ship sank, and everyone from the ship was left shipwrecked on what is now known as Sable Island. They went days without food. They were starving, crazed. A passenger from the ship overheard the ship's crew planning to kill and eat Jean-Baptiste and his father. He hid them by burying them in sand. Luckily, only a day later, a passing ship rescued them. They arrived safely, settling in Pennsylvania, next to The Monnin family.  Julia and Jean-Baptiste Ducray fell in love and were married. When Jean-Baptiste and his brother Jean Claude went West to mine gold in California, it was barely a year into the gold rush.  He was 25 and Jean Claude was 16. They took the  Isthmus of Panama route.   This is the same trip made by Belle Cora, detailed in my book. The route saved thousands of miles and avoided the trip around the southern tip of South America's Cape Horn.  Starting in New York, they made a 2,000 mile voyage by ship to the Port of Chagres on the eastern Caribbean coast of Panama at the mouth of the Chagres river. They took a  bungo, a type of Panamanian canoe for $5 (just under 200 bucks today) for a  4 day river journey through the crocodile and jaguar bearing jungle. That was the easy part.  The men rode a 50-mile trail on mules through the steaming malaria, yellow fever, and cholera ridden jungle to the small outpost in Panama City. They waited there and caught a ship to San Francisco. Many forty-niners did not make this journey. The brothers had now survived two deadly passages together.  Upon arrival, like many immigrants of the time, the brothers Americanized their names. John B, and John C. Ducray.  The brothers traveled to Nevada City and set up camp along the Oregon Ravine on Oregon Hill.  Julia arrived soon, making the journey by wagon. The couple invested in mining and bought properties. In the spring of 1866 on a claim bought for $36 (almost $1300 today) and while cleaning up an old mudslide on the property, Julia's husband found 265 ounces of gold. Equalling over $5000, equivalent to almost $179k in 2023. Julia's husband Jean Baptiste, or John B, was a descendent of one of the Ducray Nine brothers, known for saving the life of the French King "Henry the Great" in the late 1590's. These nine brothers were knighted and awarded with villages besides the Jura Mountains in France. Their new villages contained hills, forests, orchards and beautiful meadows with flocks. John B was born in a medieval chateau at one of these family villages. It had a fountain, a Roman aqueduct and a mill, powered by the creek that ran through the village. He lived there until he was fifteen and learned about engineering the water flow and studied the geology of the nearby caves and quarry. His knowledge helped him later design wing dams and sluices for gold mining and irrigation on his own property. And his interest in geology and hydrology led to consulting on the first reservoir built for Nevada City's municipal water system.  On 35 acres of mining-stripped bedrock in Nevada City, the couple built a fourteen room, two-story home with five bedrooms and large parlors upstairs and downstairs on Orchard and upper broad streets  and re-created the nearly self-sufficient French farm that John B had grown up on. They planted vineyards and orchards of walnut, apple, pear, and almond trees. They had a single milk cow for providing milk, butter, and cheese. They kept honey bees and maintained four acres planted in clover for the cow and bees. They had a huge basement beneath the house that was useful for storing their produce and John B.'s wines and brandies. Julie planted large "cabbage roses"  around the home. It is said that the 150-year-old pear tree John B. planted there continues to bear delicious, giant Bartlett pears. John B. and Julia's home and orchards on Orchard Street are included in the first map of Nevada City, which was  hand-drawn in 1869. Orchard Street was in fact named for John B.'s orchards. For decades the couple would exhibit wines, brandies, honey in comb, peaches, pears, grapes, walnuts, almonds, buckwheat, string beans and potatoes at the local and State Fairs. They bartered or paid in gold for everything that they could not produce themselves. Julia and John B. were fast friends with the French pioneer nurseryman, horticulturist Felix Gillet upon his arrival in town. Felix had opened the town's first barber shop which sold French fineries including pens, stationery, and toys on Commercial Street, just below Pine Street. The couple inspired Felix to plant orchards, and he eventually established a world-renowned 20 acre nursery on Aristocracy Hill.  (Barren Hill Nursery) Nursery Street in Nevada City was named for Felix's nursery there.  Julia and John B. adopted niece Theresa and raised her as their own. The three of them led a happy life. They attended Saint Canice Catholic Church that was recently built and often went to the state fairs, often accompanied by Felix Gillet, who wrote about the events. Gillet often wrote magazine articles glorifying the Ducray's farm, orchards and produce. So did many newspapers of the time. John B passed away after a battle with pneumonia. Penicillin had not yet been developed. Julia was so heartbroken by his loss, she passed away four months later. They were laid to rest in Pioneer Cemetery, across Orchard Street from their home. They left all their properties to 21 year old adopted daughter Theresa Julia.  Felix Gillet and Theresa Julia grew a bond through grief and sorrow and were married.  The couple did not mind their difference in age, Felix was 32 years older than Julia Theresa, or height, Theresa Julia was taller. Theresa Julia took her middle name, perhaps in homage to her beloved Aunt. After they married, Felix added the second-story addition to his established Barren Hill Nursery on Nursery Street (named for his nursery) on Aristocracy Hill. Felix and Julia Theresa remained married for 17 years until Felix passed away in 1908. He also left his properties to Julia Theresa. She ran his Barren Hill Nursery (also known as Felix Gillet Nursery), with the help of head nurseryman George Dulac. Dulac was the son of the Ducrays' and Felix's good friends, Nevada City pioneers Louis and Manuela Dulac. She and George grew up in school together. They had been childhood friends since her arrival in Nevada City. They were married a year after Gillet's death. Theresa are laid to rest in Pioneer Cemetery, beside Jean-Baptiste, Julia Catherine and Felix. 

Hour 1 -  Good Thursday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is hospitalized in Washington, D.C., after he fell Wednesday night. The Springfield Saint Patrick's Day is this Saturday. The parade will begin on Commercial Street around 2 PM. A Springfield veterans group received a nearly $6,000 electric bill. American Legion Post 676 received the bill from City Utilities after they said that the meter was not reading correctly, and the group must pay the difference. There is a GoFundMe set up to help the American Legion Post 676. Let's try to get this taken care of so they don't have to worry.

