It’s interesting — and frustrating — how memory works. I forget why I walked into the kitchen to get something and once I get there I have no idea what my mission was about. Inevitably I have to walk out of the room and walk back into it to dislodge the thought from some closed part of my brain. And yet a whole flood of memories about events from years ago bubble up to the surface.
In light of the recent shooting at a political rally that resulted in the injury to the presumptive Republican Party candidate, the death of a bystander and injury to others, the Monson Democratic Town Committee vigorously denounces all violence and hate regardless of affiliation. Violence, political or otherwise, against anyone harms all of us.
To be clear, I have never been in favor of violence being a change agent in politics. I did not post anything gleeful about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, because I was not happy that once again someone has decided to affect a political race with a bullet.
We had the opportunity to review the site feasibility traffic study that was completed for the new proposed Longmeadow Middle School and wanted to share a couple of things that stood out.