Hello Interactors,I've recently been sucked into a conflict over the fate of a cherished section of our small downtown area. Emotions ran hot, but I think they ought not. Everyone has reasons for why they react they way they do, but I wondered what they are. I don't like seeing distress, so into the rabbit hole I went. As interactors, you're special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You're also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let's go…IS IT A PARK OR A LANE?I walked into the room hearing the end of this tirade, “WHAT DOES SHE KNOW? I'VE LIVED HERE FIFTEEN YEARS AND SHE'S BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS? HOW DARE SHE THINK HER OPINION MATTERS AS MUCH AS MINE!” The room was tense, people were nervous, and this was the first hour of the first day of two weeks of daylong 15-minute stakeholder ‘listening sessions.'Our city government hired a consultant to determine the fate of less than one block, about 200 feet, of our quaint little downtown business district. It's a stretch of road was once called Commercial Street. This offers a clue as to what the original city organizers had in mind for this strip of concrete just steps from Lake Washington. A ferry once docked there bringing affluent Seattle folks to shop at the local J. C. Penny's and buy fresh produce. Now they drive over a floating bridge to buy multi-million-dollar lakefront homes.The 1970s brought a rebuilding of this area. Local entrepreneurs refurbished dilapidated downtown stores, paved over of marshlands to make parking lots, and renamed Commercial Street to Park Lane. Select members of the organizing committee envisioned a pedestrian-oriented, tree-lined boulevard. Instead of a road, there was talk of regreening the creek that once fed the marshland at the shore's edge but had since been channeled in a culvert underground. In the end, the road was preserved and made to be one-way with angled on-street parking on each side. More of a lane than a park.But nature has a way of protesting. For decades the subterranean slough cracked and buckled the streets, the trees became waterlogged and diseased, and maintenance was troublesome and routine. In 2015 the city beefed up a water pump, remodeled Park Lane in the image of a Dutch ‘Living Street' – a road that puts cars and pedestrians at the same level so the space may be shared. The roadway is curved or has obstacles to slow cars to the pace of the people. In the Netherlands, you'll sometimes find two or four spots for parking or deliveries on a stretch this long. Park Lane has seventeen. The Dutch would have a hard time calling this a true ‘Living Street'. It's more like a small parking lot with a meandering lane down the middle.But it is far better than a conventional road. It features bioswales to absorb floods of runoff and restaurants have just enough space for limited outdoor seating. Like so many other restaurants around the world, that seating was expanded when COVID hit. In a controversial move, the city allowed restaurants to spill into the parking spaces during select times, blocked cars from entering the lane, and gave the entire space over to pedestrians.Now that emergency COVID measures have lifted and people – and cities – are attempting a nostalgic return to a so-called ‘normal', a decision needs to be made on the future of Park Lane. It seems many residents, if not most, would like to see Park Lane as some did in the 1970s – a more natural, people-oriented place. Not a parking space. But not everyone agrees.The business owners have mixed opinions. Some restaurants enjoyed the increased revenue, some had trouble scaling staff, and others are indifferent. Retailers and service providers care less about what happens after hours. They support whatever restaurants want in the evenings, but are adamant parking remain during business hours.Like so many places around the world, Park Lane has become a contested public space. It's an area zoned for commercial use, so business and property owners believe their opinions should be given priority. But this area is also contained within a much larger neighborhood filled with a growing number of residents who believe their opinions matter most. The neighborhood sits within a city, surrounded by a county, encompassed by a federally mandated regional metropolitan planning organization (MPO), which coordinates between the federal, state, and many local governments on how best to grow. All of which are in a state united with others under the power of a federal government.The citizen run, and city government ordained, neighborhood association has a neighborhood plan with multiple policies calling for fewer cars, less parking, and more – and safer – transit, biking, and walking. And so does the city's master plan.Meanwhile, the city competes with neighboring cities to attract more businesses which bring more revenue. This city has also applied to the MPO for this downtown area to be delegated a ‘Regional Growth Center' which will bring denser housing, many more people, and a chance to qualify for federal funding. The population of this area is expected to double over the next 12 years bringing more diversity of people and business.A decision is pending in June on the fate of how these 200 feet of public space will be used. But in many ways, this is a proxy for a larger battle brewing throughout the city, the county, the region, and the state — just as in many other cities worldwide. As expected, sides form and tribes align between business alliances, citizen coalitions, and property rights guardians. It's getting tense, people are nervous, some are scared, and everyone wants to get their way. This is emblematic of the last few years and perhaps the first of many in decades to come. Get ready for more ‘listening sessions.'NIMBYS GO BANANASNotice I used the word ‘battle' to describe this ordeal. It's a popular metaphor. There's a book called ‘Street Fight' about these conflicts over space, and another called ‘Neighborhood Defenders'. You can subscribe to a podcast called the ‘The War on Cars'. What is it about place that makes people want to defend it or upend it like a battlefield? Why not append it or amend it like a constitution? Or tend it and mend it like a garden?There's a pejorative term for those attempting to protect a place from change, NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). For a variety of reasons, they feel compelled to protect their property against any nearby changes that might impact them, their property, or their values. Like anyone who has a pejorative term attached to them, they reject it.When confronted, they might say things like, “It's not that I'm against more space for walking, but…” or “It's not that I'm against renewable energy, but…” or “It's not that I don't like Black people, but…” And the ‘but' is usually followed by a proposed project nearby that makes them uncomfortable. Sometimes this can become extreme and people go BANANAs (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone).(Below is a video that illustrates what many public comments sessions sound like)But curiously, some research shows a different NIMBYISM can exist called “inverse NIMBY syndrome.” It's been shown that some who live near certain developments can sometimes be more accepting than those living further away. They have the most intimate knowledge, experience, and discourse allowing them to cope better with the change.YIMBYs (Yes In My Back Yard) are often critical of NIMBYs because they believe these folks are just ignorant of the facts. Researchers call this ‘information deficit' and it can inspire proponents of new projects to attempt to educate the opposition in hopes of persuading them. But there's data that shows NIMBYs can often be very well informed and oppose projects not on lack of facts, but out of self-interest. They may even agree on the facts but reject the change on personal grounds. However, this is also problematic as it's been shown that often times the ‘self-interest' argument masks larger issues around self-perpetuating social, racial, or economic inequities.That is, while they may have a right to reject a proposed project, they may be doing so from a position of unfair power. They have an individual right, but they also have a duty to their fellow society members. Individual rights are granted only when their duty to fairly honor the rights of others are observed.What is at the root of one's desire to protect a place? Research in the field of environmental psychology claim these people are not just protecting a place, they're protecting their own identity which is associated with that place. Their defense, sometimes aggressive, may be a coping mechanism stemming from denial of eventual, inevitable change. There is a fear that a potential disruption of a coveted place could lead to a potential disruption in their life.The questions I put forth in the survey last week are a common method of getting at this sense of identity attached to place. Eleven out sixteen Interactors said they agree or strongly agree that they feel the place they call home is a part of them. When asked if they identify strongly with this place five out of fifteen were neutral, four agreed, and three strongly agreed.I'm reminded of these sayings, ‘you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl' or ‘home is where the heart is.' These strong, emotional associations can either emerge from within or be reflected by society. For example, “I feel like Rome is a part of me” versus “I feel completely Roman.” These attitudes and behaviors can also develop, morph, and strengthen over time. Communication, language, and how a place is portrayed in media and politics can also influence individual differences in how one identifies with a place.When these places are disrupted naturally (like natural disasters and fire) or by humans (like burglaries, voluntary migration, or redevelopment projects) people experience psychological trauma. Just the fear of changes to a place or threats of loss can induce anxiety. This can be revealed or compounded over time contributing to multiple stages of grief.COPING WITH THE CONCRETEResearchers have uncovered a three-stage process of trauma associated with disruption of place:* Pre-disruption: Anticipating possible outcomes or imagining potential futures.* Disruption: Immediate feelings of anxiety and grief from loss or disruption.* Post-disruption: Anxiety associated with adapting to change.These are often found to correspond with varying levels and stages of ‘emotional volatility' from shock of the eventuality of change, to anger and depression of the actual event, to residual feelings that come with coping with post-change adjustments.In the case of natural disasters or fires these stages of trauma can be sudden, pronounced, and rushed, while urban redevelopment projects can stretch these emotions over months or years. How those who are impacted communicate with one other, and those around them, can influence the collective and individual emotional volatility.One way of managing these emotions is to manage the communication. One technique used in Europe more than the United States is a socio-psychological approach called social representation theory. This involves sitting down with groups of people to first orient them to their own shared beliefs and knowledge – an anchoring. With a shared understanding, new abstract concepts and ideas are then presented in concrete ways that associate change with their shared understanding – objectifying change. The group can then have a conversation over which elements represent threats and which offer opportunities.Patrick Devine-Wright is a professor of human geography at the University of Exeter who incorporates environmental psychology into his research. He believes social representation theory offers a holistic approach to understanding and reducing the adverse psychological effects that come with changes in place. He proposes a staged approach that considers both the social and psychological factors associated with place-based conflicts and traumas.It starts with becoming aware of what kind change in a place might occur. With a shared awareness, the next stage is interpreting the potential implication to the proposed change. The shared interpretation leads to evaluating the potential outcomes, both positive and negative. Addressing the inevitable stress and anxiety that can come with these results, he moves to coping – how one can deal with change in a healthy way. And the final stage is acting on those healthy means of coping.He believes this “framework provides a psychological account of public responses that should be seen within a larger multi-disciplinary context of economic, political and sociological factors that shape the histories of places, the policies and procedures shaping development and the abilities of individuals and groups to actively support or oppose change.”I think he's on to something. As I consider how local governments announce public projects, seek public input, and execute on new projects, I see how each stage of his proposed process is either side-stepped, performed inadequately, or unintentionally avoided. It's no wonder sides get formed, emotions run high, and frustrations, distrust, and anxieties become perpetually present with each propose change to public space.I'm not saying it's easy, but is it impossible? Perhaps it is. It takes concerted effort to hold even the most rudimentary public forums to discuss propose changes to place. It may be even harder now knowing how divisive civic discourse has become. I can see where cities would rather not even ask.Perhaps cities shouldn't do on their own. It could be that the process professor Devine-Wright devised is both divine and righteous. If I squint at his process, it looks a lot like a well-functioning democracy by the people, for the people, so long as it's executed by a government that cares for people. But expecting that to occur brings about my own kind of frustration, fear, and anxiety!I've been sucked into this problem, so how am I coping? I'm starting by sharing in hopes of gaining a shared understanding. I'm working to interpret the implications of changing our little Park Lane and evaluating the potential outcomes. I'm trying to do it with people I know may be suspicious of me or what I believe. But I know change is coming because the only thing permanent is change. So I'm doing my best to cope, aid others with how they may cope, and encouraging actions that can reduce our collective psychological trauma. Maybe you can too! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

In this episode, Anne takes a fiber-themed walk through Commercial Street in Lerwick and out to the far end of town. Have you been thinking of a visit to Shetland, or do you have a visit coming up? Get a sense of just how fiber-packed the main street of the town is with this walk from Jimmy Perez's house to Jamieson and Smith. Links to Things Mentioned in the Episode Support the show by becoming a patron. Knit New Haven Morehouse Merino Flock Group The Shetland Times Bookshop Jamison's of Shetland Anderson Co. Ninians R.A.M. Knitwear Loose Ends J G Rae Odie's Antiques and Collectables Jamieson and Smith Music The first song was "Electra to the Baltic Sea," by Giuseppe Rizzo. The second song was "Where Do We Run?" by Humans Win (Featuring MMKAY).

Holyoke Media, en asociación con WHMP radio, emiten diariamente la Síntesis informativa en español a través del 101.5 FM y en el 1240 / 1400 AM. Esta es la síntesis informativa del martes 17 de enero de 2023: - El Consejo de la Casa Blanca y el Servicio Secreto dijeron el lunes que no existen registros de visitantes para la casa del presidente Joe Biden en Wilmington, Delaware, donde se encontraron documentos clasificados de sus días como vicepresidente, ya que es una residencia privada. El Servicio Secreto, que tiene la tarea de proteger a los presidentes actuales y pasados y sus familias, no "mantiene de forma independiente nuestros propios registros de visitantes porque es una residencia privada", dijo el portavoz de la agencia, Anthony Guglielmi. El presidente republicano del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, James Comer, exigió el domingo registros de visitantes para la casa del demócrata Biden en Wilmington después de que se encontraron documentos clasificados en su oficina y garaje allí. Los republicanos quieren registros de visitas domiciliarias de Biden, pero no así los del expresidente Donald Trump. Los republicanos han tratado de comparar el caso de los documentos de Biden con el de Trump, quien enfrenta una investigación penal federal sobre cómo manejó documentos clasificados después de dejar la Casa Blanca en 2021. Los expertos legales han notado las diferencias entre los dos casos. La Casa Blanca dice que el equipo de Biden entregó los documentos que encontró. Trump se había resistido a hacerlo hasta que el FBI realizó una búsqueda en agosto en su casa de Palm Beach, Florida. FUENTE: REUTERS - El Departamento de Transporte de Massachusetts anunció que a partir de este martes, una parte de la carretera interestatal 391 en ambas direcciones tanto rumbo al norte como al sur en Holyoke, se cerrará durante 6 meses debido a construcción y reparaciones del tramo. El Departamento de Transporte (MassDOT) ha delineado nuevos desvíos para que los automovilistas los sigan durante los próximos 6 meses. Esto significa que los automovilistas deberán hacer planes y ajustes en sus rutas teniendo en cuenta los cambios hechos por MassDOT. Los automóviles que viajen por la I-391 en dirección norte, deberán usar la salida 6 hacia Commercial Street. El tráfico de camiones se dirigirá por la la salida 5 hacia Main Street. Para el tráfico en dirección sur, todos los vehículos se desviarán por South Street y luego ingresarán a la I-391 en dirección sur a través de la rampa de Main Street. Se utilizarán tableros de mensajes, letreros, dispositivos de control de tráfico y habrá presencia policial para guiar a los conductores de manera segura a través de la zona de trabajo, señaló MassDOT. FUENTE: WESTERN MASS NEWS, HOLYOKE MEDIA

In the happenings...the Las Animas County Election Office ramps up security ahead of the 2022 General Election as threats increase nationwide, Las Animas County sheriff candidates reveal their platforms for voters, unopposed Las Animas County candidates share their experience and goals for next terms, and local police arrest two suspects after finding a dead body...Trinidad Carnegie Public Library Bookstore Senior Citizen Days @ 132 N. Commercial Street, Trinidad: Friday, Nov. 4 - 11 a.m. to 4 pm. / Saturday, Nov. 5 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

2022 marks the 63rd year of the Mount Gambier Christmas Parade, with the floats and spectators returning to Commercial Street for the first time since the pandemic began. This beloved community event attracts spectators by the thousands, and celebrates not only Christmas, but togetherness and community spirit. But what does it take to coordinate Mount Gambier's largest community event of the year? How do you reinvent the parade to make it COVID safe? And where did this well-loved Community event all begin? In this episode we chat to the Team Leader of Community Events for the City of Mount Gambier Xarnia Keding, director of the Lions Club of Mount Gambier Brass Band Festival Mr Allen Woodham, and the woman who literally wrote the book on the history of the parade Lynne Lowe, as well as a hand full of library staff who were kind enough to share their own personal memories.

October 26, 2022 — The Surface Transportation Board, the federal entity that regulates railroads, issued another ruling on the Great Redwood Trail this week, deciding that the agency can convert 176 miles of line to a trail. The Great Redwood Trail Agency will be allowed to railbank the track, which means filling it in with aggregate or dirt so that the railroad ties serve as a frame for the trail. The track runs from Commercial Street in Willits, where the Skunk Train depot is, to just outside Eureka. Robert Pinoli, the President and CEO of Mendocino Railway, the Skunk Train's parent company, did not know what the Agency's plans regarding the depot are. Representatives for the Agency and the State Coastal Conservancy, which is now in charge of the trail, have not addressed our question about the depot. Last week, the Surface Transportation Board rejected Mendocino Railway's bid to purchase thirteen miles of track from the depot to Longvale. A few hours after the Surface Transportation Board's Monday- afternoon approval to railbank the line, Senator Mike McGuire held a virtual Town Hall to unveil the first step of the trail's “master plan,” a process he expects will take two to three years before building the trail can begin. Karyn Gear, of the State Coastal Conservancy, is the Executive Director of the Great Redwood Trail Agency. The Conservancy has been involved in conservation projects on the shoreline as well as inland rivers bearing anadromous fish. Gear spoke about her organization's role in the planning process. “The Conservancy was asked by Senator McGuire and the Legislature to take a leadership role in doing the master planning for this project, and also to help be the interim staff for the Great Redwood Trail Agency,” she began. “The Legislature appropriated ten million dollars to the Conservancy to do just that, to help move this project forward. So the first thing we did, after we started looking for additional staff with expertise to work on this, was to start to develop a request for proposals to look for consulting firms to help with the master planning process.” The Conservancy settled on Alta Planning and Design, which has offices all over the state. McGuire insisted that there is plenty of money for the project, announcing that, “We have the funding sources for all of the trail master plan, and we have money in the bank for construction. We were able to secure ten and a half million dollars in state funds to pay for the staffing and master plan of the Great Redwood Trail. This is going to take us through the next several years of hard work and planning the trail. And a half billion dollars, five hundred million dollars, has been secured for the State Coastal Conservancy for projects that will help us fight our climate crisis and build trails of statewide significance. That includes the Great Redwood Trail.” McGuire and members of the Trail Agency hope that private landowners alongside the trail will take advantage of opportunities to offer hospitality services and amenities to trail users. Wild camping will not be allowed, but the senator enthused about one site that he said has already committed to providing a campground. “Eventually, what you're going to see are authorized camping spots throughout the trail,” he said. “In fact, just last year…the state, along with the Wildland Conservation Board, just purchased the old Lone Pine Ranch,” a remote forested property on the eastern bank of the Eel River, on the border of Mendocino and Trinity counties. It was formerly owned by Dean Witter, who bought it in the 1940's. It stayed in his family until his heirs decided to sell it to conservation groups. The Conservation Fund's website says that, “For many years, our partners at The Wildlands Conservancy owned a 3,000-acre portion of the Lone Pine Ranch. But in 2019, they sought our help to protect the remaining 26,000 acres…The support for this project has been tremendous with the help of Governor Newsom, Secretary of Natural Resources Crowfoot, the Center for Biological Diversity, California Wildlife Conservation Board, and the California State Coastal Conservancy.” McGuire described the property as “some of the most spectacular land that you've ever seen. It's 30,000 acres. It will have 12 miles of riverfront trail. That's going to be our first authorized campground. You're going to have restrooms there, be able to stock up on provisions and water. This is a game changer for the trail.” Deven Young, with Alta Planning and Design, which is preparing the master plan, said that the design could include enhanced access for CalFire vehicles, though McGuire pointed out that trail users are not among the main culprits, when it comes to human-caused fires. And McGuire referred to a ranger service that he hopes to deploy along the trail to pick up trash and assist travelers. Young spoke about ideas to create solar-powered hotspots that would enable hikers to call in emergency responders if someone gets hurt. “A lot of it comes down to wayfinding in and around the corridor itself,” he said. “It's remote. So demarcating and outlining and creating points along the corridor is really critical. As part of that wayfinding, we've actually found remote, really rugged trails have a lot of success using things like bluetooth beacons” with tiny solar panels along the trail, which allow hikers to have cell phone access and call for help. Timelines and exact figures are not available yet. And it will take a separate ruling from the Surface Transportation Board to allow railbanking south of Willits to Ukiah, and on to Cloverdale. Carol Hart, Chairwoman of the Great Redwood Trail Agency, is pushing to make it happen within a lifetime. “And I really hope, for our eighty-year-old plus people who have tuned in, that they are going to get out on this trail,” she enthused. “They are going to get to see the phenomenal Eel River Canyon, and the Founders Trail, and enjoy what this trail will have to offer.”

October 21, 2022 — The Great Redwood Trail overcame a major hurdle late yesterday afternoon, when a federal regulator turned down the Skunk Train's offer to buy 13 miles of track north of Willits. The Great Redwood Trail Agency, which owns the track, had asked the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates railroads, to allow it to abandon the track so it could start the process of converting it into a trail. The Board approved the abandonment, effective on June 19, unless it received a formal notice from an entity intending to buy part or all of the line. The Skunk Train, also known as Mendocino Railway, did so. Last Saturday,it filed its bid, known as an Offer of Financial Assistance, which the Board rejected within the five-day legal timeframe. The Board also lifted the hold on its authorization to abandon the line, which means that as of Tuesday, October 25, the entire 176 miles of track from Willits to just outside Eureka is officially an abandoned railway. There is no appeals process, and the Board will take up further issues around converting the railway into a trail in the next few days. The Great Redwood Trail Agency is working closely with Senator Mike McGuire, the California Coastal Commission, and environmental groups including Friends of the Eel River, to build a 320-mile trail alongside or on top of the railroad line from Marin to the Humboldt Bay. The Agency also holds the deed to the Willits yard, or depot on Commercial Street, which is a critical part of the Skunk Train's infrastructure. Last month, Robert Pinoli, the President and CEO of Mendocino Railway, told a judge he feared that if the line were abandoned, his company would no longer be able to use the yard. Pinoli was the only witness in a three-and-a-half day eminent domain trial, where Mendocino Railway is suing a landowner just outside of Willits, claiming that short lines like the Skunk Train are a vital element of the nation's infrastructure. As such, Pinoli argued, the Skunk should be authorized to take the property because its use of it would serve the most public benefit. The eminent domain trial seemed to conclude about a week before the Great Redwood Trail Agency signed the deed to the Willits yard, but it's since been reopened. It will start up again on November third. The process of converting the railway into a trail appeared to be threatened over the summer, when an anonymous “Coal Train” interest based in Wyoming declared its intent to purchase all 176 miles of the track and use it to carry coal from the midwest and ship it overseas from the port in Humboldt Bay. That plan was scuttled when badly redacted bank statements showed that the company was flat broke. The Skunk Train's challenge remained, though. On Saturday, it made good on its stated intent to buy the track from Willits to Longvale. In a 271-page Offer of Financial Assistance, the company argued that the Great Redwood Trail Agency had grossly overestimated the maintenance and rehabilitation costs of the line; that the Skunk Train had a potential client for its freight shipping services; and that it has the financial wherewithal to purchase the track for about five and a half million dollars. The company estimated that rebuilding the track would cost an additional seven to nine million dollars. The Great Redwood Trail Agency's attorney, Charles Montange, argued that “In order to show financial responsibility, MR (Mendocino Railway) must show available assets sufficient to cover purchase price and rehabilitation and other costs of sustaining the initial two years of operation.” The Agency calculated that the purchase price, rehabilitation costs, and the two years operation and maintenance would come out to a little over $39 million. The entire northern portion of the line is so unsafe that in 1998, the Federal Railroad Administration embargoed it, meaning that it is illegal to use the line. And a tunnel on the Mendocino Railway line between Willits and Fort Bragg has collapsed multiple times. There is no connection between the Mendocino Railway short line and the national rail network. Pinoli testified last month that to his knowledge, the last time Mendocino Railway interchanged a freight train with another train was the day before Thanksgiving of 1998. He did not know the last time a freight train left Mendocino County. Mendocino Railway did not include its assets or the name of its potential shipping client in the public filing of its Offer of Financial Assistance. The Surface Transportation Board did have access to that information, and it found that the Railway “failed to demonstrate…that it has, or within a reasonable amount of time will have, the funds necessary to not only acquire the 13-mile rail segment, but to rehabilitate, maintain, and operate it as well.” The Great Redwood Trail Agency hired Marie Jones, a Fort Bragg consultant, to conduct a market analysis of Mendocino Railway from Longvale to Willits. She wrote that, “As an abandoned community, (Longvale) will not provide a market for the rail-based transport of any finished goods, manufactured goods, or commuting traffic, and on its face, is not a tourist destination for excursion train use. Aggregates, gravel and sand are the only realistic potential freight from this area.” She calculated that permitted operations in the area allow for a maximum of 79,100 tons of gravel extraction per year. With competitive transportation costs in the Willits market, she concluded, “There is no space within the market for non-competitive transportation pricing.” Jones is dubious that any potential shipper would pay the higher rates she believes Mendocino Railway would have to charge to be profitable, especially since trucking is so much cheaper. According to Jones, for the train to compete with trucks, it should charge $211 per railcar. But Jones concluded that “the total capitalized cost for acquisition, construction, and operating costs for the Longvale to Willits rail line would be $3,767/railcar, which is an order of magnitude higher than the average trucking cost of $211 for 80 tons of aggregate delivery.” Montange summed up Jones' findings: “The only shipper that could possibly be served on the Longvale to Willits segment is Wylatti dba Geo Aggregates, which has previously been identified by MR (Mendocino Railway) as the only shipper in the Longvale vicinity, and which is also present in Fort Bragg. GRTA (the Great Redwood Trail Agency) retained Marie Jones to examine rail need and feasibility for all the shippers identified by MR, and the transportation market generally from Longvale to Fort Bragg. Suffice it to say that Ms. Jones shows in her resulting report (attached to Jones Verified Statement, exhibit 4) not only that Wylatti is being served by trucks but also that that trucks are cheaper than rail to satisfy all current or expected transportation needs. If trucks are cheaper, then freight rail is not feasible or needed.” The Board agreed that Mendocino Railway “has not demonstrated financial responsibility.” Meanwhile, the Great Redwood Trail Agency has released its “Feasibility, Governance, and Railbanking Report,” which McGuire refers to as the “Master Plan.” He anticipates it will take two to three years to get through the details of construction, fire safety, and community engagement before trail building begins. There will be a virtual town hall about the master plan on Monday night at 6:30 p.m.

This week Maria and Annika "crash" the Commercial Street Block Party! Join us for two awesome interviews with some of downtown's most iconic business owners!

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The country continues to grapple with the horror of the latest mass shooting as Lawmakers in Sacramento debate what can be done in California to curtail the manufacture and sale of illegal guns. The California report has the story. After local news, Felton Pruitt talks with Stuart Baker about the upcoming event to celebrate the reopening of Commercial Street in Nevada City. Reed Hamilton of Nevada County Climate Action Now talks Green Banking to close our newscast.

In this episode, had a chance to sit down with Khaled Habash who owns multiple businesses with his wife Jen. We talked about how they became "serial entrepreneurs", what it's like running a seasonal business, advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, how he defines success, and much more!   ABOUT OUR GUESTS: Khaled and his wife Jen are serial entrepreneurs and the owners of The Blue Lobster, Maine Duck Tours, and Scenic Route Maine Tours. After years of learning the ropes in business in other parts of the country, they brought their experience home back to Maine. As extensive world travels, they enjoy and have firsthand insight about how to host tourists in Vacationland. For some great Maine apparel and souvenirs, visit their online store at www.thebluelobster.com or stop by 177 Commercial Street in Portland. Follow The Blue Lobster on Facebook and Instagram. Want to get a unique tour around Portland this Summer or Fall? Visit www.maineducktours.com to book your tickets now. Follow Maine Duck Tours on Facebook and Instagram. To view all the ways you can see the state with The Scenic Route Maine Tours, visit www.thescenicroutemainetours.com to book and follow them on Facebook.   ABOUT OUR SPONSOR: Weather is getting warmer and it's project planning season - which means you should call Maine Commercial Contracting - your locally owned choice for residential and commercial services in Southern Maine. They'll be there for that new driveway, walkway, or excavation for your home and for your business with parking lot paving, road milling, heavy hauling, and competitive commercial pricing. So when you need your project done right on your timeline, get ahold of the company with an appetite for excellence and the skills to see it through. Call Maine Commercial Contracting at 207-391-0540 for a free estimate or find them online at mainecommercialcontracting.com.   ABOUT KEEP IT LOCAL MAINE: We are a way for local businesses to promote themselves to thousands of people in and around their communities - letting them know what great services and products they offer right here in Maine! We currently publish four issues in areas around Southern Maine in addition to our podcast. To learn more about us, visit keepitlocalmaine.com or follow us on social media - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

An organization serving people experiencing homelessness in Astoria has had a contentious relationship with some neighboring businesses in the coastal city's downtown. LiFEBoat Services is prominently located on Commercial Street, near a convenience store and a winery. The nonprofit provides meals and other services. It has received numerous complaints about trash left on the street outside as well as the behavior of some of the organization's clientele. Executive Director Osarch Orak says LiFEBoat Services is doing everything it can to address these issues and that things are improving. Some local business owners agree, but others remain skeptical. We hear from Orak and from David Reid, executive director of the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FRIGGIN' EPISODES! Thank you all so much!! Consider becoming a Patreon POOPR! www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com  London in 1888:   Victorian London was not a happy place to be, and the facts speak for themselves. Prostitution was rife, poverty and crime were prevalent, and 19th-century housing was barely habitable. Finding work in 1888 was extremely difficult for the residents of Whitechapel, feeding into the cycle of poverty and depravity.   Soot and smoke generally filled the air, and there were still grazing sheep in Regent's Park in the mid-Victorian period — it was said that you could tell how long the sheep had been in the capital by how dirty their coats were. They went increasingly from white to black over days.   The nights were riddled with gas lamp-lit streets and dark, foggy alleyways.   The city was steeped in poverty and all manner of crime and disease.   Many children were seen as a strain on their parents' resources, and it is believed that two in every ten died before reaching five years old.   breeding ground for crime and poor behavioral habits, including murder, prostitution, and violence – and vicious circles like these were rarely broken in such poor districts   Streets were dirty, and fresh food was scarce. Pollution and sewage smells filled the air.   Urine soaked the streets. There was an experiment in Piccadilly with wood paving in the midcentury. It was abandoned after a few weeks because the sheer smell of ammonia coming from the pavement was horrible. Also, the shopkeepers nearby said that this ammonia was discoloring their shop fronts.   London in the 19th century was basically filled with cesspools.   There'd be brick chambers, maybe 6 feet deep, about 4 feet wide, and every house would have them.   It was more common to have a cesspool in the basement in central London and in more crowded areas.   Above the cesspool would be where your household privy, or toilet, would be.   These made the general smell in crowded London pretty awful.   There would have been horses everywhere. By the 1890s, there were approximately 300,000 horses and 1,000 tons of horse droppings a day in London. The Victorians employed boys ages 12 to 14 to dodge between the traffic and try to scoop up the excrement as soon as it hit the streets.   Shit everywhere.   The streets were lined with "mud,"... except it wasn't mud.    Life was much harder for women than men generally.   The lack of proper work and money led many women and girls into prostitution, a high-demand service by those wishing to escape their grim realities.   These women were commonly known as "unfortunates,"   They owned only what they wore and carried in their pockets - their dirty deeds would pay for their bed for the night.   There was an extraordinary lack of contraception for women.   Doctors performed unorthodox abortions in dirty facilities, including the back streets.   Many women would die of infection from these ill-performed surgeries or ingesting chemicals or poison.   The insides of the houses throughout the borough were no less uninviting and more reminiscent of slums.   Many of these dilapidated homes were makeshift brothels.   Prostitution was a dangerous trade, as diseases were passed from person to person very quickly, and doctors did not come cheap.   Most work came through casual or 'sweated' labor, like tailoring, boot making, and making matchboxes.   There was very little job security, and the work premises would more than likely be small, cramped, dusty rooms with little to no natural light.   Workhouses were another alternative, set up to offer food and shelter to the poorest of the community in return for hard, grueling labor in even worse conditions.   large portions of the population turned to drinking or drugs to cope with everyday life   Pubs and music halls were abundant in the East End, and booze was cheap, too, making it a viable means of escapism for many.   Crime rates spiraled and were unmanageable by London's police force in 1888. Petty crime like street theft was normality.   High levels of alcohol-related violence, gang crime, and even protection rackets were everywhere.   The high level of prostitution meant that vulnerable women were often forced to earn a living on the streets, leaving them easy targets for assault, rape, and even murder.   Police stations and the detectives at the helm lacked structure and organization, with many crimes being mislabelled, evidence going missing, or being tampered with was common.    The maze of dingy alleyways and dark courtyards, each with multiple entrances and exit points, made the district even more difficult to police. There were even some parts of Whitechapel that police officers were afraid to enter, making them crime hotspots.   With that brief look into what it was like in Whitechapel, it is no wonder that Jack the Ripper could get away with his crimes. That being said, let's look at the crimes and victims.   Mary Ann Nichols:   Mary Ann Nichols led a brief life marked with hardships. Born to a London locksmith in 1845, she married Edward in 1864 and gave birth to five children before the marriage dissolved in 1880.   In explaining the roots of the separation, Nichols' father accused Edward of having an affair with the nurse who attended one of their children's births. For his part, Edward claimed that Nichols' drinking problem drove them to part ways.   After separating, the court required Edward to give his estranged wife five shillings per month, over 600 pounds today— a requirement he successfully challenged when he found out she was working as a prostitute.   Nichols then lived in and out of workhouses until her death. She tried living with her father, but they did not get along, so she continued to work as a prostitute to support herself. Though she once worked as a servant in a well-off family home, she quit because her employers did not drink.   On the night of her death, Nichols found herself surrounded by the same problems she'd had for most of her life: lack of money and a propensity to drink. On 31st August 1888, she left the pub where she was drinking and walked back to the boarding house where she planned to sleep for the night.   Nichols lacked the funds to pay for the entrance fee, so she went back out to earn it. But, according to her roommate, who saw her the night before someone killed her, she spent whatever money she did earn on alcohol.   That night Mary was wearing a bonnet that none of the other residents of the lodging house had seen her with before. Since she intended to resort to prostitution to raise the money for her bed, she felt this would be an irresistible draw to potential clients. So, she was escorted from the premises by the deputy lodging housekeeper. She laughed to him, "I'll soon get my doss money, see what a jolly bonnet I have now."   At 2.30 on the morning of 31st August, she met a friend named Emily Holland by the shop at the junction of Osborn Street and Whitechapel Road.   Mary was very drunk, and she boasted to Emily that she had made her lodging money three times over but had spent it.   Concerned at Mary's drunken state, Emily tried to persuade her to come back to Wilmott's with her. Mary refused, and, telling Emily that she must get her lodging money somehow, she stumbled off along Whitechapel Road.   That was the last time that Mary Nichols was seen alive.   At 3.45 a.m., a woman's body was found with her skirt pulled up to her waist, lying next to a gateway in Buck's Row, Just off Whitechapel Road. This location was around a ten-minute walk from the corner where Mary met Emily Holland.   According to some newspaper reports, the woman's throat had been cut back to the spine, the wound being so savagely inflicted that it had almost severed her head from her body.   Within 45 minutes, she had been placed on a police ambulance, which was nothing more than a wooden hand cart. She had been taken to the mortuary of the nearby Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary.   Here, Inspector Spratling of the Metropolitan Police's J Division arrived to take down a description of the, at the time, unknown victim, and he made the horrific discovery that, in addition to the dreadful wound to the throat, a deep gash ran along the woman's abdomen - The killer had disemboweled her.   The funeral of Mary Ann Nichols took place amidst great secrecy to deter morbid sightseers on Thursday, 6th September 1888.   Strangely, the ruse used to get Mary Nichols's body to the undertaker's could be said to have included an element of foreshadowing.   Mary Nichols's body was brought out of the mortuary's back gate in Chapman's Court, from where it was taken to the undertaker's premises on Hanbury Street.   Two days later, the murderer struck again and murdered Annie Chapman in Hanbury Street.   Annie Chapman:   Annie Chapman didn't always lead a hard life. She lived for some time with her husband, John, a coachman, in West London.   However, after the couple had children, her life began to unravel: Her son, John, was born disabled, and her youngest daughter, Emily, died of meningitis. She and her husband both began to drink heavily and eventually separated in 1884.   After the separation, Chapman moved to Whitechapel to live with another man. While she still received ten shillings per week from her husband, she sometimes worked as a prostitute to supplement her income.   When her husband died from alcohol abuse, that money stopped. According to her friends, Chapman "seemed to have given away all together." Then, a week before she died, Chapman got into a fistfight with another woman over an unreturned bar of soap.   At 5 p.m. on Friday, 7th September, Annie met her friend, Amelia Palmer, in Dorset Street. Annie looked extremely unwell and complained of feeling "too ill to do anything."   Amelia met her again, ten minutes later, still standing in the same place, although Annie was trying desperately to rally her spirits. "It's no use giving way, I must pull myself together and get some money or I shall have no lodgings," were the last words Amelia Palmer heard Annie Chapman speak.   At 11.30 p.m. that night, Annie turned up at Crossingham's lodging house and asked Timothy Donovan if she could sit in the kitchen.   Since he hadn't seen her for a few days, Donovan asked her where she had been? "In the infirmary," she replied weakly. He allowed her to go to the kitchen, where she remained until Saturday morning, 8th September 1888.   At 1.45 a.m., Donovan sent John Evans, the lodging house's night watchman, to collect the fourpence for her bed from her. He found her a little drunk and eating potatoes in the kitchen. When he asked her for the money, she replied wearily, "I haven't got it. I am weak and ill and have been in the infirmary."   Annie then went to Donovan's office and implored him to allow her to stay a little longer. But instead, he told her that if she couldn't pay, she couldn't stay.   Annie turned to leave, but then, turning back, she told him to save the bed for her, adding, "I shall not be long before I am in. I shall soon be back, don't let the bed."   John Evans then escorted her from the premises and watched her head off along Dorset Street, observing later that she appeared to be slightly tipsy instead of drunk.   At 5.30 that morning, Elizabeth Long saw her talking with a man outside number 29 on Hanbury Street. Since there was nothing suspicious about the couple, she continued on her way, hardly taking any actual notice.   Thirty minutes later, at 6 a.m., John Davis, an elderly resident of number 29, found her horrifically mutilated body lying between the steps and the fence in the house's backyard.   Annie had been murdered, and her body mutilated. She had a cut across her neck from left to right and a gash in her abdomen made by the same blade.   Her intestines had been pulled out and draped over her shoulders, and her uterus had been removed. The doctor conducting the post-mortem was so appalled by the damage done to her corpse that he refused to use explicit detail during the inquest. Police determined that she died of asphyxiation and that the killer mutilated her after she died.    She was later identified by her younger brother, Fountain Smith.   The severing of the throat and the mutilation of the corpse were similar to that of the injuries sustained by Mary Ann Nichols a week previously, leading investigators to believe the same assailant had murdered them.   At this point, the killings were known as 'The Whitechapel Murders."   Elizabeth Stride:   The Swedish-born domestic servant arrived in England in 1866, at which point she had already given birth to a stillborn baby and been treated for venereal diseases.   Stride married in 1869, but they soon split, and he ultimately died of tuberculosis in 1884. Stride would instead tell people that her husband and children (which they never actually had) were killed in an infamous 1878 Thames River steamship accident. She allegedly sustained an injury during that ordeal that explained her stutter.   With her husband gone and lacking a steady source of income, like so many of Jack the Ripper's victims, Stride split the remainder of her life living between work and lodging houses.    On Saturday, 29th September 1888, she had spent the afternoon cleaning two rooms at the lodging house, for which the deputy keeper paid her sixpence, and, by 6.30 p.m., she was enjoying a drink in the Queen's Head pub at the junction of Fashion Street and Commercial Street.   Returning to the lodging house, she dressed, ready for a night out, and, at 7.30 p.m., she left the lodging house.   There were several sightings of her over the next five hours, and, by midnight, she had found her way to Berner Street, off Commercial Road.   At 12.45 a.m., on 30th September, Israel Schwartz saw her being attacked by a man in a gateway off Berner Street known as Dutfield's Yard. Schwarz, however, assumed he was witnessing a domestic argument, and he crossed over the road to avoid getting dragged into the quarrel.   Schwartz likely saw the early stages of her murder.   At 1 a.m. Louis Diemschutz, the Steward of a club that sided onto Dutfield's Yard, came down Berner Street with his pony and costermongers barrow and turned into the open gates of Dutfield's Yard. Immediately as he did so, the pony shied and pulled left. Diemschutz looked into the darkness and saw a dark form on the ground. He tried to lift it with his whip but couldn't. So, he jumped down and struck a match. It was wet and windy, and the match flickered for just a few seconds, but it was sufficient time for Diemschutz to see a woman lying on the ground.   He thought that the woman might be his wife and that she was drunk, so he went into the club to get some help in lifting her.   However, he found his wife in the kitchen, and so, taking a candle, he and several other members went out into the yard, and, by the candle's light, they could see a pool of blood gathering beneath the woman.   The crowd sent for the police, and a doctor was summoned, pronouncing the woman dead. It was noted that, as in the cases of the previous victims, the killer had cut the woman's throat. However, the rest of the body had not been mutilated. This led the police to deduce that Diemschutz had interrupted the killer when he turned into Dutfield's Yard.   The body was removed to the nearest mortuary - which still stands, albeit as a ruin, in the nearby churchyard of St George-in-the-East, and there she was identified as Elizabeth Stride.   On the night of her burial, a lady went to a police station in Cardiff, and made the bizarre claim that she had spoken with the spirit of Elizabeth Stride. In the course of a séance, the victim had identified her murderer.   Nothing ever came of this…obviously.   CATHERINE EDDOWES:   Unlike the other Jack the Ripper victims, Catherine Eddowes never married and spent her short life with multiple men.   At age 21, the daughter of a tin plate worker met Thomas Conway in her hometown of Wolverhampton. The couple lived together for 20 years and had three children together. But, according to her daughter, Annie, the pair split "entirely on account of her drinking habits."   Eddowes met John Kelly soon after. She then became known as Kate Kelly and stayed with John until her death.   According to her friends and family, while Catherine was not a prostitute, she was an alcoholic. The night of her murder — the same night Elizabeth Stride was killed — a policeman found Catherine lying drunk and passed out on Aldgate Street.   She was taken to Bishopsgate Police Station, locked in a cell to sober up. But instead, she promptly fell fast asleep.   By midnight, she was awake and was deemed sober enough for release by the City jailer PC George Hutt. Before leaving, she told him that her name was Mary Ann Kelly and gave her address as 6 Fashion Street.   Hutt escorted her to the door of the police station, and he told her to close it on her way out. "Alright. Goodnight old cock" was her reply as she headed out into the early morning.   At 1.35 a.m., three men - Joseph Lawende, Joseph Hyam Levy, and Harry Harris saw her talking with a man at the Church Passage entrance into Mitre Square, located on the eastern fringe of the City of London.   Ten minutes later, at 1.45 a.m. Police Constable Alfred Watkins walked his beat into Mitre Square and discovered her horrifically mutilated body lying in the darkness of the Square's South West corner. The killer had disemboweled her. But, in addition, the killer had targeted her face, carving deep "V"s into her cheeks and eyelids. He had also removed and gone off with her uterus and left kidney. Finally, he had cut open her intestines to release fecal matter.   Dr. Frederick Brown, who performed the post-mortem examination of Eddowes' body, concluded that the killer must have some knowledge of anatomy if he could remove her organs in the dark. Mary Jane Kelly:   She is the victim about whom we know the least.   We know virtually nothing about her life before she arrives in the East End of London. What we do know is based on what she chose to reveal about her past to those she knew, and the integrity of what she did tell is challenging to ascertain. Indeed, we don't even know that her name was Mary Kelly.   According to her boyfriend, Joseph Barnett, with whom she lived until shortly before her death, she had told him that she was born in Limerick, in Ireland, that her father's name was John Kelly, and that she had six or seven brothers and one sister.   The family moved to Wales when she was a child, and when she was sixteen, she met and married a collier named Davis or Davies. Unfortunately, her husband was killed in a mine explosion three years later, and Mary moved to Cardiff to live with a female cousin who introduced her to prostitution.   Mary moved to London around 1884, where she met a French woman who ran a high-class brothel in Knightsbridge, in which establishment Mary began working. She told Barnett that, during this period in her life, she had dressed well, had been driven about in a carriage, and, for a time, had led a lady's life.   She had, she said, made several visits to France at this time, and had accompanied a gentleman to Paris, but, not liking it there, she had returned to London after just two weeks.   She began using the continental version of her name and often referred to herself as Marie Jeannette Kelly.   After that, her life suffered a downward spiral, which saw her move to the East End of London, where she lodged with a Mrs. Buki in a side thoroughfare off Ratcliff Highway. Soon after her arrival, she enlisted her landlady's assistance in returning to the West End to retrieve a box that contained dresses of a costly description from the French lady.   Mary had now started drinking heavily, which led to conflict between her and Mrs. Buki. Relations between them became so strained that Mary moved out and went to lodge at the home of Mrs. Mary McCarthy at 1 Breezer's Hill Pennington Street, St. George-in-the-East.   By 1886 she had moved into Cooley's typical lodging house in Thrawl Street, and it was while living here that, on Good Friday, 6th April 1887, she met Joseph Barnett, who worked as a porter at Billingsgate Fish Market.   The two were soon living together, and, by 1888, they were renting a tiny room at 13 Miller's Court from John McCarthy, who owned a chandler's shop just outside Miller's Court on Dorset Street.   She and Barnett appear to have lived happily together until, in mid-1888, he lost his market job, and she returned to prostitution, which caused arguments between them. During one heated exchange, a pane in the window by the door of their room had been broken.   The precariousness of their finances had resulted in Mary falling behind with her rent, and by early November, she owed her landlord twenty-nine shillings in rent arrears.   On 30th October 1888, Joseph Barnett moved out, although he and Mary remained on friendly terms, and he would drop by to see her, the last time being at around 7.30 on the evening of Thursday 8th November, albeit he didn't stay long.   Several people claimed to have seen her during the next fourteen hours.   One of them was George Hutchinson, an unemployed laborer, who met her on Commercial Street at 2 a.m. on 9th November. She asked him if he would lend her sixpence, to which he replied that he couldn't as he'd spent all his money.   Replying that she must go and find some money, she continued along Commercial Street, where a man coming from the opposite direction tapped her on the shoulder and said something to her, at which point they both started laughing.   The man put his arm around Mary, and they started walking back along Commercial Street, passing Hutchinson, who was standing under the lamp by the Queen's Head pub at the junction of Fashion Street and Commercial Street.   Although the man had his head down with his hat over his eyes, Hutchinson stooped down and looked him in the face, at which point the man gave him what Hutchinson would later describe as a stern look.   Hutchinson followed them as they crossed into Dorset Street, and he watched them turn into Miller's Court. He waited outside the court for 45 minutes, by which time they hadn't reemerged, so he left the scene.   At around 4 a.m., two of Mary's neighbors heard a faint cry of "Murder," but because such cries were frequent in the area - often the result of a drunken brawl - they both ignored it.   At 10. Forty-five on the morning of the 9th November, her landlord, John McCarthy, sent his assistant, Thomas Bowyer, round to Mary's room, telling him to try and get some rent from her.   Bowyer marched into Miller's Court and banged on her door. There was no reply. He tried to open it but found it locked. He, therefore, went round to the broken window pane, reached in, pushed aside the shabby muslin curtain that covered it, and looked into the gloomy room.   Moments later, an ashen-faced Bowyer burst into McCarthy's shop on Dorset Street. "Guvnor," he stammered, "I knocked at the door and could not make anyone answer. I looked through the window and saw a lot of blood."   "Good God, you don't mean that," was McCarthy's reply, and the two men raced into Miller's Court, where McCarthy stooped down and looked through the broken pane of glass.   McCarthy would later recall the horror of the scene that greeted him. "The sight we saw I cannot drive away from my mind. It looked more the work of a devil than of a man. I had heard a great deal about the Whitechapel murders, but I declare to God I had never expected to see such a sight as this. The whole scene is more than I can describe. I hope I may never see such a sight as this again."   Someone immediately sent for the police, and one of the first officers at the scene was Walter Dew, who, many years later, would recall the horror of what he saw through that window:- "On the bed was all that remained of the young woman. There was little left of her, not much more than a skeleton. Her face was terribly scarred and mutilated. All this was horrifying enough, but the mental picture of that sight which remains most vividly with me is the poor woman's eyes. They were wide open, and seemed to be staring straight at me with a look of terror."   Possible victims:   Martha Tabram   On Tuesday 7th August, following a Monday bank holiday, prostitute Martha Tabram was murdered at about 2:30 a.m. Her body was found at George Yard Buildings, George Yard, Whitechapel, shortly before 5:00 a.m. She had been stabbed 39 times about her neck, torso, and genitals with a short blade. With one possible exception, a right-handed individual had inflicted all her wounds.   Based on statements from a fellow prostitute and PC Thomas Barrett, who was patrolling nearby, Inspector Reid put soldiers at the Tower of London and Wellington Barracks on an identification parade, but without positive results. Police did not connect Tabram's murder with the earlier murder of Emma Smith, but they did connect her death with later murders.   Most experts do not connect Tabram's murder with the others attributed to the Ripper because she had been repeatedly stabbed, whereas later victims typically suffered slash wounds and abdominal mutilations. However, investigators cannot rule out a connection.   Rose Mylett   On Thursday 20th December 1888, a patrolling constable found the strangled body of 26-year-old prostitute Rose Mylett in Clarke's Yard, off Poplar High Street. Mylett (born Catherine Millett and known as Drunken Lizzie Davis and Fair Alice Downey) had lodged at 18 George Street, as had Emma Smith.   Four doctors who examined Mylett's body thought she had been murdered, but Robert Anderson thought she had accidentally hanged herself on the collar of her dress while in a drunken stupor. At Anderson's request, Dr. Bond examined Mylett's body, agreeing with Anderson. Commissioner Monro also suspected it was a suicide or natural death as there were no signs of a struggle. The coroner, Wynne Baxter, told the inquest jury that "there is no evidence to show that death was the result of violence." Nevertheless, the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder against some person or persons unknown," and the case was added to the Whitechapel file.   Alice McKenzie:   Alice McKenzie was possibly a prostitute and was murdered at about 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday 17th July 1889 in Castle Alley, Whitechapel. Like most of the previous murders, her left carotid artery was severed from left to right, and there were wounds on her abdomen. However, her injuries were not as deep as in previous murders, and the killer used a shorter blade. Commissioner Monro and one of the pathologists examining the body, Bond, believed this to be a Ripper murder. However, another of the pathologists, Phillips, and Robert Anderson, disagreed, as did Inspector Abberline. Later writers are also divided and either suggest that McKenzie was a Ripper victim or that the unknown murderer tried to make it look like a Ripper killing to deflect suspicion from himself. At the inquest, Coroner Baxter acknowledged both possibilities and concluded: "There is great similarity between this and the other class of cases, which have happened in this neighbourhood, and if the same person has not committed this crime, it is clearly an imitation of the other cases."   Pinchin Street torso:   A woman's torso was found at 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday 10th September 1889 under a railway arch in Pinchin Street, Whitechapel. Extensive bruising about the victim's back, hip, and arm indicated that the killer had severely beaten her shortly before her death, which occurred approximately one day before discovering her torso. The victim's abdomen was also extensively mutilated in a manner reminiscent of the Ripper, although her genitals had not been wounded. The dismembered sections of the body are believed to have been transported to the railway arch, hidden under an old chemise. The age of the victim was estimated at 30–40 years. Despite a search of the area, no other sections of her body were ever found, and neither the victim nor the culprit were ever identified.   Chief Inspector Swanson and Commissioner Monro noted that blood within the torso indicated that death was not from hemorrhage or cutting of the throat. The pathologists, however, pointed out that the general bloodlessness of the tissues and vessels told that bleeding was the cause of death. Newspaper speculation that the body belonged to Lydia Hart, who had disappeared, was refuted after she was found recovering in hospital after "a bit of a spree." Another claim that the victim was a missing girl called Emily Barker was also refuted, as the torso was from an older and taller woman.   Swanson did not consider this a Ripper case and instead suggested a link to the Thames Torso Murders in Rainham and Chelsea and the "Whitehall Mystery". Monro agreed with Swanson's assessment. These three murders and the Pinchin Street case are suggested to be the work of a serial killer, nicknamed the "Torso killer," who could either be the same person as "Jack the Ripper" or a separate killer of uncertain connection. Links between these and three further murders—the "Battersea Mystery" of 1873 and 1874, two women were found dismembered, and the 1884 "Tottenham Court Road Mystery"—have also been postulated. Experts on the murders—colloquially known as "Ripperologists"—such as Stewart Evans, Keith Skinner, Martin Fido, and Donald Rumbelow, discount any connection between the torso and Ripper killings based on their different modi operandi.   Monro was replaced as Commissioner by Sir Edward Bradford on 21st June 1890, after a disagreement with Home Secretary Henry Matthews over police pensions.   Frances Coles:   The last murders in the Whitechapel file were committed on Friday 13th February 1891, when prostitute Frances Coles was murdered under a railway arch in Swallow Gardens, Whitechapel. Her body was found only moments after the attack at 2:15 a.m. by PC Ernest Thompson, who later stated he heard retreating footsteps in the distance. As contemporary police practices dictated, Thompson remained at the scene.   Coles was lying beneath a passageway under a railway arch between Chamber Street and Royal Mint Street. She was still alive but died before medical help could arrive. Minor wounds on the back of her head suggest that she was thrown violently to the ground before her throat was cut at least twice, from left to right and then back again. Otherwise, there were no mutilations to the body, leading some to believe Thompson had disturbed her assailant. Superintendent Arnold and Inspector Reid arrived soon afterward from the nearby Leman Street police station, and Chief Inspectors Donald Swanson and Henry Moore, who had been involved in the previous murder investigations, arrived by 5 a.m.   A man named James Sadler, who had earlier been seen with Coles, was arrested by the police and charged with her murder. A high-profile investigation by Swanson and Moore into Sadler's history and his whereabouts at the previous Whitechapel murders indicates that the police may have suspected him of being the Ripper. However, Sadler was released on 3rd March for lack of evidence.   https://www.imdb.com/list/ls079111466/?sort=user_rating,desc&st_dt=&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&ref_=ttls_ref_typ

Will it be third time lucky for Le Masurier with their new £120m Les Sablons proposals for St. Helier? We're talking about the two acre site between King Street/Broad Street on one side, and Commercial Street on the other. A few years ago it had permission to become offices called J1...and then it was the preferred option for the new Government HQ. Neither happened. But now Le Masurier has bounced back with plans for hundreds of apartments, an apart-hotel, cafes and bars. To explain why this time, they believe their plans will rejuvenate that part of St Helier, the firm's MD joins James Filleul on the Bailiwick news pod.

The Citadel is a community-based youth centre which has been in Leith since 1980. Their building is in Commercial Street, where they've been based for 42 years. In this episode Jennie speaks to Willy Barr, the centre's manager, and Connor Muir, a 21-year-old Citadel volunteer who grew up attending programmes and clubs there. Willy and Connor talk about the history of the Citadel, and share their own lovely stories and experiences.  They also highlight the important intergenerational work that the centre does - the Citadel goes far beyond youth work. Find out more on their website citadelyouthcentre.org.uk and check out their YouTube channel for the videos mentioned in the episode.

History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: January 15, 1919. Boston PD receives a call: “Send all available rescue personnel...there's a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street." The bizarre flood decimated Boston's North End. How did it happen? And why does it still affect us all today?Special thank you to our guest Stephen Puleo, author of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Looking for a podcast that has tough people but also bad people, look no further babyyyy. Have no fear Rounding Down is back in 2022 as if we had anything better to do!This week we're joined by a great friend and while he was a first time guest he most certainly won't be a last time guest. Suity (@humanSuitcase) is here to talk about a great many things!Provincetown is at the northern tip of Cape CHOD, Massachusetts. The seaside town is on the site of the Mayflower's landing in 1620, commemorated by the towering Pilgrim Monument and neighboring Provincetown Museum. P-town is known as a longtime haven for artists, lesbians and gay men. Numerous galleries plus restaurants, nightclubs, cabarets and specialty shops are clustered on and around lively Commercial Street per Google.What google fails to mention is the biggest tourist attraction of P-Town, the Dick Dock! Come on down to the Dick Dock while the gettin' is good!We get to talk Provincetown (P-Town for the locals), beltway traffic, Project Runway & Fashion Retail, Pies, and much much more!Plus we get to hear Sigh talk about his trips to P-Town as a child and his early sex education and the Synonym Song Singer stops by to give us his rendtion of 'Very Large' by a famous Massachusetts alt-rock group!If you miss this weeks ALL TIMER episode with Suity you really messed up! Follow Suity on Twitter:@humanSuitcaseSupport the show (https://cash.app/$roundingdown)

JOCELYN Presents ESSENTIAL SOULFUL HOUSE Ep. 21 Date: December, 2021 TRACKLISTING: 01. Neil Pierce, Hannah Khemoh - Shackles (Original Mix) 02. Ed Ramsey, DJ Oji, Charles Dockins -Smile (CDock's Original Concept Mix) 03. Steven Stone, 1 Luv, Cafe 432 - Set It Free (Cafe 432 Remix) 04. DJ Spen, Soulfuledge, Kerri Chandler - Goin' Home (To See My Savior) (Kerri Chandler Vocal Mix) 05. DJ Passion, Sheree Hicks, Reelsoul - Stronger (Reelsoul Remix) 06. Phil Loraine, James Hurr, Sian-Lee, Michael Gray - Bodyswerve (feat. Sian-Lee) (Michael Gray Extended Remix) 07. Kenny Carpenter, Stephanie Cooke - Bad All By Myself (Original Mix) 08. Commercial Street feat. Coco Malone - Amazing (Sean McCabe Remix) 09. Reggie Steele, Christie Love, Manoo - Show Ya (Manoo Classic Vocal Remix) 10. Moon Rocket, Zakem - Eclaire Ma Vie (Zakem Remix) 11. David Penn, Sheylah Cuffy, Micky More, Andy Tee - Scream 4 Love (Micky More & Andy Tee Remix) 12. Demarkus Lewis, Zetbee - U Got It (Zetbee Remix) ► Subscribe to ESSENTIAL SOULFUL HOUSE By Jocelyn on YouTube: https://t.co/BafvUtNPiw ► Check out our podcasts on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/essential-soulful-house/id1200317418?mt=2 ► Check out our podcasts on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/7a6b9ad8-ccb0-4950-ba9d-e077739cdb3a/ESSENTIAL-SOULFUL-HOUSE?ref=dm_sh_iuiYssXLFRSh0xtR11SGYaRoG ► Check out our podcasts on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL0Vzc2VudGlhbFNvdWxmdWxIb3VzZQ/episode/NjQ3ODMyMC0y?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiYsK27wY71AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA ► Check out our podcasts on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jocelynessential/essential-soulful-house-ep21-by-jocelyn-happy-new-year/ ► Check out our podcasts on Tunein: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/ESSENTIAL-SOULFUL-HOUSE-p1088120/ © ESH 2021

Ce soir du 8 novembre, l'air est froid et humide. Le célèbre brouillard Londonien s'insinue petit à petit dans toutes les rues, comme chaque soir. Il est un peu plus de 20h et, en cet automne, il fait déjà nuit noire depuis bien longtemps. Mary Jane est fatiguée, elle aimerait rester dans sa petite chambre, se reposer, mais elle doit travailler. Il lui faut rapidement trouver de l'argent. Elle doit cinq semaines de loyers à son propriétaire. Assise, les yeux dans le vague, elle hésite un moment, se lève de son lit, regarde par la fenêtre, et frissonne à l'idée d'avoir à sortir dans la nuit et le froid. Mais elle n'a pas vraiment le choix. Elle enfile son manteau noir, et sort de chez elle à la recherche d'un client. Où se rend-elle alors ? Les témoignages divergent. Certains disent l'avoir vu au Ten Bells, d'autres au Britannia, deux pubs des environs. Ce qui est certain, c'est qu'à 23h45, une voisine, prostituée elle aussi, aperçoit Mary Jane sur Commercial Street. Elle est ivre et marche en compagnie d'un homme corpulent d'environ 35 ans, moustachu, pauvrement vêtu d'un long manteau et coiffé d'un chapeau rond. Il a une pinte de bière à la main. Les deux femmes se disent bonsoir puis Mary Jane rentre chez elle accompagnée de l'homme. C'est la dernière fois qu'un témoin a vu Mary Jane Kelly vivante. Rentrant chez elle au bras de son client, elle ne peut alors imaginer qu'elle va devenir tristement célèbre dans le monde entier, que plus d'un siècle plus tard, on parlerait encore d'elle. Mary Jane Kelly va dans quelques minutes devenir la 5ème et ultime victime du plus célèbre serial killer de l'histoire.Texte: Bertrand BichaudVoix: François BerlandEncore plus de Podcast à écouter ici sur PODCAST STORY

JOCELYN Presents ESSENTIAL SOULFUL HOUSE Ep. 20 Date: November, 2021 TRACKLISTING: 01. The Shamanic, Craig J. Snider & Ralphi Rosario - Fire (feat. Andrea Love) [Club Mix] 02. Commercial Street feat. Coco Malone - Amazing (Sean McCabe Remix) 03. Sol Brown, Selina Campbell, Fizzikx - Wide Awake (Fizzikx Vocal Remix) 04. N.W.N. - Needin' Your Love (Vocal Mix) 05. Mr. Moon, Mey, Groove Junkies, Reelsoul - Let It Rain (Groove N' Soul Vocal Mix) 06. Glenn Underground - Not Yo Momma (Main Vox) 07. Micky More, Andy Tee, Angela Johnson - Can I (Show You Real Love) (Record Store Day 2020 Mix) 08. Craig C, Kim Dawson, David Harness, Reelsoul - Serious (David Harness & Reelsoul Vocal Mix) 09. Miguel Migs, Andy Allo, Sandy Rivera - Sensations (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix) 10. DJ Rae, Neil Pierce, Jihad Muhammad - Paradise (Jihad Muhammad's Bang The Drum Vocal Remix) 11. Soulista, Karmina Dai - Vibe (Original Mix) 12. Excessive Pressure & Co., Shezar, Beat Rivals - Just U ► Subscribe to ESSENTIAL SOULFUL HOUSE By Jocelyn on YouTube: https://t.co/BafvUtNPiw ► Check out our podcasts on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/essential-soulful-house/id1200317418?mt=2 ► Check out our podcasts on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/7a6b9ad8-ccb0-4950-ba9d-e077739cdb3a/ESSENTIAL-SOULFUL-HOUSE?ref=dm_sh_iuiYssXLFRSh0xtR11SGYaRoG ► Check out our podcasts on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jocelynessential/essential-soulful-house-20-by-jocelyn/ © ESH 2021

In which Dr. Lindeman discusses George Thorogood at the Cape Cod Melody Tent and Commercial Street, Provincetown

Recounts the story of Solomon Gellman, aged eleven, who was run down and killed on Commercial Street in 1901 while trying to save his little brother from being injured.

In this episode, Amber covers James Arthur Ray, a self-help businessman and motivational speaker. In 2009 , Ray held a  5-day "Spiritual Warrior" retreat near Sedona, Arizona. The controversial practices at this retreat cost 3 people their lives and injured several others. Amber pulled her sources from:www.nytimes The Associated Press 2-6-10www.oxygen.com Deadly Cults Erika Hawkinswww.dailymail.co.ukwww.theverge.com Matt Stroud 12-4-13 “The Death Dealer”WikipediaThen Erika covers the Boston molasses disaster of 1919 and the 2013 Honolulu molasses spill.  A huge tank filled with molasses, burst open and flooded everything in the surrounding area around Commercial Street in Boston, Massachusetts.  It was a huge wave with highest point reaching a whopping 25 feet high. It took out most everything in its way and with the temps in the area at the time, it started to harden and people and animals were having a hard time getting out of the way. Many people got stuck in the sticky mess and rescuers were having a hard  time trying to save them.  Sadly 21 people and horses lost their lives and 150 people were injured.  Erika pulled her sources from: www.beaconpress.com /Puleo, Stephen (2004)Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molassas Flood of 1919www.smithsonian.com/Park, Edwards(Nov 1983) :Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston” www.nbcnews.com / McMavoy, Audrey (Sept 21,2013). “Pipe had leak months before Hawaii molasses spill”www.civilbeat.com / Grube, Nick(Oct 18,2013) “Hawaii Harbor Official Tell Port Businesses to Provide Response Plans”/Honolulu Civil Beatwww.civilbeat.com / Grube, Nick (Nov. 13,2013 )”New Molasses Spill Response Plan Concedes Environmental Danger” / Honolulu Civil Beat

In this episode, I talk to John Patterson, CPA, rural business and building owner on Morgan's historic Commercial Street. John and I talk about the old bank building he bought and restored and the changes happening on Commercial Street. We talk about the changes - and the challenges that come with trying to manage those changes - happening in rural communities across the West. We also talk about ideas for the local level management of change and growth. We end, as always, with the Road Trip Music Question. Podcast music: “A Happy Day” by codemusic, http://www.jamendo.com, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

In this episode, I talk to Rachel Turk, County Historian, Morgan County Historical Society, Morgan, Utah. That's right, Utah. The podcast is expanding to rural towns in Utah! The plan is to alternate between rural Idaho and rural Utah towns each month and I'm thrilled to have Morgan as the first rural Utah town on the podcast. Rachel and I talk about her role as County Historian, how she got the position, and the pros and cons of coming to it as an outsider. We talk about her work assisting with the preservation and redevelopment of Morgan's Commercial Street and about the opportunities and challenges facing Morgan and towns like it. We end, as always, with the Road Trip Music Question.  Podcast music: “A Happy Day” by codemusic, http://www.jamendo.com, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

PB022 Tracklist 1st Hour Mixed by Thebigzill Onair 01. Come Together (Extended Mix) - Nox Vahn & Marsh 02. Afrika (feat. Nobuhle) - Lemon & Herb 03. Hacker - &lez 04. I'm Fallin' (feat. RY X) - Black Coffee 05. Wenomkhubulwane (feat. Andile Mbili) - Leo Guardo 06. Moya Wami (feat. Nuzu Deep) - Sir-Marcus 07. Jamie (feat. Koki Riba) - Dee Cee 08. It's True (feat. Koki Riba) - Dee Cee 09. Free Like A Bird (John Bowtie Remix) SW V2 - Chuck Wonderland 10. Your Voice (Enoo Napa Remix) - AWEN & Caiiro 11. Technology (feat. Da Capo) - Black Motion 12. The Owls - Yotto 13. Ray - Avoure 14. Loving You (feat. Lulu James) [Solee Remix] - Lane 8 15. Digital Analog - Karyendasoul 16. Out of Me - Luttrell 2nd Hour Mixed by Motion Dee 01. Sir LSG ft Carla Prather – Let it be 02. The Layabouts ft Imaani – Stay 03. Louis Benedetti ft Kenny Bobien – Be happy 04. Commercial Street – amazing (Sean McCabe Dub) 05. China Charmeleon – I want my soul (Tribute to George Floyd) 06. Dj Rork – I wana see you come down 07. June Jazzin – Are you house 08. Kid Fonque – Undefined (Aquatone Dub) 09. China Charmeleon – Lookin into water 10. Serge Funk – Can’t get enough

PB022 Tracklist 1st Hour Mixed by Thebigzill Onair 01. Come Together (Extended Mix) - Nox Vahn & Marsh 02. Afrika (feat. Nobuhle) - Lemon & Herb 03. Hacker - &lez 04. I'm Fallin' (feat. RY X) - Black Coffee 05. Wenomkhubulwane (feat. Andile Mbili) - Leo Guardo 06. Moya Wami (feat. Nuzu Deep) - Sir-Marcus 07. Jamie (feat. Koki Riba) - Dee Cee 08. It's True (feat. Koki Riba) - Dee Cee 09. Free Like A Bird (John Bowtie Remix) SW V2 - Chuck Wonderland 10. Your Voice (Enoo Napa Remix) - AWEN & Caiiro 11. Technology (feat. Da Capo) - Black Motion 12. The Owls - Yotto 13. Ray - Avoure 14. Loving You (feat. Lulu James) [Solee Remix] - Lane 8 15. Digital Analog - Karyendasoul 16. Out of Me - Luttrell 2nd Hour Mixed by Motion Dee 01. Sir LSG ft Carla Prather – Let it be 02. The Layabouts ft Imaani – Stay 03. Louis Benedetti ft Kenny Bobien – Be happy 04. Commercial Street – amazing (Sean McCabe Dub) 05. China Charmeleon – I want my soul (Tribute to George Floyd) 06. Dj Rork – I wana see you come down 07. June Jazzin – Are you house 08. Kid Fonque – Undefined (Aquatone Dub) 09. China Charmeleon – Lookin into water 10. Serge Funk – Can’t get enough

On Standish Street in Provincetown, Mass., there is a bed and breakfast called The Victoria House. This gay-friendly guest house has 19th century charm, free wifi, air conditioning, and continental breakfast is served daily on the patio. It is close to Commercial Street and its many restaurants, art galleries and kitchy shops. Or visit the Pilgrim Monument and Museum, take a dune buggy ride, or soak up some sun (and take a dip in the freezing cold Atlantic) at Herring Cove beach, all of which are close by. Oh, and it may also be haunted.

New in this update:Wednesday COVID-19 updateIsland Health says two of the four COVID-19 deaths reported this month are related to the outbreak at the Chartwell Malaspina long term care home in Nanaimo. There have been seven residents and one staff member who tested positive for the virus since the outbreak was declared two days after Christmas. Meanwhile, there are 32 new cases of COVID-19 in the Island Health region today, bringing our active case count to 183. Province-wide, there are 500 new cases and there have been 14 deaths over the past 24 hours.Coroners Report: teenager's death due to lack of trainingA Nanaimo teenager was killed on the job because of inadequate training, according to a coroner's report, released today. 18-year-old Aidan Webber died while working on a tugboat near Port Hardy in March 2019. He was crushed between the hull of a tugboat and a stanchion barrier, as the tugboat was docking. The coroner's report concluded a number of workplace safety violations by his employer, Sea Roamer Services, contributed to Webber's death. It said, "the training that had been provided to Mr. Webber was informal in nature and did not provide specific guidelines for docking safely." Webber was an accomplished BMX rider, who won Canada's BMX championship for junior men in 2018. He also represented Canada at the world championships in 2016.Word on the Street is…CHLY is joining Literacy Central Vancouver Island's "Word on the Street" Project. Starting this week, copies of our news update can be read on Literacy's "Bulletin Board." The "Bulletin Board" hangs in the window of Well Read Books on Commercial Street and is accessible to all. The group's adult literacy outreach coordinator, Rhiannon, says the idea came to fruition because of the pandemic."The Bulletin Board is a feature of that program that's dedicated as a communications space and a creative space for homeless individuals and other people who don't have regular access to the internet. Particularly since the beginning of COVID-19, at which time so many services shut down, including libraries and other points where people might be able to get on a public computer."—Rhiannon, Literacy Central Vancouver Island Adult Literacy Outreach Coordinator.Besides news, the bulletin board includes event posters, maps to social services, creative writing and a weekly joke. VIRL launches SOLAROSpeaking of literacy, the Vancouver Island Regional Library is helping students from grades 3 to 12 with their homework. It's launched a new, online resource called SOLARO. SOLARO is aligned with the BC school curriculum and provides practice tests along with study materials and can be accessed with your library card.

Coming up today, two businesses affected by the recent Commercial Street apartment fire are pushing forward to keep their business open and in the state, Aurora City Council passes the first reading of an ordinance allowing for recreational cannabis deliveries. In the world, following years of dispute, China and Nepal finally agree on Mount Everest's height… Stick around to find out what it is…

Grab a cup of hot tea or a pint of cold fall beer, but don't spill! Today Audrey tells us about two very unnatural tragedies (The Beer Flood of London and the Molasses Disaster in Boston) that will leave you feeling damp in all the wrong ways. It's a bit of a sticky situation…wait no, it's criminal negligence. Plus a NEW sponsor and a game of silly lawsuits!Episode Resources: https://bit.ly/2UNTKPdTheme music:Protofunk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunkLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Funny Adventures by WinnieTheMoogLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6048-funny-adventuresLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Long Point and Wood End were two salt-producing villages at the tip of Cape Cod that were hit hard economically when mined salt from New York and elsewhere became a less expensive option. The villagers abandoned their towns but took their houses with them by floating them across the bay to Provincetown. The old village houses comprise much of the far West End of Provincetown and have little blue squares on front to of each building to identify them. See: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/release-of-the-floating-city-episode-1---long-point-and-wood-end If you have listened to our first actual podcast episode: The Floating City - Long Point and Wood End, here are additional details and notes to help you on your own hike and historical research. First, a great overview can be read at CapeCod.com: Hidden Cape Cod: A Village That Used to Exist in Provincetown. Next, the blog Building Provincetown has details about each floating house. The houses are generally on Atwood Avenue, Bradford Street, Commercial Street, Nickerson Street, Pleasant Street, Point Street, Soper Street and Winthrop Street. I would either point you to the specific details in the blog or simply wander the quiet backstreets and look for the blue ceramic tiles with the floating house and the Long Point light in the background. Please note these houses are generally private property. Cape Cod fiction author Barbara Eppich Struna also has a great blog piece about the entire history which includes historic photos and maps. View Mapcarta.com for details on getting to Wood End and Long Point. In the podcast we give safety advice going to Long Point and accessing the breakwater. To highlight the point, CapeCod.com has a number of articles about emergencies occurring in the area, for example: "Walker suffers possible broken leg at West End Breakwater" and "Woman stranded by by incoming tide near West End". There are many such articles highlighting the actual danger involved in looking for ghost towns and lost places. Other hazards like poison ivy may impact hikers even if they are careful. Listeners can also get the poison ivy treatment Tecnu in our bookstore. The historical reading authored by Mary Heaton Vorse was from Time and the Town: A Provincetown Chronicle. Also covering the spelling of Massachusetts, poison ivy, Provincetowns Black Flash phantom, sponsorship of the podcast, skipping rocks, preview and contacting Lost Massachusetts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lostmass/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lostmass/support

Today, ever wondered what that entry way looking thing being built on Commercial Street is? We got the scoop from the builders. Locally and in the state, the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) announces their two thousand twenty-twenty-one calendar and in the nation, mac and cheese becomes breakfast food…Chronicle News Media Group Providing free marketing assistance to businesses with "Project 360". Give them a call, 719-846-3311

It may sound like a laughing matter, but it was not. A 25 foot tall wall of molasses was moving through the streets of Boston at 35 miles per hour. We go to Commercial Street were the tragedy unfolded and explore the changes in our world as a result. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Greg Boulos sits down with Marc Dugas, a Portland-based hotel developer and founder of Dugas Development, LLC. In addition to numerous hotels across New England, Marc has been involved in the redevelopment and ownership of the Cliff House in Cape Neddick, Maine and Courtyard Marriott on Commercial Street in Portland. Discover Marc's views on hotel development, operations, what to expect in a recession, and his thoughts on hotel guests Mickey Mantle, Stephen Stills and more.

Winter 2020 – We’re excited to announce the arrival of Season 3: The P-Town Trilogy and our sparkling shiny new website to go with it. Please check out PeaceLoveandSoup.com for all of our past episodes, subscription links, photos, recipes & much, much more! This season we’re devoting its’ entirety to Provincetown, Massachusetts – a quaint seaside town situated at the outermost tip of good ole’ Cape Cod. In this of episode we’ll be chatting with: Jay Critchley, a resident artist, activist & creator of the community nurturing organization The Compact. The Mama Tits, a visiting drag queen performer. Blair Fell, a writer & long time P-Town summer guest. And a few Michaels; writer Michael Cunningham, publisher & web creator Michael Goff & lawyer Micheal Gottlieb. We bumped into them at the opening of local painter, John Dowd’s latest work, presented by the William Scott Gallery on Commercial Street. And because we are a soup podcast we will be digging deeper into the exotic world of chowder! We found that there are as many type of chowder as there are varieties of people who frequent this magical & historical piece of land. Thank you to everyone who lent their voices and shared their soup stories with us. Special thanks go out to P-Town’s own world traveling musician, Zoe Lewis, who so generously provided the music that you’ll be hearing throughout this trilogy. You can find out more about her and her music by going to ZoeLewis.com Well, without further ado we give you P-Town Soup, Part I: Entering Provincetown Enjoy, Brian & Tavé